Cleaning Vehicle Route Inspection for Targeted Dust Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning systems for travel routes are inefficient as they clean even when dust accumulation is minimal, leading to unnecessary cleaning and increased worker burden, as they lack automated region identification and specification for cleaning.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning system with a cleaning vehicle equipped with a state detection device that inspects pre-set regions, specifies areas requiring cleaning based on detected states, and switches between cleaning and non-cleaning modes to perform targeted cleaning, eliminating the need for manual worker intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the cleaning vehicle cleans the entire travel route continuously, then the cleaning coverage is maximized, but the cleaning efficiency decreases due to unnecessary cleaning in regions with minimal dust accumulation
Solution Approach 1:
The state detection device performs preliminary inspection of the travel route to detect dust accumulation states before cleaning operations. Based on the detection results, the control device determines whether cleaning is necessary, thereby avoiding unnecessary cleaning actions and improving overall cleaning efficiency while maintaining adequate coverage.
2Productivity
If a worker manually identifies and sets cleaning required regions, then the cleaning efficiency is improved by avoiding unnecessary cleaning, but the worker burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning vehicle is equipped with a state detection device that automatically detects dust accumulation states and a control device that autonomously determines cleaning required regions based on detection results. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual worker intervention in identifying and setting cleaning regions, thereby improving cleaning efficiency without increasing worker burden.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If the cleaning vehicle operates in cleaning mode continuously, then the dust removal capability is maximized, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning vehicle operates in periodic cycles, alternating between inspection mode (detecting dust accumulation) and cleaning mode (removing dust). The control device switches between these modes based on real-time detection results, ensuring cleaning operations are performed only when and where dust accumulation exceeds thresholds, thereby maximizing dust removal capability while minimizing energy consumption.
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AI summary
A cleaning system includes a cleaning vehicle that cleans a predetermined travel route, and a control device. The cleaning vehicle includes a state detection device that detects a state of the travel route, and has a cleaning mode in which the cleaning is performed and a non-cleaning mode in which the cleaning is not performed. The control device executes inspection control for causing the state detection device to detect a state of a pre-set inspection region along the travel route while causing the cleaning vehicle to travel in the non-cleaning mode, specification control for specifying a cleaning required region, where the cleaning needs to be performed in the travel route, based on the state of the inspection region detected in the inspection control, and cleaning control for causing the cleaning vehicle to travel in the cleaning mode in the cleaning required region after the above-mentioned controls end.