Development assistance device, development assistance system, and development assistance method

A development assistance system comprising:

• a development assistance device that includes:
• a processor and a memory storing a program that causes the processor to function as,
• multiple pieces of conversion processing circuitry each to convert an inputted signal value of an electric signal, acquired from one of a sensor and an antenna, into either a different signal value or meta information or convert inputted meta information, including a summary statistics in the signal value, into either a signal value or different meta information, and to output either the signal value after conversion or the meta information after conversion as output information;
• pipeline processing circuitry to cause, on a basis of pipeline information showing a relationship of mutual connections between the multiple pieces of conversion processing circuitry, the multiple pieces of conversion processing circuitry to sequentially perform corresponding converting processes;
• inference processing circuitry to make an inference by using the output information outputted by one or more pieces of final conversion processing circuitry which the pipeline processing circuitry causes, on a basis of the pipeline information, to finally perform corresponding converting processes, out of the multiple pieces of conversion processing circuitry that performed initial conversion processes, and to output inference information showing a result of the inference by performing inference processing including at least one of machine learning and data mining;
• image generation processing circuitry to generate image information for visualizing the relationship of the mutual connections between the multiple pieces of conversion processing circuitry, the relationship being shown by the pipeline information, and a relationship of a connection between the one or more pieces of final conversion processing circuitry and the inference processing circuitry;
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• output control processing circuitry to output the image information generated by the image generation processing circuitry;
• an input device to receive input from a user and outputting operation information showing the received input to the development assistance device;
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• a display device to display the image information outputted by the development assistance device.

A development assistance method comprising:

• in each of multiple conversion processes, converting an inputted signal value of an electric signal, acquired from one of a sensor and an antenna, into either a different signal value or meta information or converting inputted meta information, including a summary statistics in the signal value, into either a signal value or different meta information, and outputting either the signal value after conversion or the meta information after conversion as output information;
• causing, on a basis of pipeline information showing a relationship of mutual connections between the multiple conversion processes, the multiple conversion processes to sequentially perform corresponding converting processes;
• in an inference process, making an inference by using the output information outputted by one or more final conversion processes which are caused, on a basis of the pipeline information, to finally perform corresponding converting processes, out of the multiple conversion processes that performed initial conversion processes, and outputting inference information showing a result of the inference by performing inference processing including at least one of machine learning and data mining;
• generating image information for visualizing the relationship of the mutual connections between the multiple conversion processes, the relationship being shown by the pipeline information, and a relationship of a connection between the one or more final conversion processes and the inference process;
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• outputting the generated image information.