Digital Patrol Check Records for Real-Time Facility Inspection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current patrol check systems in plants rely on paper-based records, leading to issues such as loss or damage, worker errors, and inefficiencies in reporting and responding to facility abnormalities, as workers must return to the office to create and approve reports, delaying corrective actions.
Innovation Solution
A patrol check system that includes data collection devices and a patrol check device to collect and reflect measured values from facilities, allowing for real-time reporting and approval, reducing the need for workers to return to facilities for re-checking or corrective actions by enabling remote data input and approval through a check server device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If paper-based check records are used for patrol checking, then workers can perform checking work at facilities, but the check records are susceptible to loss, damage, and errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical paper check records with electronic check records stored on portable terminals (mobile devices). The electronic check record serves as a digital copy that eliminates physical degradation (water damage, loss) while maintaining accessibility. Workers access and input data into electronic check records on their portable terminals, ensuring data integrity and reliability without requiring complex centralized systems.
2Loss of information
If workers manually create and submit reports after patrol checking, then check results can be documented, but time is lost due to the sequence of work requiring return to office
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous documentation of check results during the patrol itself. Workers input check results directly into their portable terminals at each facility location, eliminating the discontinuous process of returning to the office to create reports. The system continuously captures and transmits data in real-time, maintaining the useful action of documentation throughout the entire patrol workflow without interruption.
Solution Approach 2:
The portable terminal acts as an intermediary device between the worker and the facility being inspected. It enables direct data input and real-time transmission of check results to the server, serving as a mobile interface that eliminates the need for physical return to the office. The intermediary device facilitates continuous communication and data exchange throughout the patrol process.
3Ease of operation
If paper check records are used, then workers can perform checking work, but efficiency is reduced due to sequential processes and re-checking requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static, sequential paper-based process into a dynamic, real-time electronic system. Check records are dynamically updated and transmitted as workers move through facilities. The system adapts to the mobile workflow, allowing real-time data capture, immediate transmission to servers, and dynamic adjustment of patrol routes or priorities based on incoming data, thereby significantly improving productivity while maintaining ease of operation.
Data Source
AI summary
A patrol check system according to one aspect of the present invention includes at least one data collection device installed in a first position in an area in which facilities are installed, the data collection device being configured to collects measured values indicating a state of at least one facility installed in a first range around the first position, the facility belonging to a check target of the data collection device, the measured values being measured by a measurement device installed in the facility, and a patrol check device configured to acquire the measured values collected by the data collection device, and reflect the acquired measured values in a check result of a check record in which check items to be performed on the facility belonging to the check target of the data collection device are included.