AR Data Collection Setup for Industrial Machine Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data collection systems for industrial machines face difficulties in intuitive and reliable setting configurations, leading to complex operations when determining which data to collect from which machines and devices.
Innovation Solution
A data collection setting device that employs augmented reality to identify industrial machines, display collectable data, and facilitate intuitive settings by allowing operators to drag virtual objects to corresponding data collecting devices, generating settings for data collection through a user-friendly interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If data collection settings are configured through WEB screens or external setting devices, then data collection functionality is achieved, but the operation becomes complicated and settings cannot be performed intuitively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical interaction methods (keyboard input, mouse clicking on WEB screens) with a visual recognition system using cameras and image processing. The setting device captures images of the machine, automatically identifies it through image recognition, and presents data collection options through a graphical user interface that displays the actual machine image with overlaid data items, eliminating the need for complex manual configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically identifying the target machine through image recognition without requiring manual input of machine identifiers. The setting device autonomously captures the machine image, processes it to identify the target, and presents relevant data collection options, reducing the operational burden on users
2Reliability
If manual configuration of data collection settings is performed, then data collection is established, but reliability and intuitiveness of matching settings to reality are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes manual configuration with automated image recognition and processing. The system captures an image of the actual machine, uses image recognition to identify the target machine, and displays the recognized machine image with overlaid data collection items. This visual feedback loop ensures that settings are reliably matched to the correct machine while maintaining high intuitiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by displaying the recognized machine image back to the user with data collection items overlaid on relevant portions of the machine. This visual feedback allows the user to verify that the correct machine is selected and that data items are appropriately mapped to physical components, enhancing both reliability and intuitiveness
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AI summary
A data collection setting device of an industrial machine includes: a display unit that displays augmented reality; an industrial machine identifying unit that identifies the industrial machine in the real world displayed on the display unit; a data display control unit that displays, on the display unit, a virtual object relating to the data which are collectable in the identified industrial machine; a data collecting device display control unit that displays, on the display unit, an object indicating the data collecting device; an operation determining unit that determines operation of an operator with respect to the virtual object relating to the data and the object indicating the data collecting device displayed on the display unit, and identifies the data and the data collecting device; and a data collection setting generating unit that generates a setting for collecting the identified data of the industrial machine (10) in the identified data collecting device.