Wireless Meter Inspection Data Linking Readings With Pass-Fail Conditions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current meter inspection methods require users to visually confirm both meter values and determination conditions, leading to inefficiencies and increased time and effort, as they need to read and assess the meter values remotely while determining if they are within normal limits.
Innovation Solution
An automatic inspection system that collects and analyzes data from multiple inspection targets via a wireless network, using a wireless master station to acquire measurement data and associate it with determination conditions, allowing for efficient output and comparison of measurement data against predetermined conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If meter values are read remotely by camera and transmitted to control room, then inspection time is reduced and efficiency is improved, but users still need to manually compare meter values with determination conditions, requiring additional time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic determination by having the determination condition display unit and data collection device work autonomously. The data collection device automatically compares measurement data with determination conditions and displays results without requiring manual user intervention for comparison, enabling the system to serve itself in the determination process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of visual comparison with an automated electronic determination system. The data collection device electronically compares measurement data with determination conditions stored in the determination condition display unit, substituting human visual inspection and manual comparison with automated electronic processing.
2Reliability
If users visually inspect both meter values and determination conditions at the site, then accurate determination can be made, but time and effort requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual visual inspection with automated electronic determination. The data collection device electronically retrieves and compares measurement data with determination conditions, eliminating the need for users to visually inspect and compare values manually, thereby maintaining accuracy while reducing time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The determination condition display unit serves as an intermediary that automatically presents both measurement data and determination conditions to users in a unified manner. This intermediary device eliminates the need for users to separately locate and compare meter values with determination conditions, streamlining the determination process.
3Ease of operation
If determination conditions are displayed on panels near meters at inspection sites, then users can access determination conditions easily, but users still need to separately locate and compare them with meter values
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges measurement data and determination conditions into a single integrated display on the determination condition display unit. Instead of requiring users to separately locate meter values and determination conditions at different locations, the system combines both information sources into one unified interface, simplifying the inspection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The determination condition display unit acts as an intermediary that consolidates and presents both measurement data and determination conditions together. This intermediary eliminates the need for users to perform separate operations of locating and comparing data, reducing process complexity while maintaining ease of access.
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AI summary
An inspection target reading device includes a wireless slave station that performs communication via a wireless network, a measurement unit that measures a state of an inspection target, and an analysis unit that generates measurement data, and transmits the measurement data from the wireless slave station via the wireless network. An automatic inspection system includes a wireless master station that communicates with each inspection target reading device via the wireless network, a data acquisition unit that acquires the measurement data from each inspection target reading device through a wireless master station, a data storage unit that stores the measurement data, a determination condition storage unit that stores determination conditions related to the measurement data, and an inspection unit that outputs predetermined measurement data selected from the stored measurement data and a predetermined determination condition corresponding to the predetermined measurement data among the stored determination conditions in association with each other.