Industrial Machine Area Verification for Safe Operation Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for an industrial machinery system that ensures safe operations by determining whether an agricultural machine can perform an operation within a specified and safe area, avoiding hazards such as flying into obstacles or unauthorized areas.
Innovation Solution
The system includes an industrial machine, an area information acquiring device, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus has a storage section for registered area information and a determining section that checks if the operation area is identifiable from the registered areas. If not, the operation is inhibited, and notifications can be made.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the drone is allowed to fly in any specified area, then the ease of operation is improved, but the safety and reliability deteriorate due to risks of flying into obstacles or unauthorized areas
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus performs preliminary verification by comparing the specified fly area with registered safe areas before allowing the drone to operate. This advance check prevents the drone from flying into unauthorized or hazardous zones, resolving the contradiction by ensuring safety constraints are established prior to operation.
2Reliability
If the fly area is strictly limited to registered areas, then the safety is improved, but the adaptability deteriorates as the drone cannot operate in new or unregistered areas
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where area information is continuously acquired and verified against registered areas. This feedback loop allows the system to maintain safety by only permitting operations in verified safe zones while providing a framework for updating registered areas based on new information, thus balancing safety with adaptability.
3Reliability
If the system performs comprehensive area verification, then the safety is improved, but the complexity of the device increases due to additional verification components
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus serves as an intermediary between the drone operator and the flight operation. It mediates the verification process by comparing specified areas with registered areas, thereby enabling comprehensive safety checks without requiring complex modifications to the drone itself. The intermediary handles the computational complexity of area verification.
4Reliability
If the operation is inhibited when area correspondence is unidentifiable, then the safety is improved, but the productivity deteriorates due to operational restrictions
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary anti-action by preventing operations in areas where safety cannot be verified. By inhibiting operations in unidentifiable areas before they can cause harm, the system ensures safety while providing clear guidance for operators to either register new safe areas or choose alternative locations, thus minimizing productivity loss through structured prevention rather than arbitrary restrictions.
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AI summary
There is provided an industrial machinery system including an industrial machine, an area information acquiring device that acquires information on an operation area where the industrial machine is to be caused to perform an operation, and a control apparatus that determines whether to perform the operation by the industrial machine in the operation area, wherein the control apparatus includes a storage section that stores information on a registered area, the information being acquired in advance, and a determining section that determines whether to perform the operation by the industrial machine in accordance with whether an area corresponding to the operation area is identifiable from the registered area stored in the storage section.