Equipment manufacture supporting apparatus, equipment manufacture supporting method, and storage medium for equipment manufacture supporting program

An equipment manufacture supporting method comprising the steps of:

• receiving discrimination information and shape information of each of components constituting equipment, the discrimination information and the shape information being described in a design diagram illustrating a connection relation of one of the components;
• generating an electronic code corresponding to the discrimination information, each electronic code being configured to be attached to one of the components, respectively;
• registering component information, the component information being linked to the components that are mutually connected with the electronic code and the shape information according to the connection relation of the component illustrated in the design diagram;
• receiving imaged data of a plurality of components of the equipment;
• recognizing at least one of the electronic codes marked on the respective components in the imaged data and a shape of at least one of the components included in the imaged data;
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• determining whether the plurality of components of the equipment are properly connected, by matching the electronic codes and the shape of the component, both of that are recognized, with the component information.

An equipment manufacture supporting apparatus comprising:

• a component information interface that receives discrimination information and shape information of each of components constituting equipment, the discrimination information and the shape information being described in a design diagram illustrating a connection relation of one of the components;
• an electronic code generator that generates an electronic code corresponding to the discrimination information, each electronic code being configured to be attached to one of the components, respectively;
• a component information memory that registers component information, the component information being linked to the components, that are mutually connected, with the electronic code and the shape information according to the connection relation of the component illustrated in the design diagram;
• an image receiving interface that receives imaged data of a plurality of components of the equipment;
• an electronic code recognizing circuit configured to recognize at least one of the electronic codes marked on the respective component in the imaged data;
• a shape recognizing circuit configured to recognize at least one shape of the component included in the imaged data;
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• a connection determining circuit that determines whether the plurality of components of the equipment are properly connected, by matching the electronic codes recognized in the electronic code recognizing circuit and the shape of the component recognized in the shape recognizing circuit with the component information registered at the component information memory.