Test Data Integration System for Automatic Test Equipment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current automatic test equipment (ATE) systems lack real-time state tracking, temperature monitoring, and centralized data integration, leading to inefficiencies in production line monitoring and increased maintenance costs due to decentralized and manually integrated test data.

Innovation Solution

A test data integration system comprising client devices connected to ATE and a server that collects and transmits test information in real-time, generating graphical user interfaces for integration analysis and alerting messages or screen locking operations to facilitate quicker issue resolution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual data integration is used for decentralized test data, then data collection is simple, but monitoring efficiency is low and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemonitoring efficiencyVSAvoiddata integration time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical data integration with an automated electronic data collection and processing system. Client devices automatically collect test data from ATE equipment and transmit it to a server for centralized processing, eliminating the need for manual data gathering and integration while significantly improving monitoring efficiency and reducing time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If real-time monitoring system is implemented, then production line monitoring efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemonitoring efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the monitoring system into segmented functional modules: client devices for data collection, a server for centralized data processing and analysis, and a user interface for displaying results. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, improving monitoring efficiency while managing system complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If decentralized test data is collected manually, then data collection is straightforward, but data integration requires manual effort and is inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata collection easeVSAvoiddata integration efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a self-service data integration system where client devices automatically collect test data from ATE equipment and transmit it to the server without manual intervention. The system autonomously performs data gathering, transmission, and centralized processing, maintaining operational simplicity while dramatically improving data integration efficiency through automation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11120037B2Test data integration system and method thereof
Publication Date: 2021.09.14 WISTRON CORP
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AI summary

A test data integration system and a method thereof are provided. The method includes: collecting, by each of a plurality of client devices, a plurality of test information obtained from coupled automatic test equipment when performing a test operation, and transmitting the plurality of test information to a server; receiving, by the server, the plurality of test information, and generating a graphical user interface according to the plurality of test information and displaying an integration analysis result corresponding to the plurality of test information.