Machine Control Software for Standardizing Multi-Machine Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current production planning systems face challenges in efficiently transmitting and managing information between machine control systems, base software applications, and operation software applications, particularly in dynamic production environments with varying product types and quantities, leading to difficulties in real-time data collection and processing.
Innovation Solution
A machine control computer system equipped with a base software application and an operation software application, featuring communication units and an information conversion unit, which converts machine-specific information into standardized formats for efficient transmission and processing, enabling real-time data management and operation across multiple machines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If machine-specific information is transmitted directly between machines and software applications, then information transmission is simple, but processing efficiency and compatibility are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a machine information conversion unit as an intermediary component that receives machine-specific information from machines and converts it into standardized information. This conversion unit acts as a mediator between the heterogeneous machine information sources and the software applications, enabling efficient processing while maintaining system compatibility without requiring direct complex integrations between each machine and software application
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by transforming machine-specific information parameters into standardized parameters through the conversion unit. The conversion process modifies the information format, structure, and representation to match standardized specifications, enabling consistent processing across different machine types while maintaining the essential meaning and utility of the original data
2Productivity
If standardized information format is implemented across all machines, then processing efficiency is improved, but adaptability to machine-specific formats is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized machine information format serves as a universal interface that can accommodate information from various machine types. The conversion unit is designed to handle multiple machine-specific formats and transform them into the single standardized format, making the system universally compatible with different machines while maintaining efficient standardized processing
Solution Approach 2:
The conversion unit acts as an adaptable intermediary that can be configured to understand various machine-specific information formats. It maintains flexibility in receiving diverse input formats while consistently outputting standardized information, thus preserving both adaptability to different machines and efficiency of standardized processing
3Loss of information
If information is transmitted in real-time from all machines, then data availability is improved, but communication load and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by having each machine's information processed and converted locally at its respective conversion unit before being transmitted to the central system. This distributed conversion approach ensures that only necessary and properly formatted information is transmitted in real-time, reducing communication load while maintaining data availability and avoiding the need for complex centralized processing of all raw machine data
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AI summary
A base software application and an operation software application are installed in a machine control computer. The base software application includes a first communication unit being a program portion, a second communication unit being a program portion, and an information conversion unit being a program portion. The information conversion unit enables a CPU of the computer to convert first machine information specific to a machine into second machine information specific to the operation software application, based on a data model or the like corresponding to a category of the machine or the like.