Site Acceptance Test Generation for Attraction Component Inspection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for inspecting components of entertainment attractions are time-consuming and labor-intensive, making it difficult to ensure that components operate within desired target specifications and provide designated functionality.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating site acceptance tests (SATs) that include inspection criteria corresponding to operational characteristics of components, allowing for efficient and non-laborious inspection of components within entertainment environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual inspection methods are used to test components of entertainment attractions, then inspection thoroughness can be maintained, but inspection time and labor requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical inspection processes with an automated computer-based system that generates SATs, collects component data, and performs automated comparisons against target specifications. This substitution of mechanical/manual operations with automated computational processes directly increases inspection speed while reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service inspection by automatically generating test protocols, collecting component data, and comparing results against specifications without requiring extensive manual intervention. The automated comparison and evaluation processes allow the system to perform inspection tasks independently, improving productivity while minimizing time consumption.
2Productivity
If automated inspection systems are implemented to increase inspection speed, then productivity improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal inspection system that can handle multiple component types, data formats, and inspection criteria through a single integrated platform. The system's ability to universally process different attraction components and their associated data reduces the need for multiple specialized systems, thereby improving productivity without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that standardizes data from various sources and translates it into a common format for comparison against target specifications. This intermediary layer simplifies the overall system architecture by providing a standardized interface between diverse data sources and the evaluation logic, enabling efficient automated inspection without excessive complexity.
3Measurement precision
If detailed inspection criteria are established to ensure component reliability, then measurement precision improves, but the complexity of generating and managing inspection protocols increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing target specifications and inspection criteria in a structured digital format before actual inspections occur. The system stores these reference standards and automatically retrieves them during inspection, ensuring consistent precise measurements without requiring complex manual protocol management during the inspection process itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual creation and management of inspection protocols with automated computer-based generation and storage of digital inspection criteria. This substitution eliminates the complexity of manual protocol management while maintaining high measurement precision through consistent automated application of predefined standards.
Data Source
AI summary
A system to facilitate inspection of an attraction in an environment includes a processing system with one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the processing system to cause the processing system to receive a source file from a server, wherein the source file prescribes one or more target specifications for one or more operational characteristics of a component of the attraction. The instructions are executable by the processing system to cause the processing system to generate a site acceptance test (SAT) for the component based on the source file, wherein the SAT includes one or more inspection criteria that correspond to the one or more operational characteristics of the component.