Mobile Device for Laminate Panel Property Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Customers cannot easily and objectively determine the physical and chemical properties of laminate panels, such as thermal insulation, sound damping, and electromagnetic shielding, which are crucial for purchase decisions, due to the lack of accessible and user-friendly testing methods.
Innovation Solution
A method using a mobile wireless device, like a smartphone, to measure and qualitatively determine these properties by integrating sensors for temperature, sound, and magnetic field strength, allowing users to compare different laminate panels quickly and without extensive apparatus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If professional testing equipment and methods are used to accurately determine physical and chemical properties of laminate panels, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical/professional testing equipment with a mobile wireless device (smartphone) that uses integrated sensors and software applications to measure physical and chemical properties of laminate panels. This substitution maintains measurement capability while dramatically improving ease of operation and accessibility for end users.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile wireless device serves multiple functions: it acts as both the measurement instrument and the data processing/analysis system. The device can determine multiple different physical and chemical properties using various integrated sensors, eliminating the need for separate specialized equipment for each measurement type.
2Measurement precision
If professional testing equipment and methods are used to accurately determine physical and chemical properties of laminate panels, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex professional testing equipment with a mobile wireless device that leverages existing integrated sensors and processing capabilities. This substitution maintains measurement precision for determining physical and chemical properties while dramatically reducing device complexity and eliminating the need for separate specialized instruments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple measurement functions and data processing capabilities into a single mobile wireless device. By merging the measurement instrument, data acquisition system, and analysis software into one integrated device, the system reduces overall complexity while maintaining measurement precision.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive testing methods are used to determine multiple physical and chemical properties, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous measurement and evaluation of multiple physical and chemical properties using the mobile wireless device. The system can perform measurements sequentially or simultaneously without requiring complex setup changes between different property assessments, maintaining continuous useful action and reducing total measurement time.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile wireless device is designed to determine multiple different physical and chemical properties of laminate panels using various integrated sensors and measurement methods. This multi-functionality allows comprehensive property assessment in a single measurement session, improving measurement precision across multiple properties without proportionally increasing time loss.
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
Enables customers to rapidly and objectively compare laminate panels' properties, facilitating informed purchase decisions by providing qualitative assessments of thermal insulation, sound damping, and electromagnetic shielding capabilities.
Implementation Method 1
measuring at least one physical and/or chemical measured variable by means of a measuring instrument integrated in the mobile wireless device (210)
Implementation Method 2
These physical properties can be, for example, a thermal insulation or sound damping property
Implementation Method 3
The shielding of electromagnetic fields can also be such a physical property which is decisive for purchase
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a method for at least qualitatively determining at least one physical and/or chemical characteristic of a laminate panel (2) by means of a mobile radio device (14), wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) arranging the mobile radio device (14) on a surface (10) of the laminate panel (2); (b) measuring at least one physical and/or chemical measurement variable by means of a measurement instrument (28) integrated into the mobile radio device (14); and (c) at least qualitatively determining the at least one physical and/or chemical characteristic from the at least one measured physical and/or chemical measurement variable.