AR Maintenance Display for Packed Electronics Without Unpacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for checking hardware and firmware versions in packed electronic equipment are costly and inefficient, especially when dealing with large numbers of devices, as they require manual unpacking and precise wireless power supply setups.
Innovation Solution
A display device incorporating an information projection unit for augmented reality, a wireless power supply unit, a wireless power supply control unit to manage directivity and distance, and a wireless communication unit to acquire and display maintenance information without unpacking the equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If wireless power supply devices are provided in respective packing boxes to enable easy acquisition of maintenance information, then productivity is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portable terminal as an intermediary device that mediates between the user and the packed electronic equipment. The terminal performs wireless communication with the equipment to acquire maintenance information, eliminating the need for wireless power supply devices in each packing box while maintaining ease of information acquisition.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless power supply functionality is extracted from individual packing boxes and consolidated into a single portable terminal. This extraction reduces device complexity and cost by eliminating redundant wireless power supply devices while preserving the core functionality of wireless information acquisition.
2Ease of operation
If wireless power supply is used to supply power to electronic equipment in desired packing boxes, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to difficulty in maintaining appropriate distance and directivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical positioning and directivity control requirements of wireless power supply with wireless communication technology. The portable terminal uses wireless communication protocols that do not require precise distance or directivity control, thereby maintaining ease of operation while improving reliability of information acquisition.
3Device complexity
If manual unpacking and visual search methods are used to check hardware and firmware versions, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the packed electronic equipment to self-present its maintenance information through wireless communication. The equipment automatically transmits its identification and status information to the portable terminal without requiring manual unpacking or visual search, thereby improving productivity while keeping the system simple.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy acquisition of maintenance information from packed electronic equipment without unpacking, while ensuring precise wireless power supply and reducing costs by controlling directivity and distance of wireless power transmission.
Implementation Method 1
a wireless power supply unit that performs wireless power supply to packed electronic equipment
Data Source
AI summary
To acquire maintenance information easily from packed electronic equipment without unpacking. An AR display device includes: an information projection unit that performs display on the basis of augmented reality; a wireless power supply unit that performs wireless power supply to packed electronic equipment; a wireless power supply control unit that controls directivity and distance of the wireless power supply unit upon performing wireless power supply to the packed electronic equipment, so that a packing box of the packed electronic equipment is displayed on the information projection unit; a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the packed electronic equipment to which the wireless power supply is performed; and a control unit that displays maintenance information received from the packed electronic equipment on the information projection unit.