1. A bioelectrode used for transmitting electrostimulation to a bioelectrode used for transmitting electric stimulations to a biological body, for sensing electric signals from a biological body, or for both, by contacting said bioelectrode to the biological body, characterized in that said bioelectrode comprises:
a base material formed into a sheet-shape;
electrode parts provided on any one surface of said base material;
an electrolyte layer covering said electrode part;
terminal parts exposed on the surface opposed to the surface on which said electrode parts are provided, being electrically connected with said electrode parts,
wherein said base material is shaped in a form having an upper part and a bottom part wider than the upper part, so called a spread-toward-the bottom-shape, and
wherein said respective electrode parts are placed at positions near the bottom of said base material with the predetermined distances in the width direction of the base material.
2. The bioelectrode according to claim 1, wherein two bioelectrode parts are provided, each is provided at a position near the edge of the base material in the width direction thereof,
wherein two terminal parts are provided side by side each other in the width direction of the base material at a position near the center of said base material in the width direction thereof,
wherein, in each of areas of one and the other sides in the width direction of said base material, the terminal part and the electrode part are electrically connected by a wiring part,
wherein any pair of the electrode part and the wiring part are covered by the electrolyte layers, wherein a first electrolyte layer region covering one pair of the electrode and the wiring part in the width direction of the base material and a second electrolyte layer region covering the other pair of the electrode part and the wiring part in the width direction of the base material are not electrically connected with each other.
3. The bioelectrode according to claim 1, wherein said terminal part comprises a flat surface part present on the surface side of the base material on which the electrode parts are provided, and an axis part projecting from said flat surface part, and passing through the base material to present,
wherein said terminal parts and the electrode parts are electrically connected by the wiring parts,
wherein said wiring parts are formed by printing or applying an electrically conductive material,
wherein said wiring parts are formed by printing or applying an electrically conductive material to electrically connect said electrode parts and the flat surface parts of said terminal parts.
4. The bioelectrode according to claim 1, wherein said terminal parts and the electrode parts are electrically connected by the wiring parts,
wherein a shield layer comprised by an electrically conductive material is provided on the surface side where the terminal parts are present in said base material,
wherein said electrolyte layer comprises a third electrolyte region which is not electrically connected with said first electrolyte region and the second electrolyte region,
wherein said shield layer is electrically connected with said third electrolyte region.
5. The bioelectrode according to claim 1, wherein said electrolyte region and said electrolyte region are provided with a distance between them on the surface side on which the electrode parts are provided in the base material,
wherein said third electrolyte region, which is not electrically connected with the first electrolyte region and the second electrolyte region, is provided between said first electrolyte region and said electrolyte region,
wherein said base material has one notch at the upper edge side, and two notches at the lower edge side,
wherein at least said electrode parts are provided in an area except for regions including the lines connecting the notch at the upper edge and each of the notches at the lower edge of the base material.
6. The bioelectrode according to claim 1, wherein said electrode layer comprises a third electrolyte layer region, which is not electrically connected to said first electrolyte region and said second electrolyte region,
wherein a shield layer comprised by an electrically conductive material is provided on the surface side where the terminal parts are present,
wherein an earth connection part formed by printing or applying an electrically conductive material is present within the area where said third electrolyte region is present on the surface side on which the electrode parts are provided in said base material,
wherein said earth connection part is electrically connected to said shield layer, and contacted with said third electrolyte region.
7. The bioelectrode according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of electrode parts and a plurality of terminal parts are provided, and any of the electrode parts and any of the terminal parts are electrically connected by the wiring parts,
wherein each of said electrode parts are covered by discrete electrolyte layers, and any of the electrolyte layer regions covering the respective electrode parts are not electrically connected to each other.
8. A biological signal measuring device comprising:
a bioelectrode comprising a base material formed into a sheet-shape;
electrode parts provided on any one surface of said base material;
electrolyte layers covering said electrode parts;
terminal parts exposed on the opposite surface to the surface on which said electrode parts are provided, being electrically connected with said electrode parts; and
a biological signals measuring device main body being connected to the terminals provided to said bioelectrode to obtain signals from said bioelectrode,
wherein the bioelectrode is a bioelectrode according to claim 1.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a set of vehicle variance designs (VVDs) for a vehicle platform based on vehicle base configurations for the vehicle platform and features available for each vehicle base configuration;
determining on a computer a first set of harness builds of a harness family necessary to support the set of VVDs;
determining on the computer a first set of optional features to be implemented as give-away features in harness builds of the set of VVDs
determining on the computer a second set of harness builds necessary to support the set of VVDs based on the first set of optional features implemented as give-away features; and
saving the determined first set of harness builds and the second set of harness builds to one or more memory storage devices.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining on the computer a cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features for the vehicle platform.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein determining the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features comprises:
determining the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features based on a per-harness cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features and based on a number of vehicles expected to be built without implementing the first set of optional features.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:
determining whether to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features based on the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:
in response to determining not to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features:
determining a second set of optional features to be implemented as give-away features in the harness builds of the set of VVDs; and
determining a third set of harness builds of the harness build necessary to support the set of VVDs based on the second set of optional features implemented as give-away features.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:
determining a cost to implement the second set of optional features as give-away features for the vehicle platform.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:
determining whether to implement the second set of optional features as give-away features based on the cost to implement the second set of optional features as give-away features.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the first set of harness builds comprises:
determining an initial set of harness builds, each harness build of the initial set of harness build corresponding to a corresponding VVD of the set of VVDs; and
determining the first set of harness builds based on similarities between connection patterns of the initial set of harness builds, the first set of harness builds comprising a reduced set of the initial set of harness builds.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI), the first set of harness builds; and
displaying, via the GUI, the second set of harness builds.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a list of optional features selectable as give-away features; and
receiving, via the GUI, user input indicating selection of the first set of optional features from the displayed list of optional features.
11. A method comprising:
displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a first set of harness builds of a harness family necessary to support a set of vehicle variance designs (VVDs) of a vehicle platform;
displaying, via the GUI, a list of optional features selectable as give-away features in harness builds of the VVDs;
receiving, via the GUI, user input indicating selection of a first set of optional features to be implemented as give-away features; and
displaying, via the GUI, a second set of harness builds necessary to support the set of VVDs based on the first set of optional features implemented as give-away features.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
displaying, via the GUI, a cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features for the vehicle platform.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
determining the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features based on a per-harness cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features and based on a number of vehicles expected to be built without implementing the first set of optional features.
14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
displaying, via the GUI, the list of optional features selectable as give-away features in harness builds of the VVDs;
receiving, via the GUI, user input indicating selection of a second set of optional features to be implemented as give-away features; and
displaying, via the GUI, a third set of harness builds necessary to support the set of VVDs based on the second set of optional features implemented as give-away features.
15. A system comprising:
one or more processors;
a storage device configured to store a database comprising information representative of an electricalelectronic (EE) architecture of a vehicle, the information including information regarding relationships and connections between components of the EE architecture of the vehicle and including performance parameters for aspects of the EE architecture; and
a computer readable memory configured to store executable instructions, the executable instructions comprising:
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to provide a graphical user interface (GUI);
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to display, via the GUI, a first set of harness builds of a harness family necessary to support a set of vehicle variance designs (VVDs) of a vehicle platform;
instructions to manipulate the one or more processor to display, via the GUI, a list of optional features selectable as give-away features in harness builds of the VVDs;
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to receive, via the GUI, user input indicating selection of a first set of optional features to be implemented as give-away features; and
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to display, via the GUI, a second set of harness builds necessary to support the set of VVDs based on the first set of optional features implemented as give-away features.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the executable instructions further comprise:
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to determine a cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features for the vehicle platform.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the executable instructions further comprise:
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to display, via the GUI, the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features for the vehicle platform.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to determine the cost comprise instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to determine the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features based on a per-harness cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features and based on a number of vehicles expected to be built without implementing the first set of optional features.
19. The system of claim 15, wherein the executable instructions further comprise:
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to receive, via the GUI, user input indicating selection of a second set of optional features to be implemented as give-away features; and
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to display, via the GUI, a third set of harness builds necessary to support the set of VVDs based on the second set of optional features implemented as give-away features.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein the executable instructions further comprise:
instructions to manipulate the one or more processors to determine a cost to implement the second set of optional features as give-away features for the vehicle platform.
21. One or more computer-readable storage devices comprising:
computer executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a set of operations; and
wherein the set of operations include:
identifying a set of vehicle variance designs (VVDs) for a vehicle platform based on vehicle base configurations for the vehicle platform and features available for each vehicle base configuration;
determining on a computer a first set of harness builds of a harness family necessary to support the set of VVDs;
determining on the computer a first set of optional features to be implemented as give-away features in harness builds of the set of VVDs;
determining on the computer a second set of harness builds necessary to support the set of VVDs based on the first set of optional features implemented as give-away features; and
saving the determined first set of harness builds and the second set of harness builds to one or more memory storage devices.
22. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 21, wherein the set of operations further comprising determining on the computer a cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features for the vehicle platform.
23. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 22, wherein determining the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features comprises determining the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features based on a per-harness cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features and based on a number of vehicles expected to be built without implementing the first set of optional features.
24. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 23, wherein the set of operations further comprising determining whether to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features based on the cost to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features.
25. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 24, wherein the set of operations further comprising:
in response to determining not to implement the first set of optional features as give-away features:
determining a second set of optional features to be implemented as give-away features in the harness builds of the set of VVDs; and
determining a third set of harness builds of the harness build necessary to support the set of VVDs based on the second set of optional features implemented as give-away features.
26. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 25, wherein the set of operations further comprising determining a cost to implement the second set of optional features as give-away features for the vehicle platform.
27. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 26, wherein the set of operations further comprising determining whether to implement the second set of optional features as give-away features based on the cost to implement the second set of optional features as give-away features.
28. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 21, wherein determining the first set of harness builds comprises:
determining an initial set of harness builds, each harness build of the initial set of harness build corresponding to a corresponding VVD of the set of VVDs; and
determining the first set of harness builds based on similarities between connection patterns of the initial set of harness builds, the first set of harness builds comprising a reduced set of the initial set of harness builds.
29. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 21, wherein the set of operations further comprising:
displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI), the first set of harness builds; and
displaying, via the GUI, the second set of harness builds.
30. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 21, wherein the set of operations further comprising:
displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a list of optional features selectable as give-away features; and
receiving, via the GUI, user input indicating selection of the first set of optional features from the displayed list of optional features.