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Quality control system, quality control apparatus, quality control method and computer readable medium

US8219231B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 2009
Grant dateJul 10, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P90/30
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A quality control method includes: extracting, from a time series distribution of troubles that have occurred in electronic equipments, a first characteristics of states of occurrence of the troubles; specifying one or more parts included in the electronic equipments, the parts being involved with the troubles; extracting, from another time series distribution of a rate of use corresponding to each of suppliers which supply the specified parts, a second characteristics of the parts; and specifying one or more of the suppliers supplying the parts correlated to the troubles based on a correlation between the extracted first characteristics and the extracted second characteristics.

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