Monitoring Management Apparatus for Wireless Device Communication Interruption

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Solution Overview

Problem

In communication systems with multiple wireless devices, interrupting communication of all devices except a specific high-priority one is cumbersome and error-prone, especially during emergencies or tests, requiring extensive manual effort and increasing the likelihood of operational errors as the system size grows.

Innovation Solution

A monitoring management apparatus that stores connection information, displays connected devices, receives instructions, and controls temporary communication interruptions of non-specific wireless devices based on pre-set conditions, allowing for easy prioritization and path management to quickly interrupt communications of devices with lower priority.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual interruption instructions are sent to each wireless device individually, then communication of non-specific devices can be interrupted, but the operation becomes cumbersome and time-consuming as the system size increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication interruption accuracyVSAvoidtime required to interrupt communication
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the communication management function by introducing a gateway that centrally controls multiple wireless devices. Instead of manually managing each device individually, the gateway divides and distributes interruption commands to relevant devices automatically, reducing the time and complexity of communication interruption while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The gateway acts as an intermediary between the monitoring management apparatus and multiple wireless devices. It receives interruption instructions from the monitoring management apparatus and automatically translates them into device-specific commands, eliminating the need for manual individual device management and significantly reducing operational time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If manual interruption instructions are sent to each wireless device individually, then communication control can be achieved, but the likelihood of operational errors increases with system size

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesimplicity of communication interruptionVSAvoidoperation error rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The gateway serves as an intelligent intermediary that automatically manages the complexity of communicating with multiple devices. It interprets high-level interruption commands from the monitoring management apparatus and automatically generates the correct device-specific instructions, thereby simplifying operation while reducing error rates through automated device identification and command routing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The gateway performs self-service by automatically identifying which devices need to be interrupted based on the incoming command from the monitoring management apparatus. It autonomously determines the target devices and sends appropriate interruption instructions without requiring manual configuration or intervention, thus simplifying operation and minimizing human error.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If the system manually tracks and manages each wireless device for interruption, then communication control is possible, but the complexity of the management system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of communication interruptionVSAvoidcomplexity of management apparatus
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The gateway acts as a complexity-reducing intermediary between the monitoring management apparatus and the wireless devices. It absorbs the complexity of device tracking and management within itself, allowing the monitoring management apparatus to issue simple interruption commands without needing to maintain complex device state information, thereby increasing productivity while managing system complexity centrally at the gateway level.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8670311B2Monitoring management apparatus, monitoring management method, and device recording monitoring management program
Publication Date: 2014.03.11 YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP
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AI summary

A monitoring management apparatus may include a storage unit that stores connection information indicating a connection state of the wireless device connected to the communication system, a display unit that displays the wireless device connected to the communication system based on the connection information stored in the storage unit, an input unit that receives an instruction related to the wireless device displayed on the display unit, and a control unit that performs control of temporarily interrupting communication of a wireless device, other than a wireless device satisfying conditions set in advance, with reference to the connection information stored in the storage unit when a simultaneous interruption instruction to simultaneously interrupt communication of a wireless device is input to the input unit.