Automated Structural Inspection Reporting System
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Solution Overview
Problem
The conventional method of creating inspection reports for structural objects like tunnels is labor-intensive and prone to errors due to manual data selection and inputting processes, requiring significant time and effort to modify or correct reports, especially when linking various inspection records.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that acquires and displays a development-view image of a structural object, allows users to draw diagnosis targets, input assessment-related information, and store coordinates and assessment results in association, reducing manual errors and streamlining the reporting process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual data selection and inputting processes are used to create inspection reports, then flexibility in data handling is maintained, but the workload and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically selecting and organizing inspection data before report generation. The data management module pre-processes inspection records, photographs, and measurements, making them readily available for report creation without requiring manual selection and input during the reporting phase.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of inspection data in structured formats that can be automatically transferred to report templates. Inspection findings, photographs, and measurements are copied and linked to corresponding report sections, eliminating manual data entry and reducing errors while maintaining flexibility.
2Reliability
If manual data selection and inputting processes are used to create inspection reports, then data can be handled flexibly, but error rates increase due to manual operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically selecting relevant inspection data, matching photographs to findings, and populating report templates without human intervention. The data management module autonomously organizes inspection records, measurements, and images, reducing manual operations and associated errors while maintaining ease of use through automated workflows.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms to verify data accuracy and completeness during automatic selection and input. The report generation module checks data consistency, validates photograph-findings associations, and provides feedback for corrections, ensuring high reliability while simplifying the operator's role to oversight rather than manual data handling.
3Device complexity
If manual processes are used to link inspection records with photographs and measurements, then detailed control is maintained, but the complexity of the process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges inspection records, photographs, measurements, and report generation into an integrated automated workflow. The data management module combines multiple data types and links them automatically based on spatial and contextual relationships, reducing process complexity while maintaining detailed control through centralized management of all inspection elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary data management module that acts as a mediator between raw inspection data and final reports. This intermediary automatically associates photographs with findings and measurements with locations using spatial coordinates and metadata, simplifying the overall process while maintaining detailed control through automated matching algorithms.
4Ease of manufacture
If conventional manual methods are used to create inspection reports, then existing workflows are maintained, but significant effort is required to modify or correct reports
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by organizing inspection data into modular, reusable components that can be easily modified or corrected. Inspection findings, photographs, and measurements are pre-processed and stored as independent data elements that can be individually updated without requiring manual re-entry, reducing both effort and time for report modifications while maintaining consistency with the original inspection workflow.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire data of a development-view image of the structural object, display the development-view image of the structural object on a display, receive a drawing of a diagnosis target image indicating a diagnosis target in the development-view image of the structural object, display, on the display, an input screen for inputting assessment-related information including an assessment result of the diagnosis target indicated by the diagnosis target image, and receive an input of the assessment-related information including the assessment result via the input screen.