Schedule Management Apparatus Dynamic Time Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing schedule management systems fail to efficiently add new plans to a schedule when existing plans are already set, leading to overlapping times and lack of flexibility in time adjustments.
Innovation Solution
A schedule management apparatus and method that includes a schedule acquisition unit, an additional plan acquisition unit, and a plan addition unit, which acquires and adds new plans to the schedule while adjusting the start and end times of existing plans to avoid overlaps, using a storage unit to manage and display the schedule information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a new plan is added to an existing schedule without adjusting existing plans, then the schedule can be updated with new information, but time overlaps and conflicts occur between the new plan and existing plans
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the timing of existing plans when a new plan is added. The plan addition unit modifies start and end times of existing plans based on the timing information of the new plan, ensuring no time overlaps occur. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the schedule to adapt flexibly while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes temporal parameters (start time and end time) of existing plans when conflicts are detected. By modifying these time parameters, the system resolves overlaps between new and existing plans, ensuring the schedule remains reliable while accommodating updates.
2Reliability
If existing plan times are adjusted to avoid overlaps, then time conflicts are prevented, but the schedule management process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The plan addition unit automatically adjusts existing plan timings without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the complexity by detecting overlaps and autonomously modifying schedules, reducing the operational burden on users while preventing conflicts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the plan addition unit detects time overlaps between new and existing plans, then automatically adjusts timings to resolve conflicts. This closed-loop feedback process manages complexity internally while ensuring reliability.
3Ease of operation
If manual adjustment of plan times is required, then flexibility can be maintained, but efficiency and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-adjustment of plan timings automatically. When a new plan is added, the plan addition unit detects conflicts and modifies existing plan times without user intervention, maintaining flexibility while significantly improving efficiency and productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment processes with an automated information processing system. The plan addition unit uses computational logic to detect and resolve time conflicts, substituting human manual adjustment with automated digital processing for higher efficiency.
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AI summary
A schedule management apparatus includes a schedule acquisition unit, an additional plan acquisition unit, and a plan addition unit (130). The schedule acquisition unit acquires schedule information of a target person. The additional plan acquisition unit acquires additional plan information indicating an additional plan to be added to the schedule information of the target person. The plan addition unit adds the additional plan to the schedule information by using the additional plan information. The schedule information includes at least one piece of already set plan information indicating an already set plan to be performed by the target person. When the already set plan and the additional plan overlap with each other on a time axis, the plan addition unit changes a start and end time of the already set plan in such a way that the already set plan and the additional plan do not overlap with each other.