Image Traits Definition for Information Handling System Manufacturing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manufacture of information handling systems using customer-provided images is hindered by the large size of these images, leading to prolonged network transfer times, increased storage and network costs, and decreased customer satisfaction due to delays in delivery.
Innovation Solution
An image traits definition is created by analyzing the image, which is then communicated over the network to a manufacturing site, allowing the recreation of the image from a component library, thereby reducing the data transferred and speeding up the manufacturing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the entire image is communicated over the network to the manufacture location, then the complete image data is available for copying, but the network transfer time becomes excessively long and network resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential image traits (configuration data, software settings, partition information) from the complete image, separating this metadata from the bulk image data. This extracted traits definition is then transmitted over the network instead of the entire image, resolving the contradiction between having complete image data and minimizing transfer time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the image communication process into two parts: (1) transmission of the compact traits definition over the network, and (2) local reconstruction of the complete image at the manufacture location using the traits definition and a base image. This segmentation allows the critical path (network transfer) to be minimized while still achieving the complete image delivery.
2Reliability
If the entire image is stored at various manufacture centers for extended periods, then the image is available for copying to manufactured systems, but storage resources are consumed and storage costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential image traits (configuration data, software settings, partition information) from the complete image, separating this metadata from the bulk image data. This extracted traits definition is then transmitted over the network instead of the entire image, resolving the contradiction between having complete image data and minimizing transfer time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables copying of the complete image at the manufacture location by transmitting only the compact traits definition. The manufacture location uses this traits definition to reconstruct the complete image locally from a base image, eliminating the need to store large image files at multiple manufacture centers while ensuring image availability for copying.
3Loss of time
If the image is analyzed to create a traits definition, then the data transfer size is reduced, but additional processing time is required at the customer site
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an image analyzer as an intermediary component at the customer site that automatically extracts image traits from the complete image. This intermediary performs the complex analysis task, converting the full image into a compact traits definition that can be efficiently transmitted over the network, thereby reducing transfer time while managing processing complexity through automation.
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AI summary
A system for manufacture of information handling systems is disclosed. The system includes an image analyzer operable to accept an image and generate an image traits definition wherein the image traits definition has a manifest of the image's software characteristics and customization settings, a remote image rebuilder distal to and interfaced with the image analyzer through a network wherein the remote image rebuilder operable to apply the image traits definition to an image components library to rebuild the image, and an information handling system burn rack proximate to the image rebuilder and operable to copy the rebuilt image to a manufactured information handling system.