Programmable Assessor for Customized Product Sorting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional product assessors rely on standardized, objective measures, which fail to leverage a producer's or distributor's expertise and cannot assess all surfaces of a product effectively, leading to inferior assessments and limited customization in product sorting.
Innovation Solution
A programmable assessor system that includes a sensor, processor, and input for sensing and classifying product characteristics, allowing for personalized assessments and sorting by generating an assessment program based on user-provided classifications, enabling tailored evaluations and full-surface product assessment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If standardized objective measures are used for product assessment, then uniform assessment standards are achieved, but the ability to leverage producer or distributor expertise is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The assessment system transitions from static standardized criteria to dynamic personalized criteria. The processor allows assessment criteria to be customized for each user based on their expertise, enabling the system to adapt its measurement standards dynamically while maintaining consistency within each user's personalized framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of assessment by allowing users to define their own classification criteria and weightings. Instead of fixed objective measures, the system accommodates subjective expert judgments by modifying assessment parameters to reflect individual producer or distributor expertise while maintaining systematic evaluation.
2Extent of automation
If conventional product assessors use a platform to carry products, then automation is achieved, but only a portion of the product can be assessed due to obscuration
Solution Approach 1:
The system adds temporal dimension to the assessment process by capturing images at multiple time points as the product moves through the assessment chamber. This allows the sensor to assess different portions of the product at different times, achieving complete surface coverage while maintaining automation through continuous motion-based multi-angle imaging.
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AI summary
A system includes a programmable assessor and a remote computer. The programmable assessor includes an assessment chamber, which includes an assessment platform and a sensor arranged to sense characteristics of a product on the assessment platform, as well as a processor coupled to the sensor and an input coupled to the processor. The remote computer includes a remote processor. The sensor is configured to sense characteristics of first and second versions of the product. The input is configured to receive a classification of the first and second versions of the product. The programmable assessor is configured to provide the sensed characteristics and classification of the first and second versions of the product to the remote processor. The remote processor is configured to generate an assessment program based on the sensed characteristics and classification of the first and second versions of the product, and to provide the generated assessment program to the programmable assessor. The processor of the programmable assessor is configured to execute the generated assessment program to assess and sort additional versions of the product.