Computerized prototyping system employing virtual system design enviroment

Patent 5754738 Issued on May 19, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 7, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

CAMC Corporation

Application

No. 660379 filed on 06/07/1996

US Classes:

706/11, HAVING PARTICULAR USER INTERFACE706/16, Learning task706/26, Structure706/45KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

Examiners

Primary: Hafiz, Tariq R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Jones & Volentine, L.L.P.

International Classes

G06F 015/18
G06F 017/20

Abstract

In a computer prototyping system, a design is identified from a collection of alternative designs, the identified design best satisfying a set of conceptual level design specifications. One of these alternative designs is selected and their characteristic optimized based on the conceptual level design specifications. The specifications are modified interactively using graphical interfaces for re-evaluating and re-optimizing the designs. Simulation of functional as well as geometrical properties of the design and its components are effected on a computer using graphical design browsers. The performance is analyzed against a set of design specification and the user is allowed to interactively redesign by selecting one of the previous design operations through the graphical interfaces.