Hierarchical Industrial Coordinates for Object Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current storage, goods, and production systems face challenges in efficiently managing and identifying objects due to high fault rates, which lead to increased costs and production failures, as existing systems lack simplicity and accuracy in object management and assignment.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing a mobile data acquisition device to acquire identifiers, transmit information to a management system, and assign unique industrial coordinates structured in a tree-shaped hierarchy, allowing for easy object identification, grouping, and status determination, while enabling access rights management and optimization of processes through machine learning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a complex identification system is used to track objects in storage and production systems, then measurement precision and reliability improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The identification system is segmented into hierarchical levels (e.g., location level, object level, attribute level), allowing complex identification tasks to be broken down into manageable segments. Each segment handles a specific aspect of object identification, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high precision through coordinated operation of segments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a hierarchical dimension to object identification, organizing identification data in multiple levels rather than a single flat structure. This dimensional approach allows the system to handle complex identification requirements by distributing information across hierarchical layers, reducing the complexity at any single level while maintaining overall precision.
2Reliability
If detailed tracking information is collected for all objects, then reliability and status evaluation accuracy improve, but loss of time in data processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary organization of tracking information in hierarchical structures and pre-processes data according to defined rules. By preparing and structuring data in advance, the system reduces the time required for status evaluation while maintaining high reliability, as the preliminary work eliminates the need for complex real-time processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The hierarchical identification system enables self-service status determination through automated rule-based evaluation. The system automatically processes tracking information and determines object status without requiring extensive manual intervention or complex real-time analysis, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining high reliability through consistent automated evaluation.
3Ease of operation
If manual object management procedures are used, then ease of operation is maintained, but productivity and fault detection capability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service functionality where objects and tracking information automatically update and organize themselves according to hierarchical structures and predefined rules. This automation maintains operational simplicity for users while dramatically improving productivity, as the system handles complex tracking and status determination tasks autonomously without requiring intensive manual management.
4Ease of operation
If hierarchical industrial coordinates are implemented for object grouping, then ease of operation and status determination speed improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hierarchical industrial coordinate system is segmented into distinct levels (e.g., facility level, department level, location level, object level), with each level handling a specific aspect of organization. This segmentation makes the coordinate system easier to operate by allowing users to work with relevant levels only, while the modular structure actually reduces overall complexity compared to a flat system by distributing organizational logic across segments.
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AI summary
A method for managing a storage system, a goods system and/or a production system, comprising: acquiring information stored in an identifier (2) with a mobile data acquisition device (3); transmitting the information to a management system (1) connected to the mobile data acquisition device (3) for data exchange; identifying, on the basis of the transmitted information, at least one object (4) of a plurality of objects by the management system (1), wherein each object (4) is assigned a unique industrial coordinate (5) of an industrial coordinate system (6); creating an instruction depending on the identified object (4), its industrial coordinates (5) and/or the transmitted information, and transmitting the instruction from the management system (1) to the mobile data acquisition device (3), the identified object (4) and/or to an external device; wherein the industrial coordinates (5) comprise at least one hierarchy level (8) and at least one, a plurality of or all hierarchy levels (8) correspond to a physical property of the object (4) assigned to the respective industrial coordinate (5). The invention also relates to a corresponding system (100).