Data-driven conceptual design methods and tools aim to inspire human ideation for new
design concepts by providing external inspirational stimuli. In prior studies, the stimuli have …

Patent data have long been used for engineering design research because of its large and
expanding size and widely varying massive amount of design information contained in …

Novel design creations often exist in the form of patents. It is well acknowledged that patents
are a great source of design inspiration, therefore designers are encouraged to engage …

This paper presents VISION (V isual I nteraction tool for Seeking I nspiration based on N
onnegative Matrix Factorization), a computational design-by-analogy (DbA) tool that enables …

Fixation hampers creativity and impedes progress in product styling design. Alternative Uses
Task (AUT) is a promising intervention to mitigate design fixation as it involves both …

Visual materials are a widely used tool for stimulating creativity. This paper explores the
potential for visual stimuli to support novices' creative engagement with multimodal digital …

Capitalizing on any new or unfamiliar manufacturing technology requires an ability to look
beyond the manufacturing limitations that have constrained one's design ideas in the past …

The efficacy of using patents for stimulation to support creativity during the concept phase in
engineering design is investigated through understanding:(a) the effects of patents for …

Taking the perspective of cybernetics theory, enterprise patent management can be
described as a controllable information system which includes various activities and …

The efficacy of using patents for stimulation to support creativity during the concept phase in
engineering design is investigated through understanding:(a) the effects of patents for …