Water Quality Meter Data Processing Device with Learning Unit

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing water quality meter data processing devices lack the capability to effectively process measurement value data in relation to the specific body being measured and the water quality meter, leading to inefficiencies in data management and analysis.

Innovation Solution

A water quality meter data processing device that includes a measurement value data acquisition unit, a memory unit for storing related data such as individual identification, measurement time, and image capture data, along with a learning unit for machine learning to determine the validity of the water quality meter, enabling the processing of measurement value data in accordance with data related to the body or water quality meter.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If measurement value data is processed without related data (body identification, measurement time, image capture data), then the data processing device is simple and easy to operate, but the data management and analysis efficiency is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata management and analysis efficiencyVSAvoiddata processing device structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple data types (measurement value data, body identification data, measurement time data, image capture data) into a unified data processing system. The data acquisition unit collects all these data types simultaneously, and the memory unit stores them as related data, enabling efficient integrated analysis while maintaining systematic organization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The data processing device is designed with multi-functionality to handle various data types from a single body being measured. The same device processes measurement values, identifies the body, records timing information, and analyzes image capture data, making it a universal system that improves productivity across multiple data management tasks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If measurement value data is processed without determining water quality meter validity, then the processing speed is fast, but data integrity is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata integrityVSAvoiddata processing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validity determination of the water quality meter using stored related data before processing measurement value data. By pre-checking meter validity through the learning unit and memory unit, the system ensures data integrity is established beforehand, allowing subsequent processing to proceed efficiently without repeated validation checks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where measurement value data and related data are continuously analyzed to determine water quality meter validity. This feedback loop ensures that only valid meter data is processed, maintaining data integrity while the systematic approach to validation preserves processing speed through efficient verification methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Measurement precision

If multiple data types (individual identification, measurement time, image capture data) are stored and processed, then data analysis accuracy is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata analysis accuracyVSAvoiddata acquisition and storage system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the data processing system into distinct functional units: a data acquisition unit that collects multiple data types, a memory unit that stores related data, and a processing unit that analyzes the data. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in handling specific data types, improving analysis accuracy while keeping the overall system architecture manageable and not excessively complex.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20230366848A1Water quality meter data processing device, water quality meter data processing system and water quality meter data processing method
Publication Date: 2023.11.16 HORIBA ADVANCED TECHNO CO LTD
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AI summary

A water quality meter data processing device that processes measurement value data which is data pertaining to measurement values resulting from measurement by a water quality meter of a body being measured, the water quality meter data processing device comprises a measurement value data acquisition unit that acquires the measurement value data, and a memory unit that stores related data which includes data related to at least one of either the body being measured or the water quality meter.