Inspection Assistance Device Bandwidth Control via Damage Drawing Overlay

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing inspection assistance devices face challenges in controlling communication bandwidth, leading to increased processing time and load, which can hinder efficient data transmission and analysis during inspections.

Innovation Solution

The device includes a damage drawing input part, a display for overlaying damage drawings with target figures, and a storage system that correlates damage drawings with corresponding information, allowing for reduced data transmission by storing and displaying only necessary data, thereby controlling communication bandwidth.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the inspection assistance device transmits all inspection data to server equipment, then data completeness is improved, but communication bandwidth consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata completenessVSAvoidcommunication bandwidth consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and transmits only the necessary damage drawing data to the server equipment, rather than transmitting all inspection data. The damage drawing data includes information about damaged parts and their locations, which is selectively extracted from the complete inspection dataset to reduce communication bandwidth consumption while maintaining data completeness for repair decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The inspection data is segmented into different components, with only the critical damage drawing information being transmitted to the server. The data segmentation allows the system to separate essential damage information from other inspection data, thereby reducing the quantity of transmitted data while preserving the completeness of damage-related information needed for repair decisions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Quantity of substance

If the inspection assistance device processes all inspection data locally, then data transmission is reduced, but processing time and load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission volumeVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential damage drawing data for local processing and transmission, rather than processing all inspection data locally. This extraction approach reduces the volume of data that needs to be transmitted to the server while maintaining the ability to perform necessary damage assessment locally, thereby balancing processing time and data transmission volume.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Device complexity

If damage drawings are displayed without overlay on target figures, then data storage is simplified, but position identification accuracy decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata storage complexityVSAvoidposition identification accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the damage drawing data with the target figure data by overlaying them, creating a combined visual representation. This merging allows the damage information to be displayed in the context of the complete target structure, improving position identification accuracy while the underlying data storage remains separate and manageable through the correlation of damage drawing data with corresponding target figure data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS10884615B2Inspection assistance device, inspection assistance method, and program
Publication Date: 2021.01.05 MITSUBISHI POWER LTD
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AI summary

An inspection assistance device includes a damage drawing input part configured to input a damage drawing, i.e. a drawing illustrating damages of target parts, a display configured to display the damage drawing and target figures illustrating target parts to be overlaid with each other, and a storage configured to store the damage drawing separately from the target figures in connection with the target figures.