Integrated Drive Control for Program Updates Without Shutdown
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Solution Overview
Problem
Updating control programs in an apparatus system with multiple driving sources requires stopping each driving source, leading to temporary shutdowns that are inefficient and inconvenient, especially in infrastructure systems like power generation or vehicles.
Innovation Solution
An integrated control device manages multiple driving sources, allowing complementary operations to maintain system output while updating control programs by determining operational situations and performing complementary operations to enable updates without full system shutdown.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If control program updating is performed for each driving source individually, then control program updates can be completed, but the entire apparatus system must be stopped temporarily
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus system is divided into multiple independent driving sources, each with its own control device. This segmentation allows individual driving sources to be updated without affecting the entire system, as each driving source can operate independently while others are being updated.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple driving sources are combined into a single integrated system under unified control. This merging allows the system to maintain overall functionality by coordinating multiple driving sources, where some can continue operating while others are being updated, thus maintaining system-level productivity.
2Reliability
If the entire apparatus system is stopped for control program updates, then all control devices can be updated, but system efficiency and convenience are significantly reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Control programs are updated sequentially for each driving source rather than simultaneously for all driving sources. This preliminary action approach allows the system to maintain operation with remaining driving sources while preparing and executing updates for individual components, minimizing overall system downtime.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous useful action by ensuring that while some driving sources are being updated, other driving sources continue to operate and perform useful work. This continuity prevents complete system shutdown and minimizes loss of time.
3Productivity
If multiple driving sources are updated simultaneously, then update efficiency improves, but system complexity and coordination difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The update process is segmented into individual driving source updates rather than attempting simultaneous updates. This segmentation reduces control coordination complexity by treating each driving source as an independent update unit, making the overall process more manageable despite multiple components involved.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus system includes: a plurality of driving sources, each including a driving source control device; and an integrated control device that controls the respective driving source control devices of the plurality of driving sources, wherein the integrated control device, based on an operational situation of each of the plurality of driving sources, causes the plurality of driving sources to perform complementary operation to each other, and performs updating of a control program of each of the driving source control devices of the plurality of driving sources.