Text Mining System for Vehicle Quality Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Automakers face challenges in identifying core customer complaints related to vehicle quality issues due to detailed information being stored in non-standardized text formats, making it cumbersome for engineers to review and analyze claim data from files like Excel.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus using text mining algorithms to preprocess and analyze claim data, extract onomatopoeias and morphemes, label relevant keywords, and update reference data to determine vehicle quality, thereby simplifying the identification of customer complaints and improving analysis accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If detailed information of quality problems is stored in non-standardized text format (handwriting files or manually prepared Excel files), then the information can be stored flexibly, but it becomes inconvenient for engineers to identify customer complaints by individually reviewing the files

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflexibility of information storageVSAvoidconvenience of identifying customer complaints
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of individually reviewing Excel files with an automated electronic text mining system. The system uses natural language processing algorithms to automatically extract and analyze customer complaints from unstructured text data, eliminating the need for engineers to manually search through files while maintaining the flexibility of text-based storage.

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

2Measurement precision

If engineers individually review files such as Excel files to identify customer complaints, then detailed analysis can be performed, but it requires significant manual effort and time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetail of complaint analysisVSAvoidtime required for manual review
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a self-service system where the text mining algorithm automatically performs the analysis work that would otherwise require manual engineering review. The system extracts keywords, identifies patterns, and generates complaint summaries autonomously, maintaining detailed analysis capabilities while eliminating the time-consuming manual review process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Device complexity

If claim data is analyzed using traditional methods, then the process is simple, but the accuracy of identifying vehicle quality issues is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesimplicity of analysis processVSAvoidaccuracy of quality issue identification
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameters of the analysis process by introducing multiple text mining algorithms with different processing approaches. The system uses keyword extraction, pattern recognition, and semantic analysis with configurable parameters to adjust the balance between process complexity and identification accuracy, achieving higher precision while managing computational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20240419896A1Method and apparatus for determining quality of vehicle using text mining
Publication Date: 2024.12.19 HL MANDO CORP
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AI summary

A method and apparatus for determining a quality of a vehicle using text mining may perform operations including performing, by an electronic apparatus, pre-processing on input data including text, performing, by the electronic apparatus, text mining on the pre-processed input data, labeling, by the electronic apparatus, at least one onomatopoeia or at least one morpheme extracted from the pre-processed input data according to the performing of the text mining, and determining, by the electronic apparatus, a quality of the vehicle based on the labeling.