Information Processing for Sound-Based Diagnosis With Marked Structure Views

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing diagnostic systems for identifying the cause of abnormal sounds in apparatuses fail to provide a visual representation of potential components, leading to inefficiencies and risks of incorrect component recognition due to varying worker knowledge levels.

Innovation Solution

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and information processing device that displays visual structural information of the apparatus with superimposed marks indicating the location of potential abnormality components, derived from analyzing sound data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If text information displaying candidate components is provided, then component identification is enabled, but visual grasp of component location is not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent location informationVSAvoidvisual identification capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a visual copy of the apparatus structure (diagram or image) and overlays mark information on it. This visual copy serves as a reference for workers to quickly locate components without needing to physically inspect each area, thereby achieving both information completeness and visual grasp capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from one-dimensional text information to two-dimensional visual information by superimposing mark information on visual structural diagrams. This dimensional change allows workers to simultaneously see component locations and identify candidates, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and visual usability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Measurement precision

If detailed component location information is provided, then diagnostic accuracy is improved, but work efficiency decreases due to manual verification requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent location accuracyVSAvoidmaintenance work efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by automatically generating and displaying the visualized component location information. Workers can directly view the marked diagrams without needing to manually verify or inquire with support centers, as the system provides the information autonomously, thereby improving both accuracy and efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary action by pre-processing and visualizing component location information before workers need it. The system prepares and displays the marked diagrams in advance, eliminating the need for workers to perform manual verification steps and increasing maintenance efficiency while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If text-based component lists are displayed, then component identification is possible, but error risk increases due to lack of visual context

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent recognition accuracyVSAvoidvisual context information
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges text-based component identification information with visual structural diagrams by superimposing mark information on the diagrams. This combination allows workers to see both the component list and its corresponding visual location simultaneously, eliminating the error risk associated with text-only displays while preserving visual context information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20250280073A1Recording medium storing information processing program and information processing device
Publication Date: 2025.09.04 KONICA MINOLTA INC
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AI summary

Disclosed is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information processing program that causes a computer to execute display processing of displaying, on a display part, an image of visual structural information allowing visual grasp of a structure of a diagnosis target apparatus and a mark superimposed on the visual structural information to allow recognition of a location in the visual structural information corresponding to a component or a region of the diagnosis target apparatus in which an abnormality may have been generated, the component or the region being obtained by analyzing sound data on a sound generated in the diagnosis target apparatus.