VR Remote Control Handover for Uninterrupted Production Tasks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Disruptions in the physical location of a user operating a virtual reality system can cause abrupt interruptions in the remote control of production devices, leading to delays or damage in production environments.
Innovation Solution
A scheduling system monitors the remote worker's environment using sensors and identifies a replacement worker from a database to seamlessly reassign production tasks before interruptions occur, ensuring continuous operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user operates a production device remotely via virtual reality system, then the user can control the production device from a remote location, but disruptions in the user's physical location can cause abrupt interruptions in the control operation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by monitoring the user's environment in real-time and proactively detecting potential disruptions (such as movement or obstacles) before they occur. When a disruption is anticipated, the system automatically initiates a handover to a backup operator in advance, ensuring that control is transferred seamlessly before the original user's connection is interrupted, thus maintaining operation continuity.
2Reliability
If the system monitors the remote worker's environment continuously, then potential disruptions can be detected early, but this requires additional monitoring infrastructure and processing resources
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary automated handover mechanism that acts as a mediator between the remote user and the production device. This intermediary monitors environmental data (such as motion sensors or location data) and automatically triggers handover procedures when disruptions are detected, eliminating the need for complex direct control systems while maintaining high reliability through automated intermediary management.
3Reliability
If the system automatically reassigns tasks to replacement workers, then operation continuity is maintained, but this requires a database of backup operators and automated assignment logic
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service automation where the task reassignment process is fully autonomous. When a disruption is detected, the system automatically queries the database of backup operators, evaluates their availability and suitability, and assigns the task to the most appropriate replacement without human intervention. This self-service mechanism maintains operation continuity while reducing the need for manual management overhead.
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AI summary
Computer-implemented methods for providing uninterrupted remote control of a production device are provided. Aspects include obtaining a production task to be performed using the production device, identifying a remote worker, from a remote worker database, to perform the production task via a virtual reality device, and assigning the production task to the remote worker. Aspects also include monitoring a remote worker environment of the remote worker during performance of the production task and determining that the production task needs to be reassigned. Aspects further include identifying a replacement remote worker from the remote worker database and reassigning the production task to the replacement remote worker.