Power Tool Work Status Mapping for Timely Site Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing electric power tools in construction sites are inefficient in providing real-time status updates, often leading to delayed repairs and potential disruptions in work processes due to reliance on error information for monitoring tool states.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that acquires position and actuation information from electric power tools, generates work status data, and outputs display data to show the tools' operational history and current status, enabling timely management and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If error information is used to monitor tool states, then the monitoring system is simple, but the work status cannot be managed in a timely manner and repairs are delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring actuation information continuously and generating work status data before failures occur. The management server proactively processes position and actuation information to create work status records, enabling timely intervention before error conditions develop into actual failures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously acquiring actuation information from electric power tools and position information, then generating and transmitting work status data back to managers. This closed-loop feedback enables real-time monitoring and timely decision-making regarding tool maintenance and deployment.
2Loss of time
If real-time actuation information is collected and processed, then work status can be managed timely, but the system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the monitoring function across multiple components: electric power tools capture actuation information, position information acquisition units track location, and the management server processes and integrates this data. This segmentation distributes processing complexity while enabling comprehensive real-time monitoring through coordinated operation of specialized subsystems.
3Productivity
If work status information is displayed for multiple tools across a construction site, then overall site management is improved, but the information display becomes complex and difficult to interpret
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by displaying work status information specifically for tools within designated regions rather than showing all tools uniformly. The map display divides the construction site into regions, and managers can focus on tools in specific areas of interest, making the information display manageable and actionable while still supporting overall site-wide productivity management.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: acquire, from each of a plurality of electric power tools, position information of each of the plurality of electric power tools and actuation information indicating that each of the plurality of electric power tools is actuated; generate work information indicating a work status of each of the plurality of electric power tools based on the actuation information, the work status including a actuation history of each of the plurality of the electric power tools; receive designation of a region; extract, from among the plurality of electric power tools, an electric power tool of which the position information is included in the designated region; generate display data for causing a display device to display the work information of the extracted electric power tool; and output the display data.