Voice-Guided Workplace Task Execution With Light-Based Exception Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
In workplaces such as warehouses and retail stores, workers face challenges in accurately executing tasks due to discrepancies in transmitting instructions, leading to erroneous task execution and reduced productivity, particularly when using voice-based systems and light devices for navigation and exception reporting.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a computing device, an operator device, and light devices that receive voice inputs to determine tasks, activate location indicators, and update tasks based on exceptions encountered during execution, allowing for efficient exception reporting and task modification without navigating complex menus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If voice-based systems are used for task instructions, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to misinterpretation and errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides visual feedback through light devices that confirm the transmitted instructions to workers. The light devices display task information such as location, item details, and quantity, allowing workers to verify the accuracy of voice-based instructions and reducing misinterpretation errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces light devices as an intermediary between the voice-based instruction system and the worker. The light devices receive digital instructions from the system and translate them into visual displays at the target locations, serving as a mediator that ensures accurate information transmission without direct voice communication errors.
2Measurement precision
If complex menus are used for exception reporting, then measurement precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical interaction of navigating complex menu systems with voice-based input. Workers can report exceptions by speaking natural language commands to the operator device, eliminating the need to physically navigate through multiple menu levels while maintaining accurate exception categorization and reporting.
3Measurement precision
If light devices are used for location indication, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The light devices display visual copies or representations of the task information and location details. Instead of requiring complex interface systems, the light devices present simplified visual copies of the instruction data (such as item names, quantities, and location identifiers) directly at the workplace locations, maintaining precision while reducing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
According to the embodiments illustrated herein, a method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a computing device comprising a processor, an input from an operator device, wherein the input facilitates determining a task to be performed. Further, the method comprises activating, by the computing device, a first light device associated with a first location in a workplace in response to receiving the input, wherein the first location is associated with the task to be performed. Furthermore, the method comprises receiving, by the computing device, a first voice input from the operator device, indicative of an exception encountered during execution of the task. Additionally, the method includes modifying the task, in response to determining that the first voice input is indicative of the exception encountered during execution of the task.