Machine Tool Menu Segmentation and Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current machine tool management devices lack practicality in menu management, allowing unauthorized changes and displaying unnecessary processes, which complicates operator interactions and reduces efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A machine tool management device with a process screen display section, menu display section, specific person authentication, and display menu changing section that allows certified administrators to customize and restrict menu changes, ensuring only authorized personnel can modify menus and hide unnecessary processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If menu display options are made flexible and customizable, then operator efficiency and ease of operation are improved, but system security and control are worsened due to unauthorized changes
Solution Approach 1:
The menu system is segmented into two distinct types: fixed menus that cannot be modified and free menus that can be customized. This segmentation allows operators to customize frequently used processes in free menus while fixed menus maintain system integrity and prevent unauthorized changes to critical functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The menu configuration is made dynamic through authentication-based access control. When an operator logs in, the system dynamically adjusts menu visibility and editability based on authentication results. Authorized users can modify free menus, while fixed menus remain locked, creating a dynamic balance between flexibility and security.
2Loss of information
If all machine tool related processes are displayed on menus, then completeness of information is improved, but device complexity and information overload are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The complete set of machine tool related processes is segmented between fixed menus and free menus. Fixed menus contain essential system functions that must always be accessible, while free menus contain customizable processes that operators can adjust based on their specific needs, reducing information overload while maintaining completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
Frequently used or operator-specific processes are extracted from the main fixed menu structure and placed into free menus that can be customized or hidden. This extraction reduces the complexity of the default menu view while ensuring that complete process information remains accessible when needed.
3Stability of the object's composition
If menu display positions are fixed, then system stability is improved, but adaptability to different operator needs is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The menu display system implements dynamic positioning based on authentication status. For authenticated operators, free menus can be displayed at customizable positions to adapt to individual preferences. For unauthenticated or standard users, the system maintains a stable, predetermined menu arrangement, thus achieving both stability and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the menu system have different stability characteristics. Fixed menus maintain stable, predetermined positions to ensure system consistency, while free menus allow local customization of display positions for authenticated users, providing adaptability where needed without compromising overall system stability.
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AI summary
A machine tool management device including process screen display section configured to display a process screen on display, the process screen being a screen corresponding to each of multiple machine tool related processes; menu display section configured to display on the process screen each of a free menu at which it is possible to register any of the multiple machine tool related processes and a fixed menu at which specific processes of the multiple machine tool related processes are displayed; specific person authentication section configured to authenticate a specific person such that an entry operation via display is restricted to only the specific operator; and display menu changing section configured to receive an operation by an operator authenticated by specific person authentication section.