5 Merging
Bring closer together (or merge) identical or similar objects, assemble identical or similar parts to perform parallel operations.
• Personal computers in a network
• Thousands of microprocessors in a parallel processor computer
• Vanes in a ventilation system
• Electronic chips mounted on both sides of a circuit board or subassembly
Make operations contiguous or parallel; bring them together in time.
• Link slats together in Venetian or vertical blinds.
• Medical diagnostic instruments that analyze multiple blood parameters simultaneously
• Mulching lawnmower
• Personal computers in a network
• Thousands of microprocessors in a parallel processor computer
• Vanes in a ventilation system
• Electronic chips mounted on both sides of a circuit board or subassembly
Make operations contiguous or parallel; bring them together in time.
• Link slats together in Venetian or vertical blinds.
• Medical diagnostic instruments that analyze multiple blood parameters simultaneously
• Mulching lawnmower
Is this principle frequently used?
This principle is rarely used with 35 instances in the matrix.This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
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1/15 1/23 1/35 2/8 2/23 5/12 9/15 10/23 12/3 12/5 12/23 15/1 15/9 19/14 19/23 23/12 23/19 24/2 25/2 25/4 25/5 25/7 25/10 25/13 25/22 28/3 28/27 32/33 33/32 35/28 37/32 37/33 38/23 38/39 39/38
The colour indicates the ranking of the proposed principle to solve the contradiction:
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This ranking reflects the frequency of occurrence of the principle in the analysed patents for this type of contradiction.
When a principle appears in first position, it means that it is statistically the most used in the patents studied for this type of problem.
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