Cargo Work Report Management System with Time Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to effectively store information related to cargo work, such as the shipper and cargo description, in association with working time in daily work reports.
Innovation Solution
A daily work report management apparatus and system that acquires start and end times of cargo work, vehicle identification, and input information from on-board equipment and mobile terminals, storing working time and input information in association with each other, including signature images and reasons for missing signatures, while ensuring timely input validation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only working time is stored using on-board equipment, then working time can be recorded, but cargo work information cannot be associated with the working time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management server as an intermediary component that receives working time data from on-board equipment and cargo work information from mobile terminals, then associates and stores them together. This mediator enables information integration without requiring direct complex interaction between the on-board equipment and mobile terminal systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server performs multiple functions: receiving working time data, receiving cargo work information, validating timing relationships, and storing associated data. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate specialized systems into a single versatile platform.
2Reliability
If cargo work information is collected from mobile terminals, then cargo work details can be stored, but timing accuracy and data reliability cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The management server implements feedback validation by comparing the reception time of cargo work information against the stored working time period. If the information arrives outside the valid time window or without proper timing correlation, the server rejects or flags the data, ensuring only reliably timed data is stored.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation checks before storing cargo work information, verifying that the data reception time falls within the working time period and that all required fields are present. This preliminary action prevents unreliable data from being stored in the first place.
3Manufacturing precision
If all input information is stored without validation, then data completeness is maintained, but incorrect data may be stored
Solution Approach 1:
The management server performs selective validation rather than checking every possible aspect of the data. It focuses on critical validation points such as timing correlation and required field presence, accepting that not all possible errors can be detected while still ensuring sufficient data quality for operational purposes.
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AI summary
A daily business report management device includes a first acquisition unit for acquiring a start time for cargo handling work to an end time, cargo handling work and the vehicle ID from an onboard unit, a second acquisition unit for acquiring, from a mobile terminal, input information pertaining to the cargo handling work t and the vehicle ID for the vehicle where the cargo handling work was performed, and a storage control unit for causing a storage unit to store a work duration from the start time to the end time and the input information in mutual association if the vehicle ID, acquired by the second acquisition unit during a time between acquisition of the start time up until acquisition of the end time, matches the vehicle ID acquired by the first acquisition unit.