Terminal-Mediated 3D Knowledge Access Across Dual Server Sessions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems face challenges in effectively transferring tacit knowledge between different tasks or users with varying skill levels, particularly in industries like civil engineering and construction, where 3D models are used, due to the qualitative nature of tacit knowledge and difficulties in user authorization and trust in tacit knowledge models.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system comprising a first server for property management information and a second server for three-dimensional image information, with a terminal device facilitating communication and processing based on established sessions, enabling authorized users to access and utilize tacit knowledge models through a terminal device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple servers manage different types of information (property information and image information), then information accessibility and functionality are improved, but system complexity and session management difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoidsession management
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal device acts as an intermediary that manages sessions with multiple servers. The terminal device circuitry establishes and maintains sessions with both the first server (property information) and second server (image information), coordinating communication between them. This resolves the contradiction by placing session management responsibility at the terminal level rather than requiring complex server-to-server session coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments functionality across multiple servers: the first server handles property information management while the second server handles image information management. This segmentation allows each server to specialize in specific data types, improving information accessibility and functionality while keeping individual server complexities manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If the system provides access to tacit knowledge models for users with varying skill levels, then skill transfer and operational efficiency are improved, but user authorization and trust management become more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidauthorization management
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different processing approaches based on user characteristics and context. The second server circuitry executes first processing based on image information and input from the first display screen, or second processing based on image information and input from the second display screen. This local differentiation allows tailored knowledge transfer for different user skill levels while maintaining manageable authorization through context-aware processing selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If the terminal device displays multiple types of information from different servers simultaneously, then information integration and user convenience are improved, but data transmission and session coordination overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidsession coordination overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal device serves as an intermediary that consolidates information from multiple servers. The terminal device circuitry receives property information from the first server and image information from the second server, integrating them into unified display screens. This approach improves user convenience by presenting integrated information while managing transmission overhead at the terminal level rather than requiring extensive server-to-server coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20260065391A1Information processing system, server, and non-transitory recording medium
Publication Date: 2026.03.05 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing system includes a first server that stores information related to an item, a second server that stores image information of the item, and a terminal device. The terminal device includes terminal device circuitry to display a first display screen including the information related to the item received from the first server while a session is established with the first server and the image information of the item received from the second server while sessions are established with the first server and the second server. The terminal device circuitry displays a second display screen including the image information of the item received from the second server while a session is established with the second server. The second server includes server circuitry to execute processing based on the image information of the item and input information received via one of the first display screen and the second display screen.