Industrial IoT Accessory Supply Control for Real-Time Replenishment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing intelligent manufacturing systems face challenges in efficiently and accurately managing accessory supplies across multiple devices, leading to production disruptions due to inadequate real-time data processing and management of inventory and consumption rates.

Innovation Solution

An industrial Internet of Things (IoT) system comprising a user platform, service platform, management platform, and sensor network platform, with each platform having independent sub-platforms for data processing and transmission, allowing for real-time data collection, processing, and control of accessory supply devices to ensure timely replenishment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a large number of accessory supply devices are managed with centralized data processing, then comprehensive inventory control is achieved, but data processing complexity and transmission burden increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinventory control accuracyVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the centralized management system into multiple independent management sub-platforms, each responsible for specific accessory supply devices. This segmentation reduces the data processing burden on each individual platform while maintaining comprehensive inventory control across the entire system. Each sub-platform processes data locally and independently, avoiding the complexity of a single centralized processor handling all devices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of time

If real-time data collection from all accessory supply devices is implemented, then timely replenishment is enabled, but data transmission amount and processing difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereplenishment timingVSAvoiddata transmission amount
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements segmented data collection where each management sub-platform collects and processes data only from its assigned accessory supply devices. This reduces the total data transmission amount compared to centralized collection, while maintaining real-time monitoring capabilities for timely replenishment decisions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each management sub-platform performs local data processing and analysis for its specific devices, rather than transmitting all raw data to a central system. This local quality approach reduces transmission burden while enabling real-time inventory management and timely replenishment actions at each local level.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If independent management sub-platforms are used for each accessory supply device, then separate real-time control is achieved, but system structure complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseparate control capabilityVSAvoidsystem structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates independent management sub-platforms for separate control of accessory supply devices, which improves operational ease and responsiveness. However, it mitigates the resulting structure complexity through standardized interfaces and modular architecture, allowing each sub-platform to function independently while maintaining system-wide coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12158748B2Industrial Internet of Things for controlling supply of accessories and control methods thereof
Publication Date: 2024.12.03 CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides an industrial Internet of Things for controlling a supply of accessories and control methods. The industrial Internet of Things comprises a user platform, a service platform, a management platform, a sensor network platform, and an object platform interacting in sequence. The object platform is configured to include different accessory supply devices, each of which is configured with a data collector. The sensor network platform receives and sends accessory supply data to different management sub-platforms. The different management sub-platforms receive the different accessory supply data, after data processing, store and send at least one processing result data to different service sub-platforms. The different service sub-platforms receive and send corresponding processing result data to the user platform separately. The user platform generates a first instruction to a corresponding service sub-platform based on the at least one processing result data.