Environmental load assessing device having an object-oriented database which stores, as objects, parts of at least one product and/or processes in a life cycle of the same

Patent 5878433 Issued on March 2, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 11, 2017. 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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Inventor

Miyamoto, Shigeyuki

Assignee

NEC Corporation

Application

No. 840136 filed on 04/11/1997

US Classes:

707/103R, Object-oriented database structure700/106, Material requirement702/1, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM IN A SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT707/102Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)

Examiners

Primary: Black, Thomas G.
Assistant: Rones, Charles

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Whitham, Curtis & Whitham

International Class

G06F 017/30

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-04-15 JP

Abstract

An environmental load assessing device includes an object data storage section composed of an object-oriented database. The object data storage section stores data inputted from an input section. Specifically, parts of a product to be assessed and/or processes in a life cycle of the product are stored as objects, respectively. Attribute data of the parts and/or the processes are stored as attribute data of objects corresponding to those parts and/or processes. Coupling relationships between the parts and/or between the processes are defined by classes and attribute data of objects corresponding to those parts and/or processes and stored.