Error Data Reporting for Automatic Door Operators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing entrance systems with automatic door operators face challenges in efficiently managing error data reporting, leading to high costs and resource inefficiencies due to continuous data transmission and storage, especially in systems that operate for long periods without errors.
Innovation Solution
An error data reporting arrangement that includes a controller, memory, and communication interface, which repeatedly collects event data, maintains a set of recent data, and generates an error report only when an error condition is detected, transmitting this report to a remote receiver.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If continuous data transmission and storage is implemented to monitor entrance systems, then reliability of error detection is improved, but data traffic and resource utilization increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary error-related data from the continuous data stream, storing and transmitting only when errors are detected. This selective extraction approach maintains reliable error detection while dramatically reducing data traffic and storage requirements compared to continuous monitoring of all operational parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements periodic error checking and data transmission only when errors occur, rather than continuous monitoring. The controller periodically assesses system state and triggers data collection and transmission only upon error detection, creating an event-driven periodic action pattern that conserves resources while maintaining detection reliability.
2Reliability
If frequent inspections and maintenance sessions are scheduled, then reliability of avoiding errors is improved, but cost increases considerably
Solution Approach 1:
The entrance system performs self-diagnosis and self-monitoring through the integrated error detection arrangement. The system automatically detects and reports its own errors without requiring external inspection, enabling condition-based maintenance that reduces costly frequent inspections while maintaining high reliability through continuous self-monitoring.
3Ease of manufacture
If user feedback is used for error reporting, then cost is reduced in short-term, but reliability and security deteriorate in long-term
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated feedback loops where sensors continuously monitor system parameters and provide feedback to the controller. When errors are detected, the system automatically generates and transmits error data without requiring user intervention, ensuring reliable and consistent error reporting that maintains security and reliability while reducing long-term operational costs.
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AI summary
An error data reporting arrangement (20) is disclosed which is for use in an entrance system (10) having one or more movable door members (DM1 . . . DMn) and an automatic door operator (30) for causing movement of the one or more movable door members (DM1 . . . DMn) between closed and open positions. The error data reporting arrangement 20 comprises a controller (22), a memory (24) and a communication interface (26). The controller (22) is configured for repeatedly collecting event data in the entrance system (10), and for maintaining a set of recent event data in the memory (24) while discarding older event data. The controller (22) is moreover configured for detecting an error condition in the entrance system (10), and, upon detecting the error condition, for generating an error report (27) which comprises information representing the error condition together with information representing the maintained set of recent event data. The controller (22) is furthermore configured for causing transmission (28) of the error report (27) via the communication interface (26) to a remote data receiver (29).