Modular Image Sensor Configuration Tracking for Factory Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The management, maintenance, and preservation of modular image sensors in factory production lines become complex due to the need to track and combine various modules, leading to increased labor and inefficiency, especially when setting up new production lines with similar configurations.
Innovation Solution
A sensor system with non-volatile memory in each modular component allows for accurate tracking and management through a network-connected information processing device, generating configuration list information for each image sensor, facilitating the collection and comparison of module combinations, and enabling efficient ordering of replacement parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If modular structure image sensors are used to provide product variations and flexibility, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases due to the need to manage multiple modules and their combinations
Solution Approach 1:
The image sensor system is divided into independent modular components (illumination modules, lens modules, imaging element modules) that can be freely combined. Each module is managed as a separate entity with its own identification information, allowing flexible configuration while simplifying individual module management through standardized interfaces and protocols.
2Measurement precision
If detailed information on each module is tracked to enable precise management, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases due to the labor required to individually check module formats
Solution Approach 1:
Each module contains identification information that is automatically read by the control device when modules are combined to form an image sensor. This automatic feedback mechanism eliminates manual checking of module formats and provides real-time information about module configurations, enabling precise tracking without increasing management time.
Solution Approach 2:
The modules themselves carry their own identification information (such as serial numbers, type codes, or configuration data) that can be automatically read by the control device. This self-identification capability allows the system to automatically manage module details without requiring external manual intervention, thereby maintaining measurement precision while reducing management time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a large number of image sensors are installed to cover diverse application needs, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases due to the difficulty of managing, maintaining, and preserving numerous sensors
Solution Approach 1:
The control device is designed with universal functionality to manage multiple image sensors through a standardized communication protocol. The control device can automatically identify, configure, and maintain numerous modular image sensors across different applications using the same management interface, thereby supporting diverse applications while keeping maintenance complexity manageable through automation.
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AI summary
The disclosure provides a technique for facilitating management of image sensors having a modular structure. A sensor system includes image sensors and an information processing device (10). The image sensor (2) is a modular image sensor configured by combining modularized components (20, 21, 22). Each of the components includes a non-volatile memory for storing specific information related to the component. The information processing device includes an information acquisition part (40) for acquiring the information stored in the memory of the component constituting the image sensor from each of the image sensors in an image sensor group installed in a target range via the network, and an information generation part (41) for generating configuration list information indicating a combination of the components for each of the image sensors with respect to the image sensor group installed in the target range based on the information acquired by the information acquisition part.