Conveyance Device Virtual Commissioning for Spec Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for manufacturing conveyance devices require numerous corrections after installation due to discrepancies in understanding between manufacturers and customers, leading to prolonged delivery times and potential operational errors.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a conveyance device with a host controller and individual controllers, utilizing operation confirmation devices to visually exhibit desired operations in video, allowing for virtual and actual operation confirmation, data input, and correction to ensure accurate alignment with customer specifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional manufacturing methods are used with paper drawings or still images, then the design process is simple, but there are recognition discrepancies between manufacturer and customer leading to numerous corrections after installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing virtual commissioning and operation confirmation before actual device assembly and delivery. The system allows customers to confirm device operations through video simulations and virtual tests, identifying and correcting any recognition discrepancies or operational issues before the device is physically delivered. This preliminary validation eliminates the need for post-installation corrections and reduces delivery time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating virtual models and video simulations of the conveyance device operations. Instead of relying on static paper drawings or still images, the system generates dynamic video copies that replicate the actual device behavior, allowing customers to visually confirm operations and identify any mismatches with their expectations before the actual device is assembled and delivered.
2Reliability
If conventional methods are used without virtual testing, then the manufacturing process is faster, but numerous corrections are needed after installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary virtual commissioning and operation confirmation steps before actual device assembly. These preliminary actions include creating virtual models, simulating operations, and obtaining customer confirmation through video demonstrations. This upfront validation ensures operational accuracy is verified before physical implementation, eliminating the need for post-installation corrections despite adding complexity to the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces video simulations and virtual models as intermediary representations between the manufacturer's design and the customer's expectations. These visual intermediaries serve as a common language that bridges understanding gaps, allowing both parties to confirm operational requirements before actual device assembly, thereby ensuring reliability without requiring complex post-installation adjustments.
3Loss of information
If paper drawings or still images are used for specification confirmation, then the communication process is simple, but it is difficult for customers to understand actual device motion and speed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces static paper drawings and still images with dynamic video simulations that copy and replicate the actual device operations. These video copies convey motion, speed, and operational sequences in a visually intuitive manner, allowing customers to fully understand device behavior without requiring technical expertise. The dynamic visual representation preserves all operational information that static images cannot convey.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes the mechanical communication method of paper drawings and physical prototypes with digital video simulations. This substitution replaces the need for physical demonstration or detailed technical documentation with immersive visual simulations that naturally convey operational characteristics, eliminating information loss while maintaining accessibility for non-technical customers.
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AI summary
A method for manufacturing a conveyance device capable of accurately completing the conveyance device imagined by a customer in a relatively short time. One or a plurality of operation confirmation devices that visually confirms an operation of the conveyance device is used. The method includes exhibiting a desired operation of the conveyance device in a video by the operation confirmation device and confirming a required operation of the conveyance device in a specification confirmation step, inputting data for realizing the required operation or realizing an operation similar to the required operation to the operation confirmation device, exhibiting the operation of the conveyance device in a video based on the data that has been input in a virtual operation confirmation step, and inputting the data to an actual individual controller of the conveyance unit in a data input step.