Chemical Characteristic Mapping for Higher-Value Waste Utilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing waste recycling technologies are inefficient and costly, with recycled materials often being of lower quality and higher cost than virgin materials, and users lack detailed information about the chemical composition of products, hindering effective utilization.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method and system that specifies and outputs information about product characteristics based on chemical substances and functional groups contained in the product, including changes over time and through modification, to facilitate effective utilization as new resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If chemical recycling is performed to reduce waste, then waste utilization is improved, but cost increases and material quality decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and identifies specific chemical substances and functional groups from waste products through chemical analysis. By taking out this compositional information and making it accessible to users, the system enables informed recycling decisions without requiring users to perform complex analysis themselves, thereby improving waste utilization while maintaining material quality through precise identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an information processing system as an intermediary between chemical analysis equipment and end users. This intermediary system processes chemical analysis data, identifies relevant substances and functional groups, and presents useful information to users, enabling effective waste recycling without requiring users to directly perform or interpret complex chemical analysis.
2Measurement precision
If chemical analysis is performed to identify product components, then information accuracy is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs an information processing system as an intermediary that handles the complex chemical analysis and data interpretation. The system receives product information, performs chemical substance identification, and presents simplified results to users, thereby maintaining high measurement precision while significantly reducing operation complexity for end users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of the chemical analysis process and results. Instead of requiring users to physically perform chemical analysis, the system uses pre-processed chemical substance information and functional group data as copies of the analysis results, making accurate component identification accessible without the operational complexity of actual chemical analysis.
3Productivity
If detailed chemical composition information is provided to users, then product utilization effectiveness is improved, but information complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential chemical substance names and functional group information from complex product compositions. By taking out and presenting only the relevant compositional data needed for effective utilization, the system improves product utilization effectiveness while avoiding the complexity of presenting complete chemical analysis datasets.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing detailed chemical composition information only where and how it is needed for specific utilization purposes. The system presents customized information about particular chemical substances and functional groups relevant to the user's needs, rather than overwhelming users with complete compositional data, thereby improving effectiveness without excessive complexity.
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AI summary
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an information processing technology capable of outputting useful information for effectively utilizing a product as a new resource.The present disclosure provides an information processing method executed by one or more processors, the method including: specifying at least one of information regarding a characteristic of a product described in the following (a) to (c) on the basis of a name of a chemical substance and/or a functional group contained in the product; and outputting the information regarding the characteristic of the product specified.(a) Information regarding characteristics different from the original characteristics of the product.(b) Information regarding characteristics that the product can acquire as it changes over time.(c) Information regarding characteristics obtainable by modifying the product.