Information Analysis Device for Facility Data Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information analysis systems struggle to efficiently analyze data from multiple facilities and moving objects across various areas, leading to excessive user workload and difficulty in identifying bottlenecks in workplace operations.

Innovation Solution

An information analysis device equipped with a processor, memory, and display interface that filters and limits displayed information based on user input, allowing users to designate specific facilities and areas for analysis, thereby reducing the amount of data presented and focusing on relevant information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If all status information and detection information from multiple facilities and areas is displayed simultaneously, then the user can access comprehensive data, but the user workload increases and analysis becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomprehensive data accessVSAvoiduser workload
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the comprehensive information into two distinct types: status information (facility operation states) and detection information (moving object detection results). This segmentation allows the system to manage and display information in organized groups, enabling users to analyze specific aspects without being overwhelmed by all data simultaneously, thus reducing user workload while maintaining comprehensive data access capability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic display control where the system can adaptively show different combinations of status and detection information based on user needs and analysis progress. The display is not static but can be adjusted to show relevant information subsets, making the analysis process easier while still providing access to complete data when needed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Loss of information

If all status information and detection information from multiple facilities and areas is displayed simultaneously, then the user can access comprehensive data, but the information becomes difficult to analyze

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomprehensive data accessVSAvoidinformation analysis complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

By dividing information into status information (facility states) and detection information (moving object data), the patent creates analytically manageable segments. Users can focus on analyzing relationships within each segment type before integrating findings, reducing the cognitive complexity of analyzing all information simultaneously while preserving access to comprehensive data

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a categorical dimension for organizing information, classifying data along the dimension of information type (status vs. detection). This additional organizational dimension helps users navigate and analyze information more systematically by providing structured pathways through the data complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS20240046285A1Information analysis device and information analysis method
Publication Date: 2024.02.08 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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AI summary

An information analysis device for displaying information on a moving object in plural areas corresponding to plural facilities, includes: a display configured to display information; an input interface configured to receive a user operation; a processor configured to control the display, based on the user operation received by the input interface; and a memory configured to store status information indicating a state where each facility in the plural facilities operates, and detection information indicating a detection result of the moving object in each area in the plural areas. The processor is configured to: receive, via the input interface, a status information operation designating information on a specific facility in the status information on the plural facilities; and limit information to be displayed among the status information on the plural facilities and the detection information on the plural areas, based on information on the facility designated by the status information operation.