Motor Vehicle Identification Data Reuse Across Inspection Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
In motor vehicle inspection settings, technicians must repeatedly identify vehicles using different inspection devices, leading to inefficiencies as data collected on one device is not easily reusable across others, and each device has a unique user interface and operation requirements.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where motor vehicles are identified using a uniform basic identification step followed by device-specific identification steps, with collected data stored on a central server or RFID tag, allowing seamless data reuse across multiple inspection devices and reducing the time and labor required for identification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If technicians use different inspection devices for vehicle inspection, then each device can perform its specific inspection function, but technicians must repeatedly identify vehicles on each device which increases time and labor
Solution Approach 1:
The identification process is segmented into two parts: a universal basic identification component that can be reused across all inspection devices, and device-specific additional identification components. This segmentation allows the common identification steps to be performed once and stored, eliminating redundant identification operations when using multiple inspection devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The basic identification data is collected in advance during an initial identification step and stored for later use. This preliminary action ensures that when technicians subsequently use different inspection devices, the identification process can be skipped or abbreviated since the data has already been gathered and is readily available.
2Ease of manufacture
If each inspection device has its own database with device-specific identification characteristics, then the device can be optimized for its specific inspection task, but the user interface and operation differ among devices requiring technicians to learn multiple interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The common identification functionality is extracted from individual device-specific interfaces and consolidated into a separate, standardized basic identification module. This extraction allows each inspection device to maintain its specialized functions while sharing a common identification interface, reducing the learning burden for technicians.
Solution Approach 2:
A universal basic identification interface is implemented that can be used across all inspection devices. This universal interface performs the common identification tasks regardless of which specific inspection device is being used, while still allowing access to device-specific additional identification characteristics when needed.
3Reliability
If all identification data is collected anew on each inspection device, then complete identification data is available for each device, but the proportionate time and labor for identification increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The identification process is made continuous across multiple inspection devices through data storage and retrieval. Instead of repeating the identification process on each device, the system maintains continuous availability of identification data by storing it after initial collection and retrieving it for subsequent device operations, eliminating interruptions and redundant work.
Solution Approach 2:
The basic identification data is copied from the initial identification and stored in a accessible location. This copying allows multiple inspection devices to access the same identification information without requiring the original data collection process to be repeated, significantly reducing time and labor while maintaining data availability.
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AI summary
A method for identifying a motor vehicle for a plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices, including ascertaining a distinct characteristic of the motor vehicle; ascertaining basic identification data of the motor vehicle; storing the distinct characteristic and the basic identification data in an identification data set for this motor vehicle on a storage medium; identifying the identification data set associated with the motor vehicle on the storage medium based on the distinct characteristic with a first of the plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices; reading out the identified identification data set of the motor vehicle from the storage medium; ascertaining first identification data of the motor vehicle, which are specific to the first of the plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices; supplementing the read-out identification data set by the first identification data; storing the supplemented identification data set on the storage medium; identifying the identification data set associated with the motor vehicle on the storage medium based on the distinct characteristic with a second of the plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices; reading out the identified identification data set of the motor vehicle from the storage medium; ascertaining second identification data of the motor vehicle, which are specific for the second of the plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices; supplementing the read-out identification data set by the second identification data; and storing the supplemented identification data set on the storage medium.