Qualification Update Apparatus for Mobile Bodies

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing techniques for managing qualification information for mobile bodies, such as unmanned aircrafts and self-driving vehicles, lack efficiency in updating and managing qualification validity and user/operator permissions effectively.

Innovation Solution

An update information generation apparatus and system that includes dynamic and static information management units, calculating an evaluation score based on operation plans, achievements, and dynamic information to update qualification validity, ensuring efficient management and communication between the apparatuses.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If qualification information is managed using existing techniques, then basic qualification tracking is achieved, but efficiency in updating and managing qualification validity is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency in updating and managing qualification informationVSAvoidtime for updating qualification validity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by establishing evaluation criteria and thresholds in advance, and by proactively monitoring operational data to prepare qualification updates before they are needed. The automated evaluation system is pre-configured with rules and metrics, enabling rapid qualification updates without manual intervention when operational milestones are reached.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The qualification management system implements self-service through automated evaluation of operational data against predefined criteria. The system automatically generates qualification updates based on monitored operational metrics, eliminating the need for manual review and approval processes. This autonomous operation significantly improves update efficiency and reduces administrative time requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive operational data is collected for qualification evaluation, then accuracy of qualification assessment is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of qualification assessmentVSAvoidcomplexity of information management system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the qualification evaluation process into distinct functional modules: data collection from operational sources, data processing and validation, evaluation against criteria, and update generation. Each module handles specific aspects of the evaluation, making the overall complex system manageable through clear separation of concerns and specialized processing for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces intermediary components including standardized data interfaces that mediate between diverse operational data sources and the evaluation engine, and intermediate processing layers that transform raw operational data into evaluation-ready formats. These intermediaries simplify integration of comprehensive data while maintaining system manageability through standardized communication protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240127157A1Update information generation apparatus, qualification information management system, update information generation method, and computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2024.04.18 NEC CORP
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AI summary

An update information generation apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store dynamic information on a qualification regarding a mobile body and instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire plan information regarding an operation plan for operating the mobile body, acquire achievement information that corresponds to the plan information of the mobile body, calculate an evaluation score for updating static information on the qualification based on the dynamic information, the plan information, and the achievement information, and output update information including the evaluation score and an identifier to a static information management apparatus that manages the static information.