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US 2002/0002408 A1Published application
Apparatus for environmental impact estimation and method and program stored in a computer readable medium for executing the same
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHideki Kobayashi, Akinori Hongu, Norio Takeyama
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a storage device which stores information concerning first objects to be reused and second objects to be recycled, and a modeling device which performs life cycle modeling. The life cycle modeling includes reading information concerning the first objects and the second objects that configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the first and second objects which are diverted to a new product from a recovery product using the information, and combining selected ones of the first and second objects to fabricate the new product to generate a life cycle model.
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An environmental impact estimation apparatus comprising:
- a storage device which stores information concerning a plurality of first objects to be reused and a plurality of second objects to be recycled;
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- a modeling device which perform life cycle modeling to generate a life cycle model, the life cycle modeling including reading the information concerning the first objects and the second objects from the storage device, selecting some of the first objects and second objects which are diverted to at least one new product from a recovery product using the information, and combining some of the first objects and the second objects to fabricate the new product.
A plan aiding apparatus using a recovery product, comprising:
- a storage device which stores information concerning reuse and recycle objects;
- a modeling device which performs life cycle modeling to generate a life cycle model, the life cycle modeling including reading the information concerning the objects which configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the objects which are diverted to a new product from the recovery product using the information, and combining selected ones of the objects to fabricate the new product;
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- a support device which supports the plan of the new product, the support device configured to allocate combined object symbols targeted for diversion and an object symbol of the new product on a screen, and display input windows in correspondence with the object symbols and symbol to associate input product information with the object symbols and symbol, the input product information containing at least any of information on product name, previous model, product useful life, product worth life, manufacturing start time, and number of manufactured products.
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An environmental impact estimation method comprising:
- storing information concerning first objects to be reused and second objects to be recycled in a storage;
- performing life cycle modeling to generate a life cycle model, the life cycle modeling including reading information concerning the first objects and the second objects which configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the first and second objects which are diverted to a new product from a recovery product using the information, and combining selected ones of the first and second objects to fabricate the new product;
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- estimating an environmental impact and cost based on the life cycle model.
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A plan aiding method using a recovery product, comprising:
- storing information concerning reuse and recycle objects in a storage;
- performing life cycle modeling to generate a life cycle model, the life cycle modeling including reading information concerning objects which configure a product from the storage, selecting objects to be diverted to a new product from the recovery product using the information and combining selected ones of the objects to fabricate the new product;
- allocating combined object symbols targeted for diversion and an object symbol of the new product on a screen;
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- displaying an input screen in correspondence with the object symbols and symbol to associate input product information with the object symbols and symbol, the input product information containing at least any of information on product name, previous model, product useful life, product worth life, manufacturing start time, and number of manufactured products.
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A predicting method for predicting product recovery comprising:
- inputting worth life of a product, useful life of the product, a recovery rate, a product manufacturing period, and the number of products;
- generating a distribution of the number of products by calculating the average number of products based on the manufacturing period and the number of products;
- generating a distribution of the number of recovery products by setting a recovery period corresponding to the manufacturing period and calculating the number of recovery products based on the number of products and the recovery rate;
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- determining a product recovery time by a shorter one of the product worth life and the product useful life.
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A predicting method for predicting product recovery comprising:
- inputting worth life of a product, useful life of the product, a recovery rate, a product manufacturing period, and the number of products;
- generating a triangle distribution of the number of products, the triangle distribution having a height corresponding to a peak of the number of products;
- generating a triangle distribution of the number of recovery products by setting a recovery period corresponding to the manufacturing period and calculating the number of recovery products based on a recovery rate corresponding to the number of products;
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- determining a product recovery time by a shorter one of the product worth life and the product useful life.
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A computer program for an environmental impact estimation stored on a computer readable medium, comprising:
- instruction means for instructing a computer processor to store information concerning first objects to be reused and second objects to be recycled in a storage;
- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to perform life cycle modeling to generate a life cycle model, the life cycle modeling including reading information concerning the first objects and the second objects which configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the first and second objects which are diverted to a new product from a recovery product using the information and combining selected ones of the first and second objects to fabricate the new product;
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- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to estimate an environmental impact and cost based on the life cycle model.
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium for aiding a plan, comprising:
- instruction means for instructing a computer processor to store information concerning reuse and recycle objects in a storage;
- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to perform life cycle modeling to generate a life cycle model, the life cycle modeling including reading information concerning objects which configure a product from the storage, selecting objects to be diverted to a new product from the recovery product using the information and combining selected ones of the objects to fabricate the new product and generate a life cycle model;
- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to allocate combined object symbols targeted for diversion and an object symbol of the new product on a screen;
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- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to display an input screen in correspondence with the object symbols and symbol to associate input product information with the object symbols and symbol, the input product information containing at least any of information on product name, previous model, product useful life, product worth life, manufacturing start time, and number of manufactured products.
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium for aiding a plan, comprising:
- instruction means for instructing a computer processor to input worth life of a product, useful life of the product, a recovery rate, a product manufacturing period, and the number of products;
- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to generate a distribution of the number of products by calculating the average number of products based on the manufacturing period and the number of products;
- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to generate a distribution of the number of recovery products by setting a recovery period corresponding to the manufacturing period and calculating the number of recovery products based on the number of products and the recovery rate;
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- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to determine a product recovery time by a shorter one of the product worth life and the product useful life.
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium, comprising:
- instruction means for instructing a computer processor to input worth life of a product, useful life of the product, a recovery rate, a product manufacturing period, and the number of products;
- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to generate a triangle distribution of the number of products, the triangle distribution having a height corresponding to a peak of the number of products;
- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to generate a triangle distribution of the number of recovery products by setting a recovery period corresponding to the manufacturing period and calculating the number of recovery products based on a recovery rate corresponding to the number of products;
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- instruction means for instructing the computer processor to determine a product recovery time by a shorter one of the product worth life and the product useful life.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.