Integrated Relay Display for Sensor and Accessory Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing communication systems in production sites that connect sensors and accessory equipment to main equipment via a relay device require an additional host computer, leading to increased equipment costs.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that executes relaying processes for sensor and accessory equipment data, and displays this information, eliminating the need for a separate host computer by integrating the necessary processing and display functions into a single device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate host computer is added to connect sensors and accessory equipment to main equipment via a relay device, then communication and data display capabilities are improved, but equipment cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the host computer functions with the relay device by integrating a processor into the relay device. This single integrated device performs both data relaying between sensors/accessory equipment and main equipment, and data display on the display device, eliminating the need for a separate host computer while maintaining all necessary communication and display capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The relay device is transformed into a multi-functional unit that combines data relaying, data processing, and display control functions. The processor in the relay device handles multiple tasks including obtaining sensor data, obtaining accessory equipment data, processing this data, and controlling the display device, making the relay device a universal component that replaces multiple separate devices
2Productivity
If a separate host computer is added to execute relaying and display processes, then data processing capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components into a single integrated relay device with a processor that handles data relaying and display control, reducing the number of separate devices and simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining full data processing capability
Solution Approach 2:
The relay device is designed as a universal platform that can perform multiple functions including sensor data acquisition, accessory equipment data acquisition, data processing, and display control, thereby reducing system complexity by eliminating the need for separate specialized devices for each function
Data Source
AI summary
The information processing device includes at least one processor which executes a first relaying process for obtaining sensor data transmitted from each of sensors included in a sensor group and providing the sensor data thus obtained to main equipment, a second relaying process for obtaining accessory equipment data transmitted from each of pieces of accessory equipment included in an accessory equipment group and providing the accessory equipment data thus obtained to the main equipment, and a displaying process for causing a display device to display at least any of the sensor data obtained in the first relaying process, information obtained from the sensor data, the accessory equipment data obtained in the second relaying process, and information obtained from the accessory equipment data.