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What does concept generation begin with?
Customer needs and target specifications
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What is the result of concept generation?
A set of product concepts
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What is a concept?
A sketch/rough 3-D model and textual description
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What are the five steps to concept generation?
- Clarify the problem
- Search externally
- Search internally
- Explore systematically
- Reflect on the solutions and the process
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What is problem decomposition
The breaking down of a problem into subproblems
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In a black box, what do thin black arrows represent?
Transfer and conversion of energy
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In a black box, what do thick black arrows represent?
movement of material
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In a black box, what do dotted arrows represent?
Flows of control and feedback systems
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Product users who experience needs months/years before the majority of the market are called ___.
Lead users
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What are the five ways to search externally?
- Interview lead users
- Consult experts
- Search patents
- Search published literature
- Benchmark related products
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Experts include ___.
Professionals, professional consultants, university faculty, and technical representatives of suppliers
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Patents are generally protected for approximately how many years?
20.
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What is benchmarking?
The study of existing products with functionality similar to that of the developing product
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What are the six hints for generating solution concepts?
- Make analogies
- Wish and wonder
- Use related stimuli
- Use unrelated stimuli
- Set quantitative goals
- Use the gallery method
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What are fragments?
Solutions to subproblems
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What does a concept classification tree do?
Divide solutions into categories
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What does the concept combination table do?
Guide the team in combining fragments
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