State-Maintaining Control Blocks for Human-Delayed Process Sequences
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to maintain the quality of processing objects when processes involving human motion are delayed due to skill variations, leading to deterioration in the final output of apparatuses like washing machines and cooking devices.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method that generates a state maintaining block to preserve the state of processing objects after completing a specific block, allowing for seamless coordination with subsequent blocks even if initial processes are delayed, and adjusts parameters based on sensing data and priorities to minimize quality deterioration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a process involving human motion is delayed due to skill variations, then the coordination between human processes and apparatus blocks is disrupted, but the quality of the processing object deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system generates a state maintaining block in advance that preserves the state of the processing object at the completion of the Nth block. This preliminary action ensures that when the Mth process is delayed due to human motion variations, the processing object maintains its quality state until the N+1th block can be executed, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining quality and accommodating time delays
Solution Approach 2:
The state maintaining block acts as an intermediary between the Nth block and the N+1th block. It bridges the time gap created by delays in the Mth human-motion process while preserving the processing object's state, allowing seamless coordination between apparatus blocks despite temporal disruptions in human operations
2Reliability
If the apparatus operates continuously to maintain processing quality, then energy consumption increases, but quality deterioration is suppressed
Solution Approach 1:
The state maintaining block operates periodically or intermittently rather than continuously. It activates to maintain the processing object's state during the delay period between the Nth and N+1th blocks, then deactivates when the N+1th block is executed. This periodic operation suppresses quality deterioration while minimizing unnecessary energy consumption compared to continuous operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters of the apparatus by switching between active maintenance mode (during delay) and standby mode (when blocks are executing). The state maintaining block adjusts parameters such as heater power or actuator activity to the minimum necessary level for preserving quality, thereby reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining processing object quality
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is an information processing device configured to: start an application including multiple blocks each including a parameter for controlling an apparatus including at least one of an actuator and a heater, and a sequence including one or more processes involving at least a motion of a person, the sequence cooperating with an N+1th block of the application after completion of an Mth process; generate a state maintaining block having a parameter for maintaining a state of a processing object of the apparatus at completion of an Nth block; and execute the generated state maintaining block when completion of the Nth block is detected.