Door Communication System Audio Video Component Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current door communication systems require sequential and fixed processes for commissioning, lack clear identification methods for components, and do not support temporary or permanent pre-configuration, making them inefficient and difficult for one-person setup and configuration changes.

Innovation Solution

The method involves assigning and storing specific audio or video files to identify and configure door communication components, allowing for acoustic and visual identification and assignment of buttons, enabling efficient one-person commissioning and configuration through sound or image-based identification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a fixed sequential programming process is used for door communication system commissioning, then the programming process is structured and manageable, but the commissioning time and complexity increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of commissioningVSAvoidcommissioning time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary identification of door communication components automatically before the fixed sequential programming process. Audio and video files are pre-assigned to components during an automatic identification phase, so that when the fixed sequential programming begins, the components are already identified and ready for configuration, eliminating the need for manual identification during each programming session

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates audio and video copies (files) that represent the identity of physical door communication components. These digital copies can be stored, retrieved, and assigned without physically manipulating the actual components, allowing for efficient identification and configuration through file-based representation rather than direct component interaction

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Measurement precision

If sequential identification and assignment processes are used for door communication components, then each component can be individually configured, but the overall configuration time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentification accuracyVSAvoidconfiguration speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the identification and assignment processes into a single integrated operation. By using audio and video files that are automatically assigned to components during preliminary identification, the system combines what would otherwise be separate sequential steps into one unified process, maintaining accurate component identification while significantly reducing configuration time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Device complexity

If acoustic and visual signals are used only for programming acknowledgment, then the system remains simple, but clear identification of door communication components is not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidcomponent identification clarity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from using audio/visual signals only for simple acknowledgment to using them as primary identification media across multiple dimensions. Audio files provide acoustic identification, video files provide visual identification, and their combination creates audio-visual identification, adding dimensional richness to the identification process while maintaining system manageability through file-based implementation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP2222069B1Method for operating or setting up a door communication system
Publication Date: 2018.04.18 ABB AG(DE)
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AI summary

The method involves providing an audio file or a video file to a component or an operating element (7) for identifying a door communication component. The audio file or the video file is stored, where a door communication system (19) has multiple door communication components, such as a door station (1A) and the home stations (1C,1D,1E). The operating elements of the door station or the home station, such as the phone or door opening buttons that are connected with each other over a network or bus system (12).