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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Hiromi Sasaki, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Shiga, JP;
Shintaro Iwamura, Shiga, JP;
Masaki Namie, Osaka, JP;
Hiromi Sasaki, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Shiga, JP;
Shintaro Iwamura, Shiga, JP;
Masaki Namie, Osaka, JP;
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a design assistance system that enables even a user having no expert knowledge to easily design a network system taking into consideration the types of port connection interfaces. The design assistance system has a storage section for storing slave information data in which unique information of the slave device is described; an acquisition section for acquiring information of a connection interface of a port of the slave device from the slave information data; and a generation section for generating a device component serving as a GUI component representing the slave device based on the slave information data, generates a line component serving as a GUI component representing connection of the ports of the slave devices in different aspects in accordance with different types of the connection interface, and generates a design assisting GUI having a topology display screen configured to display the topology of the network system.