Inspection System Overlaying Past Audit Positions on Manufacturing Maps
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Solution Overview
Problem
In manufacturing sites, there is a challenge in effectively utilizing the results of past audits, leading to inefficiencies, inaccuracies, and incomplete inspections due to lack of information sharing between inspectors and inadequate coverage of critical areas.
Innovation Solution
An image and inspection system that displays both the planned or completed inspection position and the past inspection positions over a map of the manufacturing site, allowing inspectors to reference past audit information and improve current inspection processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If regular audits are performed at manufacturing sites, then inspection coverage is maintained, but past inspection results are not effectively utilized leading to redundant work and loss of information
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically collecting and storing inspection results from past audits in a database before new inspections occur. This pre-prepared information is then readily available to inspectors during current audits, eliminating the need to redo previous inspection work and preventing information loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by providing inspectors with access to historical inspection data through the image display device. Inspectors can review past results, identify trends, and make informed decisions based on accumulated information, creating a continuous improvement loop where past experiences directly inform current and future inspections.
2Reliability
If inspectors perform audits independently without sharing information, then individual inspection autonomy is maintained, but information sharing between inspectors is insufficient leading to inconsistent results
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges individual inspection data into a centralized database that is accessible to all inspectors. By combining previously isolated inspection results into a shared repository, the system ensures consistency across different inspectors while maintaining the simplicity of individual inspection tasks through automated information retrieval.
3Manufacturing precision
If inspection positions are not tracked and compared with past inspections, then inspection flexibility is maintained, but gaps in inspection coverage may occur at critical locations
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual inspection planning and tracking with an automated image processing system. The server automatically compares planned inspection positions with past inspection positions using image recognition and data analysis, identifying coverage gaps without requiring manual effort from inspectors while maintaining operational simplicity through automated suggestions.
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AI summary
Provided is an image and an inspection system that make it possible to effectively utilize a result of past inspection. An audit position indicating a position where an audit is planned or a position where an audit is completed and a past audit position indicating a position where an audit was performed in the past within a predetermined range including the audit position are displayed over a map on a user terminal, the map being a drawing representing a configuration of a manufacturing site. The inspector references the map on the user terminal and effectively utilizes a past audit result to perform an audit.