Russian for theory of inventive problem solving The continued distillation and use of inventive

principles, patterns and trends from the global patent base

A collection of tools, methods and resources for accelerating innovation (on demand)

A tool for resolving contradictions or trade-offs and improving systems without using money as a primary resource

A means of finding solutions that does not depend on creativity

A universal way of thinking

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Charles Darwin 1809-1882

Natural Evolution Nature’s Inventive Problem-Solving

Genrich Altshuller 1926-1998

Technological Evolution Human Inventive Problem-Solving

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M.E. employed by the Soviet Navy as a patent clerk in the Mid 1940’s where he recognized that the same fundamental problems (contradictions) had been addressed by a number of inventions in different areas of technology

He also observed that the same fundamental solutions were used over and over again, often separated by many years

He reasoned that if the latter innovator had had knowledge of the earlier solution, their task would have been straightforward

He began extracting, compiling, and organizing such information

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Alla Zusman Director of Product Dev.

Boris Zlotin Chief Technological

Officer

Director of AFD Svetlana Visnepolschi

Valdimir Proseanic Director of IP Services

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1946 1982 1985 1992 1997 2000 2015

Classical TRIZ Era

40 Principles

Patterns of Evolution

ARIZ-85 AFD

Directed Evolution®

Advanced TRIZ Tools

Non-Technological Applications

Kishinev Era

Advanced Software Tools

Ideation-TRIZ Era

Re-Structuring of Theoretical Base

Directed Evolution® and IP Control Era

TRIZ

Advancements

Edison’s Foundation

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System Function & Performance

Cu

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mer

Sa

tisf

act

ion

DE

CIP

IPS

AFD

Kano Model of Quality

FP

FA

FP

FP

Quality↑

Cost↓Value ↑ =

Resources

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TRIZ Knowledge Base

(Inventive trends, patterns & principles distilled from the world

patent base)

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My Specific Problem

My Specific Solution

Trial & Error

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Patents represent the best definition of what constitutes

“INNOVATION”

Inventive Principles (operators)

All Patents (Inventors)

Inventive Patents

All levels & patterns of invention and technological evolution

Analogous Known Problem

> New Problem

Trial & Error

DELAYS

Best Solutions

>

TRIZ

> Exhaustive Solution Set

Local System Resources

Solution?

Structured Knowledge

Bank Deadline!

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All Knowable

Society

Industry

Company

Team

Individual

TRIZ Ideal Vision

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Time

Solutions

All Possible Solutions

Deadline

Rapid Knowledge Accumulation

Solutions Needed to Make Good Decision

Confident Decision Point

Forced Decision Point

First to Patent & Market

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“Inventor's Dilemma”

Use to living with trade-offs

Psychological Inertia

Limited Background

Mechanical Effects &

Technology

Electrical & Magnetic Effects

& Technology

Chemical Effects & Technology

P roblem

S olution

Psychological Inertia

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Specific Problem: How do we remove the water from the glass without touching it?

World Problem: How can we move a liquid?

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48 known ways to move a liquid

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• Coring bell peppers • Shelling sunflower seeds • Unpacking parts • Cleaning filters • Splitting diamonds

TRIZ Principle: Slowly increase then abruptly drop pressure

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Conventional System

Useful

Harmful

Thick Material

Stronger

Heavier

System Redundancy

Higher Reliability

Higher Cost

Common engineering approach is a design compromise or trade-off. Not considered an invention in TRIZ. An invention surmounts the contradiction by generating solutions requiring fewer or no trade-offs.

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Fan rotates at

high speedFan moves air

Centrifugal

forces pull parts

of impeller

High energy of

fragments

Damage to the

aircraft

Impeller burst

Impeller material

is not strong

enough

Fragments fly

away

Material defectsHigh mechanical

strength of ring

Ring contains

fragments

Ring is thick Ring is heavyTest

convenience

Containment Ring

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Ideality = Sum of All Useful

Sum of All Harmful

∞

An ideal system produces no harmful effects

Two types of contradictions

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A

B

Technical Contradiction: • Improving A degrades B

A

A

Physical Contradiction: • A should be high AND low • A should exist AND not exist

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Use Contradiction Matrix to resolve Use Separation Principles to resolve

Separation in: • Time • Space • Structure • Condition

The inventors of the solid state diode resolved this physical contradiction which later launched the semiconductor industry.

RELATIONSHIPS How our proposed design requirements

relate to customer requirements

WHAT What the customer

wants / requires

HOW What we create and control to ensure the

customer requirements are met

HOW MUCH Requirements targets and limits

COMPETITIVE ASSESSMENT How well we and our competitors

meet these requirements

CORRELATIONS & technical contradictions

House of Quality Roof

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Functional Requirements

Surrogate Functional Requirements

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www.scribd.com/doc/21798337/TRIZ-40-Principles

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These are suggested “pathways” or directions that trigger the mind to generate

and combine ideas

39 x 39 = 1521

4 of the 40 principles

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The mass (m) of the rotating spheres provides centrifugal force to overcome the force of gravity causing lift however, more mass requires higher rotational speed. Lowering the mass also lowers lifting force which impairs the system’s effectiveness. Formulate Contradiction: We desire less weight and higher lifting force and at the same time (1,10) → (8, 10, 18, 37)

In aviation, contradictions often arise when we want to add functionality without adding weight.

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These suggested “pathways” or directions trigger the mind to

generate and combine ideas

39 x 39 = 1521

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Big Customer now wants large parts heat treated. This is causing a safety hazard by producing too much smoke when the large hot metal parts are lowered into the oil tank. Currently a large heavy metal lid is used to cover the tank while the part is submerged in the oil bath. This is ineffective in containing the large initial plume of smoke.

Allow all ideas to come forth and write them down Do not reject any idea even, if it creates a secondary

problem

Secondary problems will be solved later

See each individual idea as a piece of a bigger picture you can’t see yet

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Separation in: • Time • Space • Structure • Condition

Separate opposite requirements in space Separate an impeding part from an object

Separate (remove) a required part from an object Use another dimension

Use the reverse side Nesting (matreshka)

Travel through

Separate opposite requirements in time Preliminary action Partial preliminary action Preliminary placement of an object Create and use pauses Staggered processing Dynamization Use post-process time

Separate opposite requirements between the whole object and its parts Building bi- and poly-systems Apply a model or copy Abandon symmetry Add a carrier Mediator

Separate opposite requirements on conditions Differential influence Selective slackening

Vary optical characteristics Introduce an additional field