Alarm Display System Using IC Tags for Component Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Operators face challenges in quickly identifying and addressing alarms in control devices for robots and numerically controlled machine tools due to the need to search through extensive handling manuals, requiring significant time and labor to find relevant information for specific components.
Innovation Solution
An alarm display system that uses IC tags to store component ID information, reads this information non-contactually, and extracts and displays relevant handling information associated with the alarm, allowing for rapid identification of necessary measures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If non-contact type IC tags are attached to components and ID information is read out, then component identification becomes easy, but it is necessary to search through large amount of handling information from the manual to find necessary measures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary handling information related to the specific component identified by the IC tag from the large amount of handling manual information. The extraction unit selectively retrieves handling information corresponding to the alarm type and the identified component, eliminating the need to search through irrelevant information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary information processing system that includes extraction and display units. This intermediary system acts as a mediator between the handling manual and the operator, automatically extracting and presenting only the relevant handling information based on the alarm type and component ID, thereby reducing the time to find necessary measures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If handling manual includes comprehensive handling information for all components, then all possible alarms can be addressed, but it requires considerable time and intensive labor to complete necessary measures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary handling information related to the specific component identified by the IC tag from the large amount of handling manual information. The extraction unit selectively retrieves handling information corresponding to the alarm type and the identified component, eliminating the need to search through irrelevant information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing different handling information for different components and alarm types. Instead of presenting all handling information uniformly, the system tailors the displayed information to match the specific alarm situation and component involved, allowing operators to quickly access relevant measures without being overwhelmed by unnecessary information.
3Measurement precision
If operator visually checks components or model numbers after taking them out, then component identification is possible, but it requires significant time and labor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical visual inspection process with an automated IC tag reading system. The IC tag reading unit automatically reads the ID information from the IC tag attached to the component, eliminating the need for operators to visually check components or model numbers manually. This substitution maintains accurate component identification while dramatically reducing the time and labor required.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables operators to promptly recognize and implement necessary measures by selectively displaying alarm handling information for the specific components involved, reducing the time and effort required to address alarms.
Implementation Method 1
an IC tag reading part capable of reading the ID information stored in the IC tag in a non-contact manner
Data Source
AI summary
An alarm display system includes: an IC tag storing ID information for identifying components of a control device; an IC tag reading part capable of reading the ID information stored in the IC tag in a non-contact manner; a storage part storing alarm handling information in association with alarm information for identifying a type of an alarm and the component related to the alarm; a handling information extracting part extracting, when an alarm is generated, alarm handling information related to the component which is identified by the ID information from the alarm handling information corresponding to the alarm based on the alarm information and the ID information read by the IC tag reading part; and a handling information display part displaying the alarm handling information extracted by the handling information extracting part.