Terminal Position Correction Using an Adjustable Grid Template

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing position estimation methods for terminals, such as wireless terminals, often result in incorrect corrections due to terminals being installed at varying intervals unrelated to construction units, leading to inaccuracies in position fitting.

Innovation Solution

A position correction device that identifies and corrects terminal positions using a template with adjustable grid points, optimizing distances and fitting positions to minimize deviation, ensuring accurate alignment with estimated positions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If terminals are fitted into a template based on construction unit intervals, then position correction can be performed, but the positions may be corrected to incorrect positions due to varying installation intervals

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposition correction accuracyVSAvoidcorrection reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The template is transformed from a static fixed-grid structure to a dynamic adjustable structure where grid point positions can be modified. The template correction unit dynamically adjusts the positions of grid points based on the actual distribution of terminal positions, allowing the template to adapt to varying installation intervals while maintaining correction accuracy and reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the parameters of the template by adjusting the positions of grid points. Instead of using fixed intervals based on construction units, the system modifies the template parameters to match the actual terminal distribution patterns, thereby resolving the contradiction between achieving position correction and avoiding incorrect corrections

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of manufacture

If a fixed template with construction unit intervals is used, then the correction process is simple, but it cannot accommodate terminals installed at varying intervals

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate creation simplicityVSAvoidtemplate adaptability to different terminal distributions
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The template system transitions from a static fixed structure to a dynamic adjustable one. The template correction unit automatically adjusts grid point positions based on terminal distribution characteristics, maintaining ease of use while significantly improving adaptability to various installation patterns

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The template correction unit operates autonomously to adjust the template based on the actual terminal positions. The system self-corrects the template parameters without requiring manual intervention, preserving simplicity while enhancing adaptability to different terminal distributions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250387918A1Position correction device, position correction method, and computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2025.12.25 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
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AI summary

A correspondence identification unit (221) fits a plurality of processing terminals whose positions are to be identified into a template that indicates assumed relative positions of the plurality of processing terminals using grid points, which are intersections of lines drawn in a grid pattern, based on estimated positions respectively corresponding to the plurality of processing terminals, and identify grid points in the template respectively corresponding to the plurality of processing terminals. A template correction unit (222) generates a corrected template by correcting a distance between grid points in the template so as to reduce a degree of deviation calculated based on a distance between each of the plurality of processing terminals and an identified corresponding grid point. A position correction unit (23) sets each of the plurality of processing terminals as a target processing terminal, and corrects an estimated position of the target processing terminal based on a grid point corresponding to the target processing terminal in the corrected template.