Sensor Management Display for Unknown Sensor Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing sensor management systems fail to display the position of sensors with unknown locations, making it difficult for users to locate and address abnormal sensor measurements.

Innovation Solution

A sensor management device with a display control unit that shows position screen information and a detection unit to identify unknown sensor positions, displaying identification information when a sensor's position is not ascertained, allowing users to recognize and manage sensor positions effectively.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the system displays position information only for sensors with known locations, then the display remains clean and organized, but users cannot locate sensors with unknown positions when abnormalities occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesensor position informationVSAvoiduser ability to locate sensor

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The display is segmented into two distinct areas: a position screen showing sensors with known locations, and a separate identification information display for sensors with unknown positions. This segmentation allows the system to maintain organizational cleanliness while ensuring no sensor information is lost, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and display organization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Identification information (such as sensor IDs or codes) serves as an intermediary element that bridges the gap between unknown sensor positions and user knowledge. By displaying these identification information on the position screen, users can match them with physical sensor labels to locate sensors with unknown positions, thus improving ease of operation without compromising information accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If the system displays identification information for all sensors regardless of position knowledge, then complete sensor information is provided, but the position screen becomes cluttered and less readable

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesensor identification informationVSAvoiddisplay complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Different display qualities are applied to different sensor types based on their position knowledge status. Sensors with known positions display only position information, while sensors with unknown positions display identification information. This local quality differentiation ensures complete information provision without uniformly cluttering the entire display, thus reducing overall display complexity while maintaining information completeness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies partial action by selectively displaying identification information only for the subset of sensors with unknown positions, rather than for all sensors. This partial display approach provides necessary information for locating unknown sensors while avoiding excessive information display that would clutter the position screen and increase device complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Ease of operation

If the system provides no indication for sensors with unknown positions, then the position screen remains simple, but users cannot take corrective actions for abnormal sensors

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser ability to respond to abnormalityVSAvoidsensor management reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides feedback by displaying identification information for sensors with unknown positions directly on the position screen. This feedback mechanism enables users to immediately identify which sensors require location verification, allowing them to take corrective actions for abnormal sensors. The feedback loop enhances both ease of operation and reliability by ensuring users have the necessary information to manage sensor abnormalities effectively.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-displaying identification information for sensors with unknown positions before any abnormality occurs. This preliminary preparation ensures that when abnormalities do occur, users can immediately locate and address the affected sensors without delay, thus improving both ease of operation and reliability of the sensor management system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10019890B2Sensor management device, sensor management method, and sensor management program

Publication Date: 2018.07.10 SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD

AI summary

A sensor management device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying position screen information indicating positions of sensors; and a detection unit configured to detect a sensor, wherein when a position of the sensor detected by the detection unit is not included in the position screen information, the display control unit further performs control of displaying identification information of the sensor detected by the detection unit.