Centralized Data Management System for Setting Condition Synchronization

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Solution Overview

Problem

In data management systems, changing the specifications of an information processing device requires updating setting conditions across multiple places, including the data management system, application, and information processing device, which is inefficient and prone to errors due to the need for individual changes.

Innovation Solution

A data management system that periodically synchronizes setting items with an information processing device, using a shared storage unit to acquire and enforce setting conditions, ensuring that parameter changes align with predefined specifications, thereby reducing the number of places that need to be updated.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If setting conditions are updated individually in multiple places (data management system, application, information processing device), then each location can be precisely controlled, but the number of change places increases and error-prone manual updates are required

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesetting condition accuracyVSAvoidnumber of change places

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the setting condition management functionality into a single centralized location (the data management system). Instead of having setting conditions distributed across multiple systems, all setting conditions are stored and managed in one place, eliminating the need for manual updates in multiple locations while maintaining consistency and accuracy across the entire system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The data management system is designed to serve multiple functions: it not only manages the setting conditions but also automatically distributes them to the application and information processing device. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate update operations in each system component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Device complexity

If setting conditions are centrally managed in one location, then the number of change places is reduced, but synchronization across multiple systems must be maintained

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of change placesVSAvoidsynchronization consistency

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the data management system automatically distributes setting conditions to the application and information processing device after any change. This ensures that all systems receive updated setting conditions simultaneously, maintaining synchronization consistency without requiring manual intervention in each location.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the automatic distribution mechanism. When setting conditions are changed in the data management system, the system is already prepared to automatically transmit these changes to other components, ensuring synchronization before any potential conflicts can arise.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple systems independently manage setting conditions, then each system can operate autonomously, but the time required to update all systems increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem autonomyVSAvoidupdate time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service by enabling the data management system to automatically handle the distribution of setting conditions to other systems. Instead of requiring manual updates in each autonomous system, the centralized system autonomously performs the update distribution, maintaining system autonomy while eliminating time-consuming manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system is pre-configured with the capability to automatically distribute setting conditions. When a change is made, the distribution process is already in place and executes immediately, eliminating the time required for manual updates across multiple autonomous systems while preserving their operational autonomy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20240411773A1Data management system, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and data management method

Publication Date: 2024.12.12 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

A data management system includes a processor configured to store data including a setting item for which a parameter is settable in a first storage unit in periodic synchronization with an information processing device that is a management target, acquire a setting condition of a parameter in a setting item of data from a second storage unit in which the setting condition is stored, and in a case where the parameter of the setting item of the data stored in the first storage unit is changed, change the parameter to satisfy the setting condition acquired from the second storage unit.