Industrial Machine Video Playback With Trigger-Based Viewpoint Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack effective methods to improve visibility in data management for industrial machinery, particularly in monitoring and maintenance, by synchronizing images and logs to elucidate error causes.
Innovation Solution
A video generation device that acquires data from industrial machines, determines observing points based on trigger events, and generates videos with high visibility by changing observing points to highlight critical operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If images and logs are displayed simultaneously with time synchronization, then error analysis capability is improved, but image visibility and operational clarity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display content by separating full-screen image display from log information display. The image is displayed full-screen to maximize visibility, while log information is shown in a separate overlay window or panel, allowing error analysis without compromising image quality. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by providing both functions simultaneously but in distinct visual spaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a temporal dimension to the display by enabling users to navigate through time-synced images and logs. Users can scrub through time-coded image sequences and corresponding log entries independently, allowing detailed error analysis across different time points without requiring all information to be visible simultaneously in the same spatial view.
2Reliability
If multiple data loggers and recording units are installed to monitor industrial machines, then monitoring coverage is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges data from multiple data loggers and recording units into a single unified playback system. The time synchronization feature allows data from multiple sources to be combined and displayed together in chronological order, maintaining comprehensive monitoring coverage while simplifying the user interface to a single integrated view rather than requiring users to manage multiple separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The playback device is designed with universal functionality to accept and process data from various types of recording units and data loggers. The system can handle different data formats and sources through a common interface, allowing multiple monitoring devices to be integrated without increasing operational complexity for the user.
3Ease of operation
If trigger events are detected and observing points are determined to generate targeted videos, then operational clarity is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary processing by detecting trigger events and determining observing points during data acquisition and playback preparation. This allows the system to pre-identify important moments and configure optimal viewing parameters before actual playback, so that when users view the playback, the operational clarity is already optimized without requiring complex real-time processing during playback.
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AI summary
Provided is a video generation device which generates a recorded video of an industrial machine, acquires data indicating a state of the industrial machine, searches data indicating a state of the industrial machine, detects a trigger event indicating work which the industrial machine has carried out, determines a viewpoint corresponding to the trigger event, and generates video based on the determination of the viewpoint.