A Systematic Innovation Process Oriented to Inter-discipline

Abstract

The method of achieving remarkable interdisciplinary innovation is a challenging topic for industrial innovation and technological development. Interdisciplinary innovation is recognized as an effective way to achieve high level and radical innovation. In the process of solving the invention problem, the classical TRIZ simplifies the complex problem into a standard problem. In the standard form, some standard solutions are matched to solve these problems, and finally transformed into specific solutions. It shows that TRIZ can deal with interdisciplinary problems. With the increasing complexity of scientific research and technical problems, the Network of Problem of OTSM derived from TRIZ is difficult to achieve collaboration. The interdisciplinary problem is firstly analyzed by function model and cause analysis. Then multiple solutions can be obtained by comprehensive application of effective tools such as design-by-analogy, multi-contradiction problem solving and patent design around. The two paths of interdisciplinary innovation are incremental innovation and disruptive innovation. Finally, a systematic innovation process oriented to inter-discipline is initially established based on patent database, OTSM and QFD. The case study of tire breaker briefly illustrates this systematic innovation process.