Determination tree generating apparatus

US9129232B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9129232-B2
Application numberUS-201213421691-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 15, 2012
Priority dateSep 15, 2009
Publication dateSep 8, 2015
Grant dateSep 8, 2015

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According to one embodiment, a determination tree generating apparatus includes a determination unit, a condition generating unit, a determining unit, and a point branch generating unit. The determination unit provisionally and sequentially determines all component categories to be classification component categories for a first point of a determination tree. The point branch generating unit generates a first point assigned to a classification component category, and generates component names to be assigned to one or more branches leading from an assigned first point to one or more child points.

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What is claimed is: 1. A determination tree generating apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to receive a correspondence table showing correspondence between product numbers and component combinations belonging to component categories; a correspondence information generating unit configured to generate first correspondence information corresponding to the correspondence table and including an arrival condition list and the product numbers, the arrival condition list bei…

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What does patent US9129232B2 cover?
According to one embodiment, a determination tree generating apparatus includes a determination unit, a condition generating unit, a determining unit, and a point branch generating unit. The determination unit provisionally and sequentially determines all component categories to be classification component categories for a first point of a determination tree. The point branch generating unit ge…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kuninobu Shigeta, Toshiba Kk
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06Q10/04. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Sep 08 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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