Sewing Floor Monitoring Layout for Operator-Machine Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing monitoring systems for manufacturing lines can only track the status of individual manufactured articles and equipment, failing to provide a comprehensive view of the entire floor's status, including equipment layout, moving objects, and operational conditions.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring system that uses recognition devices to identify and track fixed equipment and moving objects, including workers and manufactured articles, with a management device that collects and manages position, type, and state information to create a visual floor map, enabling real-time monitoring of the entire floor's status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If ID plates are attached to manufactured articles to track individual status, then the status of individual articles can be monitored, but the status of the entire floor cannot be grasped
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple monitoring functions into a single comprehensive monitoring system that tracks both individual manufactured articles and the overall floor status simultaneously. The system merges article-level data (from ID plates) with equipment-level data and spatial information to create a unified view of the entire manufacturing floor.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring system is designed to perform multiple functions: tracking individual articles, monitoring equipment status, detecting worker positions, and providing overall floor status visualization. This multi-functional approach allows the system to address both individual article tracking and comprehensive floor monitoring without requiring separate systems.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive monitoring of the entire floor is implemented, then the status of the entire floor can be grasped, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is divided into distinct functional modules: recognition devices for detecting objects, position information acquisition units for tracking locations, type information acquisition units for identifying object categories, and state information acquisition units for monitoring operational status. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific tasks independently, reducing overall system complexity while achieving comprehensive monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an information management unit that acts as an intermediary between various data sources and the user interface. This mediator collects, processes, and integrates information from multiple acquisition units, then presents it in a unified manner through display devices, thereby simplifying the complexity of handling multiple data streams.
3Loss of information
If detailed position and state information is collected for all monitoring targets, then comprehensive floor status can be achieved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary classification and organization of information as data is collected. The information management unit pre-processes incoming data by categorizing it according to object type, location, and state, and organizes it in a structured format before final processing and display. This preliminary action reduces the computational burden during real-time processing.
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AI summary
The present embodiment provide a monitoring system for monitoring at least one of fixed equipment installed in a floor and a moving object moving in the floor, the fixed equipment and moving object being monitoring targets, the monitoring system includes a recognition device that recognizes the monitoring target and outputs recognition information, and a management device that collects position information of the monitoring target from the recognition information.