Power Conditioner Screen Interface for Unified Remote Maintenance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current maintenance systems for energy storage devices and power supply-related devices in large-scale systems lack a unified approach for comprehensive information presentation, leading to complex management and inefficient maintenance, especially in distributed power supply systems.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and system that acquires, stores, and transmits information on energy storage devices and power supply-related devices, enabling collective display and remote monitoring, allowing for efficient maintenance through hierarchical presentation of data based on connection configurations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional maintenance support systems are used for each energy storage device or power supply-related device independently, then individual device monitoring is possible, but maintenance management becomes complicated and information presentation is not unified

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaintenance managementVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple independent maintenance support systems into a single unified system that can manage both energy storage devices and power supply-related devices. The server device integrates information from multiple sources and presents it in a unified manner, eliminating the need for separate systems for each device type and simplifying maintenance management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The unified maintenance support system is designed to handle multiple device types (energy storage devices, power supply-related devices, rectifiers) through a single platform. The system provides universal monitoring, information presentation, and maintenance management capabilities across different device types, reducing complexity while maintaining comprehensive coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Loss of information

If remote monitoring of energy storage devices is implemented, then maintenance personnel can grasp device states remotely, but comprehensive information presentation across multiple device types is not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidsystem versatility
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The server device is designed with universal information presentation capabilities that can handle and display data from multiple device types including energy storage devices, power supply-related devices, and rectifiers. This versatility allows comprehensive information presentation across the entire distributed power supply system while maintaining remote monitoring functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments information presentation by device type and location, allowing detailed viewing of specific device information while providing overall system visibility. This segmentation approach enables comprehensive information coverage without overwhelming the user, maintaining both completeness and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If a unified system manages large numbers of energy storage devices and power conditioners in distributed power supply systems, then comprehensive monitoring is achieved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaintenance management reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server device acts as an intermediary between multiple energy storage devices, power conditioners, and rectifiers in the distributed power supply system. It centralizes information collection and presentation, managing the complexity of coordinating numerous devices while ensuring reliable maintenance management through unified oversight and standardized information handling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Ease of operation

If hierarchical presentation of information is implemented based on connection configurations, then information organization is improved, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments information presentation hierarchically based on connection configurations, organizing data from multiple devices into structured levels. This segmentation allows users to access information in an organized manner from high-level system views down to individual device details, improving accessibility while the system automatically handles the processing complexity of organizing such hierarchical data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20230407165A1Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method, and computer program
Publication Date: 2023.12.21 GS YUASA INT LTD
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AI summary

A computer program and power conditioner requesting a communication connection to a communication device provided in the power conditioner, receiving, from the communication device, screen display information, which is based on screen data stored in the communication device, including a menu for displaying a state of the power conditioner and a menu for displaying a screen for receiving an operation for the power conditioner, and displaying a screen including state information of the power conditioner and the screen for receiving the operation for the power conditioner based on the received screen display information.