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dc.contributor.authorAtherton, M-
dc.contributor.authorJiang, P-
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, D-
dc.contributor.authorMalizia, A-
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-22T12:35:42Z-
dc.date.available2017-08-22T12:35:42Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationResearch in Engineering Designen_US
dc.identifier.issn0934-9839-
dc.identifier.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15044-
dc.description.abstractIn some mechanical engineering devices the novelty or inventive step of a patented design relies heavily upon how geometric features contribute to device functions. Communicating the functional interactions between geometric features in existing patented designs may increase a designer’s awareness of the prior art and thereby avoid conflict with their emerging design. This paper shows how functional representations of geometry interactions can be developed from patent claims to produce novel semantic graphical and text annotations of patent drawings. The approach provides a quick and accurate means for the designer to understand the patent that is well suited to the designer’s natural way of understanding the device. Through several example application cases we show the application of a detailed representation of Functional Geometry Interactions that captures the working principle of familiar mechanical engineering devices described in patents. A computer tool that is being developed to assist the designer to understand prior art is also described.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectFunction Analysis Diagramen_US
dc.subjectfunctional interactionsen_US
dc.subjectfunctional representationen_US
dc.subjectgeometric featuresen_US
dc.subjectprior arten_US
dc.subjectsemanticsen_US
dc.subjectworking principleen_US
dc.titleDesign for invention: annotation of Functional Geometry Interaction for representing novel working principlesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00163-017-0267-2-
dc.relation.isPartOfResearch in Engineering Design-
pubs.publication-statusAccepted-
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