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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nagase, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Hiratsuka, Ota, JP;
Tomoyuki Nakao, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiro Sawada, Inagi, JP;
Keisuke Nakamura, Tachikawa, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A design support apparatus includes: an area identifying unit configured to identify a target area where a via is to be added in a printed circuit board; a determining unit configured to determine a starting point for starting a search for a location of the via in the target area; and a searching unit configured to move a search point along a path in an intersecting direction that intersects a radial direction around the starting point while moving the search point in the radial direction and to determine whether the via is to be added at a moved search point.