Failure-Aware Processing System Migration

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Solution Overview

Problem

In medium processing systems, processing failures can occur, and simply migrating the processing to another system without considering the failure details may lead to similar issues, posing a risk of continued disruptions.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that acquires failure information from a medium processing system and specifies an alternative processing system with a lower likelihood of similar failures, ensuring continuous processing by transferring the processing request to this alternative system based on the acquired information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If processing is migrated to another medium processing system without considering failure details, then processing continuity is improved, but the risk of similar processing failures increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprocessing continuityVSAvoidprocessing failure risk

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of failure information before migration, examining the cause and type of failure that occurred in the original medium processing system. This preliminary action enables informed selection of an alternative system that is less likely to experience the same failure, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining processing continuity and avoiding similar failures.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by analyzing failure information from the original medium processing system and using this information to select an appropriate alternative system. The failure analysis results feed into the migration decision-making process, ensuring that the alternative system selection considers the specific failure mode, thereby reducing the risk of similar failures while maintaining continuity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If failure information is analyzed in detail before specifying alternative system, then reliability of processing continuation is improved, but time required for system specification increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprocessing continuation reliabilityVSAvoidsystem specification time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential failure information needed for alternative system selection, such as failure type and cause category, rather than analyzing all available system data. This extraction approach maintains reliable decision-making while significantly reducing the time required for failure analysis and alternative system specification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameters of failure information analysis by focusing on specific critical parameters (failure type, cause category) rather than comprehensive system state analysis. This parameter selection strategy enables reliable alternative system specification with minimized time investment, resolving the contradiction between analysis depth and processing speed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12081716B2Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

Publication Date: 2024.09.03 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquires failure information being information regarding processing failure occurring in a medium processing system that has performed processing on a recording medium based on a processing request, and specify an alternative processing system being another medium processing system that is to perform the processing request, based on the acquired failure information.