結合TRIZ理論與專利分析於產品設計流程： 以高齡者輔具為例

Combining TRIZ Theory and Patent Analysis to the Product Design Process: Assistive Device for Senior as example

歐陽正倫(Jheng-Lun OuYang)

指導教授 ： 周永燦

中原大學/電機資訊學院/工業與系統工程研究所/碩士(2010年)

https://doi.org/10.6840/cycu201000913

摘要

臺灣高齡人口於1993年已達高齡化社會標準，高齡人口比例隨著時間一直不斷增長，經建會推估於2017年甚至達到14%以上，其潛在市場不容小覷，再配合政府政策的推動，致使各相關企業均致力於高齡者相關產品的開發。新產品是企業主要獲利來源之一，但新產品開發必然會面對專利權的問題，根據世界智慧財產權組織統計資料顯示，掌握專利資訊可縮短研發時間以及研發成本；反之如對於專利資訊了解不足，則有可能新產品輔一上市即造成侵權問題，其造成之金錢及時間損失是難以估計的。但盲目以專利資訊進行迴避設計則可能使產品不具技術演進趨勢，與專利三要件之進步性背道而馳導致無法申請專利，使其產品價值相對降低。本研究建構一系統性創新設計流程予以高齡者輔具相關企業於新產品研發達成以下目的：(1) 透過專利分析高齡者輔具專利資料達到市場技術判斷及專利迴避的功效；(2) 以發明原則結合專利地圖縮短研發時間；(3) 探討高齡者輔具於不同時間及空間之狀態，提供後續企業研發之參照；(4) 以TRIZ演進線理論分析相關產品技術演進趨勢，設計一具有專利進步性之產品。本研究開創結合專利分析於TRIZ演進線理論之學術價值，並以此系統性創新設計流程協助高齡者輔具相關企業有效率的研發具有價值性之新產品。

關鍵字

發明原則 ； 專利分析 ； 九宮格法 ； 專利地圖 ； TRIZ演進線理論

並列摘要

Taiwan achieved the status of Aging Society since 1993. According to the CEPT’s statistical survey, the rate of senior citizens will rise to 14% in 2017, a display that there may be potential customers in the Assistive Device market. As the result, many enterprises have focused on the designs of Assistive Device. Patents can raise this product’s value and comprehend industrial information, but it has also become a legal liability. This study constructs the systemic innovation process in assisting enterprises to predominate patent information that avoid infringement and to make new products in accordance to valuable patterns of evolution in technological systems. The purpose of this study is to: (1) Use the Patent Analysis to determine market technology and patent circumvention; (2) Combine inventive principle and patent map to improve the efficiency of product designs; (3) Investigate the role of assistive device in different situations to support product design; (4) Analyze the evolution of products in technological systems via the TRIZ evolution trend theory to design a new product that runs smoothly with the patterns of evolution. This study is the first research to combine the patent analysis and TRIZ evolution trend theory and uses this systemic innovation process to assist enterprise in designing valuable assistive devices for the older generation.

並列關鍵字

Inventive Principles ； 9-windows method ； Patent Analysis ； Patent map ； Technology Evolution Trends

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