Marine Vessel State Display for Rental Departure Checks
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Solution Overview
Problem
In marine vessel rental businesses, staff members must visually confirm the state of vessels upon departure and return, which is time-consuming and burdensome, requiring manual documentation and communication with users.
Innovation Solution
A marine vessel management system that includes a portable terminal device for users, which receives and displays the vessel's state information via an information processing apparatus, allowing users and staff to assess the vessel's condition digitally, reducing the need for visual confirmation and manual documentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If staff members perform visual confirmation of vessel state manually, then accurate state assessment is achieved, but operational burden and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual visual inspection with an automated image recognition system using cameras and AI processing. The system captures images of the vessel, automatically analyzes them to detect damage or abnormal states, and generates reports without requiring staff to physically inspect each vessel, thereby eliminating time-consuming manual verification while maintaining accurate state assessment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies (images) of the vessel state and processes these copies automatically through image recognition algorithms. Instead of staff directly observing and recording vessel conditions, the system captures visual data, processes it digitally, and generates automated assessments, significantly reducing the time required for state confirmation.
2Loss of information
If staff members manually document and communicate vessel state, then complete information recording is achieved, but operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual documentation processes with automated systems that capture vessel images, automatically analyze them using image recognition, and generate structured reports. This eliminates the need for staff to manually write down observations and communicate with users, reducing operational complexity while ensuring complete information recording through systematic automated documentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically capturing, analyzing, and documenting vessel states without requiring staff intervention for each vessel inspection. The image recognition system independently processes images, identifies issues, and generates reports, freeing staff from repetitive documentation tasks while maintaining comprehensive information recording.
3Productivity
If automated image recognition is implemented, then operational efficiency increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automated image recognition systems with cameras, processors, and AI algorithms to replace manual inspection processes. While this increases operational efficiency by enabling rapid automated analysis of multiple vessels, it also introduces system complexity through the integration of hardware and software components. The system automatically captures images, processes them through recognition algorithms, and generates reports without human intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer of automated image recognition technology between the vessel inspection process and the final documentation output. This intermediary system handles the complex tasks of image capture, analysis, and report generation, allowing the overall system to achieve high productivity while managing complexity through specialized intermediate processing components.
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AI summary
A marine vessel management system that is able to reduce the burden on a marine vessel rental business operator is provided. The marine vessel management system includes a marine vessel, an information processing apparatus, and a portable terminal device possessed by a marine vessel user. When the marine vessel is leaving a port and/or when the marine vessel is returning to the port, the portable terminal device receives information about a state of the marine vessel via the information processing apparatus, and further displays the received information about the state of the marine vessel.