Maintenance contract fee calculation system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing maintenance contract fee calculation systems for air conditioners do not adequately consider the varying failure rates of indoor and outdoor units based on their distinct installation environments, leading to unsuitable fee calculations.
Innovation Solution
A maintenance contract fee calculation system that acquires and utilizes environmental information specific to both indoor and outdoor units, including location, purpose, surrounding conditions, and operational data, to calculate a fee that accounts for the unique failure rates of each unit, using a learning model to generate a calculation model for accurate fee determination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a single maintenance contract fee is calculated without considering installation environment, then the calculation process is simple, but the fee does not reflect the actual failure rate differences between indoor and outdoor units
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the maintenance contract fee calculation into separate components for indoor units and outdoor units. Each unit type has its own fee calculation based on specific environmental factors (indoor units consider humidity and temperature, outdoor units consider dust and vibration). This segmentation allows the system to accurately reflect different failure rates for each unit type while maintaining a structured and manageable calculation framework.
2Measurement precision
If environmental information is collected for both indoor and outdoor units, then the maintenance fee calculation becomes more accurate, but the information acquisition process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential environmental information needed for each unit type. For indoor units, it extracts humidity and temperature data. For outdoor units, it extracts dust concentration and vibration level data. This selective extraction approach ensures high measurement precision for relevant parameters while avoiding the complexity of collecting unnecessary environmental data.
3Adaptability or versatility
If separate maintenance fees are calculated for indoor and outdoor units based on their environments, then the fee suitability improves, but the calculation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different environmental parameters and weightings to indoor and outdoor units based on their specific operating conditions. Indoor units use humidity and temperature with specific weightings, while outdoor units use dust and vibration with different weightings. This localized approach ensures high adaptability and fee suitability for each unit type while streamlining the calculation process through standardized local parameters.
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AI summary
A maintenance contract fee calculation system calculates a maintenance contract fee for an air conditioner including an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The maintenance contract fee calculation system includes: an acquisition unit that obtains first environmental information related to an installation environment of the indoor unit and second environmental information related to an installation environment of the outdoor unit; and a calculation unit that calculates the maintenance contract fee in accordance with the first environmental information and the second environmental information.