Automated Reliability Assessment System for Electronic Products
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing reliability assessment tools for electronic and electrical products are complex, time-consuming, and often require specialized knowledge, making it difficult for companies to assess product designs in a timely manner, especially when designs are outsourced, which can lead to reputation and profitability issues if defects are discovered post-manufacturing.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for assessing product reliability that automatically generates inputs for analysis based on user-provided data and database information, using a processing system with a processor, memory, storage, and communication interface to perform assessments and generate reports, allowing for timely and non-specialized reliability evaluation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing reliability assessment tools are used, then reliability assessment can be performed, but the process becomes complex and requires specialized knowledge
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an automated intermediary system that acts as a mediator between the product design data and reliability assessment results. This automated tool performs the complex reliability assessment operations without requiring direct user expertise in reliability engineering, thereby resolving the contradiction between achieving reliable assessment and avoiding complex specialized tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The reliability assessment tool is designed to automatically gather necessary data, perform assessments, and generate reports without requiring specialized user input or expertise. The system serves itself by automatically identifying required parameters, selecting appropriate assessment methods, and interpreting results, thus eliminating the need for specialized knowledge while maintaining assessment quality.
2Reliability
If existing reliability assessment tools are used, then reliability analysis can be completed, but the process becomes time-consuming with results unavailable for weeks
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring assessment parameters, selecting appropriate analysis methods, and preparing data structures before the actual reliability assessment begins. This preliminary setup enables the assessment to execute quickly once initiated, dramatically reducing the overall time from request to result while maintaining comprehensive analysis quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual, mechanical reliability assessment processes with automated computational systems. Instead of relying on specialized personnel to manually perform time-consuming analyses, the system uses automated algorithms and computational methods to rapidly complete assessments, reducing execution time from weeks to minutes or hours without sacrificing assessment thoroughness.
3Adaptability or versatility
If companies outsource product design, then manufacturing flexibility is improved, but reliability assessment becomes difficult without specialized personnel
Solution Approach 1:
The automated reliability assessment tool serves as an intermediary that bridges the gap between outsourced design teams and reliability evaluation needs. It enables companies to maintain flexibility in design sourcing while ensuring reliable assessment through an accessible, user-friendly system that does not require specialized internal expertise, thus resolving the contradiction between outsourcing adaptability and assessment accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The reliability assessment system is designed with universal applicability to work with various design sources, whether internal or outsourced. It can handle different design inputs, manufacturing approaches, and product types through a single unified interface, making reliability assessment accessible to all companies regardless of their design organizational structure or expertise levels.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a first set of inputs which describe aspects of a device may be received. A second set of inputs may be automatically provided for a group of assessments, included in an analysis, based on the first set of inputs and information in at least one database. An analysis may be performed based on the second set of inputs to assess the reliability of the device. A report may be generated based on the performed analysis.