Monitoring Resource Clustering for Transportable Units
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional techniques for deploying sensors to monitor conditions experienced by articles or packages in supply chain management are inefficient, leading to increased chances of damage, higher operational costs, and resource consumption.
Innovation Solution
The proposed solution involves commissioning monitoring resources efficiently by identifying transportable units with similar condition monitoring requirements, clustering them, and deploying sensors on a per-cluster basis, rather than individually for each unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If sensors are deployed individually for each transportable unit, then monitoring precision is improved, but device complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple transportable units with similar monitoring requirements into clusters, deploying a single monitoring resource per cluster rather than individually per unit. This reduces device complexity while maintaining monitoring coverage through representative monitoring of cluster conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates monitoring resources that can serve multiple transportable units simultaneously through clustering. A single monitoring resource deployed at the cluster level performs universal monitoring functions for all units within that cluster, reducing overall system complexity.
2Measurement precision
If sensors are deployed individually for each transportable unit, then monitoring precision is improved, but resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple transportable units into monitoring clusters, reducing the total number of monitoring resources needed. By deploying one monitoring resource per cluster instead of per unit, resource consumption is minimized while maintaining adequate monitoring coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial monitoring action by deploying monitoring resources at the cluster level rather than fully individually for each unit. This partial approach reduces resource consumption while accepting that monitoring represents cluster conditions rather than individual unit conditions.
3Quantity of substance
If transportable units are clustered for monitoring, then resource consumption decreases, but measurement precision may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating homogeneous clusters where all transportable units share similar monitoring requirements and characteristics. This ensures that a single monitoring resource deployed at the cluster level is appropriate for all units within that specific local group, maintaining precision for that local context.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the monitoring parameter structure by shifting from individual unit monitoring to cluster-level monitoring. This parameter change allows optimization of resource consumption while maintaining adequate precision through appropriate cluster formation based on similar monitoring requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for commissioning of monitoring resources are disclosed. A transportable unit identifier (TUI) for each of a plurality of transportable units is determined. Each of the transportable units has a set of discrete transportable units associated therewith. A discrete unit identifier (DUI) linked with the set of discrete transportable units of each of the transportable units is then retrieved. A set of condition parameters, required to be monitored for the set of discrete transportable units, is determined for each DUI. One or more transportable units having the set of discrete transportable units requiring monitoring of analogous set of condition parameters are identified. Further, a cluster recommendation signal is generated to trigger rendering of a recommendation to cluster the one or more transportable units. A resource commissioning signal is also generated to trigger rendering of a recommendation to commission at least one monitoring resource for the one or more transportable units.