Component Management System for Predictive Load Overflow

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing component management systems fail to predict abnormal situations such as load overflow in storage places due to variations in component delivery time and multitasking challenges, lacking timely detection and prevention mechanisms based on usage status analysis.

Innovation Solution

A component management system that includes a delivery plan information acquisition unit, a prediction unit, a first influence degree calculation unit, a prediction updating unit, and a notification unit, which utilize machine learning for factor analysis to predict and address abnormal situations like load overflow by comparing delivery track record information with delivery plan information and updating predictions based on influence degrees and threshold values.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If component delivery time varies and sorting is delayed, then abnormal situations like load overflow occur, but these situations are difficult to predict and address timely

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracy of abnormal situationsVSAvoidresponse time to abnormal situations
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary prediction of abnormal situations by calculating the degree of influence of delivery variations on storage place usage status before the abnormal situation actually occurs. This allows proactive identification of potential load overflow conditions, enabling timely preventive actions rather than reactive responses after the problem manifests.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors actual delivery times and sorting completion times, compares them with plan values to calculate deviation values, and uses this feedback to update predictions of abnormal situations. This closed-loop feedback mechanism improves prediction accuracy over time and enables dynamic adjustment of responses based on actual system state.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If operators work in multitasking, then they can handle multiple tasks, but they cannot detect and address abnormal situations in a timely manner

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperator task handling capacityVSAvoidabnormal situation detection capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-monitoring and self-detection of abnormal situations by automatically calculating storage place usage status and predicting potential issues without requiring continuous human observation. This allows operators to focus on value-added tasks while the system autonomously detects and alerts them to abnormal conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system acts as an intermediary between the complex multitasking operations and the operators, translating raw delivery and sorting data into meaningful predictions and alerts about potential abnormal situations. This intermediary function bridges the gap between high-volume task processing and human decision-making capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If delivery time and sorting time are monitored, then actual values can be obtained, but it is difficult to predict future abnormal situations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery and sorting time measurement accuracyVSAvoidpredictive information about future abnormalities
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms basic time measurement data (delivery time, sorting time) into predictive information by calculating deviation values from plan values and determining the degree of influence these deviations have on future storage place usage status. This parameter transformation converts historical data into forward-looking predictive insights.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

By calculating the degree of influence of current delivery and sorting deviations on future storage place usage, the system performs preliminary assessment of potential abnormal situations before they occur. This allows the system to predict future load overflow conditions based on current measured deviations, bridging the gap between measurement and prediction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20240112127A1Component management system and component management method
Publication Date: 2024.04.04 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A component management system includes: a delivery plan information acquisition unit that acquires delivery plan information of a component; a prediction unit that predicts occurrence of an abnormal situation in a storage use state of the component; a delivery track record information acquisition unit that acquires delivery track record information of the component; a first influence degree calculation unit that calculates a first impact degree and compares the first impact degree with a threshold; a prediction updating unit that updates prediction of the prediction unit; and a notification unit that notifies an abnormal situation when the prediction updating unit predicts occurrence of an abnormal situation.