Computerized Analysis of Patent Element for Directing Design-Around

[[abstract]]在專利迴避設計之過程中，檢索、閱讀與分析專利資訊常耗大量時間，且面對多件專利時可能因資訊量繁雜而使分析有誤。本研究是以本研究團隊過往所提出之「專利元件權重分析法」為核心，發展一電腦輔助專利迴避設計工具EAfDA（Element Analysis for Design-Around），以此作為指引迴避設計。為發展該電腦工具，本研究之主要貢獻在於延伸專利元件權重分析法，並根據實務提出一新之執行步驟：（1）檢索與挑選欲迴避之專利、（2）從欲迴避專利之資訊中提取元件與其功能資訊，並將同義異字之名稱標準化、（3）由專利元件權重分析找出最應迴避之元件。本研究以中華民國輔助高齡者或行動不便者之助行器專利作為測試，上述作法確定可縮短判讀之時間，並有效地協助設計師進行迴避設計。[[abstract]]Searching reading and analyzing of patent often cause a lot of time to be spent in design-around and the result could be wrong due to much patent information This research was built a computer tool “EAfDA (Element Analysis for Design-Around)” based on “Element Weight Analysis ” which was developed by the author’s research team To build the EAfDA this research extended the “Element Weight Analysis” and proposed a new process according to requirements of design-around practice: (1) Searching and selecting patents to design-around (2) Distilling patent elements and the corresponding functions from the information of the patents and then making the normalization of the different terms which were the same substantially (3) Finding the element with high priority to design-around through “Element Weight Analysis ” The proposed process and computer tool “EAfDA” were demonstrated by a real design-around case which faced the Chinese patents of walking aids for elders and people with disabilities and the process and the EAfDA indeed can reduce the analysis time and support design task more efficientl