Guiding Element Array for Object Location in Storage Fields
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Solution Overview
Problem
In warehouses, market shelves, and medical institutes, locating objects such as medicines quickly and accurately is challenging due to the large number of storage positions and the potential for human error, leading to increased time spent searching and risks of medication errors.
Innovation Solution
An object location guiding device comprising a processor, controller, and guiding element array that converts object data into storage-position information, using first-axis and second-axis position codes to drive guiding elements to point to the correct storage positions, facilitating quick and accurate object location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If pharmacists manually search for medicine storage positions in large medicine cabinets, then they can access medicines, but the time required to locate target medicine increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-processes prescription information and converts it to storage position information before the pharmacist needs to locate medicines. The processor converts object data in an object list to storage-position information, and the controller converts this to first-axis and second-axis position codes that directly guide the pharmacist to the correct medicine locations, eliminating the need for manual searching.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary guiding system between the prescription and the medicine cabinet. The guiding element array acts as a mediator that translates storage position information into visual guidance, pointing to the exact locations of required medicines without requiring the pharmacist to manually search through the cabinet.
2Reliability
If pharmacists rely on memory to locate medicines, then they can quickly find familiar medicines, but errors occur with large varieties of medicine and wrong positions are selected
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service guidance to the pharmacist by automatically displaying the storage positions of required medicines. The guiding element array points to the correct locations without requiring the pharmacist to remember or manually search, allowing the system to serve itself by providing accurate location information directly at the point of need.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human memory and manual searching with an automated electronic guidance system. The processor and controller convert prescription data into position codes that drive the guiding element array, substituting human cognitive effort with automated information processing and visual guidance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the medicine cabinet contains a large variety of medicines, then comprehensive prescription fulfillment is possible, but the complexity of locating specific medicines increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the medicine cabinet into a grid system with first-axis and second-axis position codes. This segmentation allows the system to handle a large variety of medicines by dividing the cabinet into manageable sections, with each section identifiable by specific position codes that simplify the guidance process despite the overall complexity of the cabinet's contents.
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AI summary
An object location guiding device and an operation method thereof are provided. The object location guiding device includes a processor, a controller and a guiding element array. Guiding elements of the guiding element array are disposed at different positions in a field so as to point to storage positions of different objects in the field. The processor converts the object data on an object list into storage-position information. The controller receives the storage-position information from the processor, converts the storage-position information into a first axis position code and a second axis position code, and drives the guiding element array by using the first axis position code and the second axis position code, so as to allow at least one corresponding guiding element of the guiding elements to point to a storage position of a corresponding object in the field.