Document Creation Device for Template-Based Manual Management
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
In industrial products, multiple models of the same type require separate manual data management, making it inefficient to correct common portions across different models, and existing systems struggle to track the extent of modifications accurately.
Innovation Solution
A document creation device that utilizes a common document template with embedded regions, a differences document for specific variations, and a management table to generate derived documents by replacing elements, allowing for simultaneous correction of common portions and clear tracking of modifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual data is generated and managed for each product individually, then each product can have its own specific content, but correcting common portions requires individual correction for each product which increases work time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments manual data into common portions (applicable to multiple products) and product-specific portions. Common portions are extracted and managed separately, allowing centralized correction that automatically reflects across all products using that common content, thereby reducing repetitive correction work.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal common document structure that serves multiple products simultaneously. This common document contains standardized portions that can be reused across different product manuals, enabling one correction to benefit multiple products and significantly reducing total correction time.
2Device complexity
If a manual is composed from section units, then assembly is simplified, but it becomes difficult to grasp the extent of modification influence when one section is modified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism through management tables that track the relationship between common documents and derived product manuals. When a common document is modified, the system automatically identifies and notifies which derived manuals are affected, providing clear feedback on the extent of modification influence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension of organization by introducing management tables that create a hierarchical relationship between common documents and derived manuals. This additional layer enables tracking of modification propagation across multiple levels, making the influence of changes visible and manageable.
3Manufacturing precision
If separate manual data is managed for each product model, then product-specific accuracy is maintained, but the system complexity increases and requires managing multiple corrected and uncorrected versions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the management of common content and product-specific content into a unified system. By combining common documents with product-specific documents through controlled combination, the system maintains product-specific accuracy while eliminating the need to manage separate corrected and uncorrected versions across multiple files.
Data Source
AI summary
A document creating device (10): creates a common document (100) serving as a template for creating a derived document (300), and a difference document (200) including a region (106) in which an element (206) different from elements (112, 114, 116, 114) in the common document is embedded, and an empty region (108); and generates the derived document (300) from the common document by replacing the elements in the common document with elements in the corresponding region of the difference document.