Fluid Instrument Information Device for Usage Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for providing information about fluid instruments, such as gas instruments, are limited to gas charges and lack a comprehensive method for setting these charges, and this issue is common across instruments using various fluids like water.
Innovation Solution
A fluid instrument information providing device that includes a flow measuring section, an instrument determiner, a usage amount integrator, an information generator, a selection section, and an output section, which determines the type of instrument based on fluid flow changes, integrates usage amounts, generates various information including charge information, and allows users to select and output relevant information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only gas charge information is provided to users, then the information service is simple and easy to implement, but the information provided is insufficient and not useful enough for comprehensive instrument management
Solution Approach 1:
The information service is segmented into multiple independent modules: flow measurement module, instrument determination module, usage amount integration module, and information generation module. Each module handles a specific aspect of fluid consumption analysis, allowing the system to provide comprehensive information (charge, maintenance, replacement) without requiring complete redesign of the entire system. This modular approach resolves the contradiction by organizing complexity into manageable segments.
Solution Approach 2:
The fluid instrument information providing device is designed with multi-functionality to provide various types of information (charge information, maintenance information, replacement information) through a single integrated system. The instrument determination section identifies different instrument types, and the information generation section creates multiple categories of information based on integrated usage amounts, enabling one system to serve multiple purposes and reduce information gaps.
2Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive information including maintenance and replacement timing is provided, then user awareness and management are enhanced, but the processing and generation of information becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously measuring fluid flow and integrating usage amounts in real-time, preparing data before it is needed for decision-making. The usage amount integration is performed continuously in the background, so when maintenance or replacement information is needed, the data is already prepared and processed. This reduces the complexity of on-demand processing while providing versatile information.
Solution Approach 2:
The information generation section acts as an intermediary that transforms raw flow measurement data and integrated usage amounts into meaningful information categories (charge, maintenance, replacement). This intermediary layer simplifies the complexity by providing a standardized interface between the measurement system and the user, converting complex processed data into versatile, easily understandable information types.
3Measurement precision
If the system determines instrument types based on flow changes over time, then accurate instrument identification is achieved, but the measurement and analysis requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The instrument determination section uses dynamic analysis of flow changes over time rather than static measurements. By monitoring how flow patterns evolve and change, the system can identify different instrument types based on their characteristic consumption patterns. This dynamic approach improves identification accuracy while using the existing flow measurement capability, avoiding the need for additional complex measurement equipment.
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AI summary
A fluid instrument information providing device (10) comprises a gas usage amount integrating section (14) for integrating the usage amount of a gas for each of the kinds of gas instruments (40) which is determined by a gas instrument determiner section (12), based on a change in the flow of the gas which is measured by the flow measuring section (11); an instrument information generating section (16) for generating a plurality of gas instrument information including charge information relating to the gas instrument corresponding to the integrated usage amount for each kind of the gas instrument which is integrated by the gas usage amount integrating section (14), based on the integrated usage amount; an information selecting section (18) operated by a user to select gas instrument information from among the gas instrument information generated by the gas instrument information generating section (16); and an output section (50) for outputting instrument information selected by the information selecting section (18).