Facility Operation Data Mapping for Automated Mission Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing facility operation systems struggle with automating tasks due to differing data representations and formats from multiple vendors, leading to difficulties in managing associations and meanings across various types of information, necessitating human intervention for data evaluation and task management.

Innovation Solution

A facility operation system that includes a storage apparatus, arithmetic operation apparatus, and control apparatus to store and analyze data, generate structured technical term dictionaries, and create mission management information, enabling automatic task identification and control instruction data generation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If data from multiple vendors are utilized, then information diversity and comprehensiveness are improved, but data representation differences and format inconsistencies increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation diversityVSAvoiddata representation differences
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server system as an intermediary between multiple vendor data sources and the facility operation system. This server receives data in various formats from different vendors, standardizes it into a unified format, and then provides it to the facility operation system. This mediator approach allows the system to utilize diverse information from multiple vendors without being hindered by format inconsistencies and representation differences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If automatic task operation is implemented, then operational efficiency is improved, but the ability to handle diverse data formats and meanings deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoiddata format handling capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary data standardization and association management before automatic task execution. The system pre-processes data from multiple vendors by standardizing formats, extracting meanings, and managing associations between different data types. This preliminary action creates a unified data foundation that enables subsequent automatic task operations to proceed efficiently without encountering format or meaning inconsistencies during execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If human intervention is used for data evaluation, then data accuracy is improved, but task execution time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidtask execution time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a self-service automated system that independently evaluates data accuracy, manages associations, and executes tasks without requiring human intervention. The server system automatically standardizes data formats, extracts and compares data meanings, validates data quality, and generates control instructions. This self-service approach maintains high data accuracy through automated validation algorithms while eliminating the time delay associated with manual data evaluation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Extent of automation

If data standardization is implemented, then system automation capability is improved, but the complexity of data processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomation capabilityVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple data processing functions into a single integrated server system. The server combines data reception, format standardization, meaning extraction, association management, and task execution into one unified platform. This merging approach simplifies the overall system architecture by consolidating complex processing operations into a centralized system, making automation more achievable while managing processing complexity through integration rather than distribution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12393177B2Facility operation system and facility operation method
Publication Date: 2025.08.19 HITACHI LTD
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AI summary

A storage apparatus stores existing data including data relating to management of an instrument and data on actual records of the instrument, information on path structure of the existing data, mission information relating to a task in the facility operation, and information on the path structure of the mission information. An arithmetic operation apparatus extracts information on data meanings of terms contained in the existing data based on the existing data and the path structure of the existing data, and generates information of the degree of association between the plurality of terms. The arithmetic operation apparatus generates mission management information based on mission information, the path structure of the mission information, and the information on the degree of association between the terms, the mission management information including information on a meaning of each of a plurality of tasks relating to facility operation and chronological information on the plurality of tasks.