Location-Based Situation Awareness System for Factory Data Push
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Solution Overview
Problem
Operators in factories face inefficiencies in accessing and visualizing real-time data from processing machines, as current methods require manual login and data export, which are time-consuming and inconvenient for immediate understanding and handling of production line status.
Innovation Solution
A location-based situation awareness system using a mobile device with an antenna, interrogator, data collector, and broker server, which generates a wireless field to automatically push real-time data from processing machines to mobile devices via push protocols like Socket.IO or SignalR, eliminating the need for manual login and enabling instant updates on web pages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If operators manually login processing machines and export process data, then data can be obtained, but the process is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes wireless fields around processing machines with identification tags and push protocols before operators need data. When operators approach, the system automatically detects their location and pushes relevant process data to their mobile devices, eliminating the need for manual login and data export operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service data delivery where the processing machine system automatically detects operator presence through wireless fields and identification tags, then autonomously pushes process data to operators' mobile devices without requiring manual intervention for data collection.
2Ease of operation
If operators manually login and export process data, then data can be accessed, but it is hard to visualize the process data and understand production line status immediately
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces mobile devices as intermediaries between operators and processing machine data. The broker server acts as another intermediary that receives process data from processing machines, processes it into visualizable formats, and pushes it to operators' mobile devices, enabling immediate visualization and understanding without manual data processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical operations (logging in, exporting, drawing diagrams) with automated electronic processes involving wireless fields, identification tags, and push protocols that automatically deliver visualized data to operators' devices.
3Speed
If the system uses automatic data pushing via wireless fields and push protocols, then data delivery speed increases, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses universal wireless communication technologies (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC) that operators' mobile devices already possess, eliminating the need for specialized hardware. The broker server provides multi-functional services including data collection, processing, visualization, and push delivery through a single unified system.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This system allows for automatic sensing of user positions, immediate data delivery, and bilateral monitoring and control of processing machines, enabling operators to quickly understand and respond to production line status without manual selection or login, thus improving efficiency and reducing time consumption.
Implementation Method 1
an antenna located on the processing machine, the antenna is configured to generate a wireless field
Implementation Method 2
an interrogator coupled to the antenna; an identification tag located on the mobile device, the interrogator is configured to scan the identification tag in the wireless field
Implementation Method 3
a Bluetooth beacon device located on the processing machine, the Bluetooth beacon device being configured to generate a wireless field
Data Source
AI summary
A location based situation awareness system comprises: an antenna located on the processing machine, the antenna is configured to generate a wireless field; an interrogator coupled to the antenna; an identification tag located on the mobile device, the interrogator is configured to scan the identification tag in the wireless field; a data collector located on the processing machine, the data collector is configured to collect a real-time data of the processing machine; and a broker server coupled to the interrogator and the data collector, the broker server is configured to update the real-time data of the processing machine into the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field by a selected one of a plurality of push protocols.