Injection Molding Data Management Device Secure Remote Viewing

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Solution Overview

Problem

The remote viewing of injection molding machine display data poses a risk of confidential information leakage, as commercially available software allows for remote access to sensitive information displayed on the machine's screen.

Innovation Solution

An injection molding data management device is implemented, featuring a display data storage unit and a viewing permission/rejection setting unit that controls access to the data from connected terminals, allowing for secure viewing and prohibiting access to confidential information unless explicitly permitted, especially during abnormal conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If remote viewing software is used to access injection molding machine display data, then operational monitoring capability is improved, but confidential information leakage risk increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveremote monitoring capabilityVSAvoidconfidential information leakage
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments display data into multiple categories (normal operation data, abnormal operation data, confidential data) and applies different viewing permission settings to each category. This allows remote terminals to access only specific types of data based on their authorization level, enabling monitoring functionality while preventing unauthorized access to confidential information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements location-specific and role-specific permission settings where different terminal devices or user roles receive different levels of access. The viewing permission/rejection setting unit configures data access rights based on the terminal's authorization level, ensuring that each remote viewer receives only the information appropriate to their function while maintaining overall system security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of information

If all display data is made accessible remotely, then information completeness is improved, but data security deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoiddata security
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic permission management where the viewing permission/rejection setting unit can flexibly adjust data access rights based on operational conditions, terminal authorization levels, and data sensitivity. This dynamic configuration allows the system to provide complete information when needed while maintaining security through selective restriction, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and data security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The viewing permission/rejection setting unit acts as an intermediary between the display data storage unit and remote terminals. It filters and controls the flow of information, allowing complete data to exist in the storage unit while selectively transmitting only authorized portions to remote terminals, thus maintaining both information completeness and data security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If viewing permissions are restricted to prevent information leakage, then data security is improved, but operational transparency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata securityVSAvoidoperational transparency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary classification and permission configuration for different types of display data before remote access occurs. The viewing permission/rejection setting unit pre-configures which data categories are accessible to which terminals based on their authorization levels. This preliminary setup ensures that operational transparency is maintained for authorized users while data security is preserved through pre-established permission boundaries.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3546183B1Injection molding data management device and injection molding machine
Publication Date: 2021.09.08 SUMITOMO HEAVY IND LTD
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AI summary

An injection molding data management device (700) includes a display data storage unit (712) which stores display data displayed on a display screen of an injection molding machine (10), and a viewing permission/rejection setting unit (713) which sets, with respect to a viewing requirement of the display data from a terminal (50) communicably connected via a network (90), an item permitting viewing of the display data for the terminal (50) and an item rejecting the viewing of the display data for the terminal (50).