Work Management System with Region Display for Field Operations

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing technique for estimating work types in cultivation management often results in discrepancies between estimated and actual work types, making it difficult for users to identify confirmed and unconfirmed work types in various fields.

Innovation Solution

A work management system that stores determined work types with corresponding region information, estimates work types based on operation data, and outputs distinct region display information to differentiate between confirmed and unconfirmed work types, allowing users to efficiently identify and confirm work types performed in different fields.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If work type estimation is performed automatically based on operation information, then work management efficiency is improved, but accuracy of work type identification deteriorates due to discrepancies between estimated and actual work types

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvework management efficiencyVSAvoidwork type identification accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where users can review estimated work types and provide corrections. The work management device receives correction information from users and updates the work type data accordingly, creating a closed-loop system that improves accuracy over time while maintaining automated processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary review step where estimated work types are presented to users for verification before being finalized. This intermediary layer allows automated estimation to maintain efficiency while user verification ensures accuracy, resolving the contradiction between automatic processing and precise identification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If work types are manually confirmed in many fields, then work type accuracy is improved, but user workload increases and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvework type confirmation accuracyVSAvoidtime for confirming work types

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of requiring complete manual confirmation of all work types, the system performs partial automatic estimation and only requires user confirmation when discrepancies are detected or for a subset of fields. This partial action approach maintains accuracy for critical cases while reducing overall time consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by allowing users to quickly review and correct estimated work types through an intuitive interface rather than requiring detailed manual analysis. Users can efficiently confirm or correct work types with minimal effort, reducing time consumption while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If all work regions are displayed uniformly, then display simplicity is maintained, but user ability to identify confirmed and unconfirmed regions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay simplicityVSAvoidstatus information visibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by displaying different visual characteristics for different types of work regions. Confirmed work regions are displayed with one visual style while unconfirmed or estimated regions are displayed with another visual style, allowing users to quickly identify the status of each region without complex interfaces.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses color changes to differentiate between confirmed and unconfirmed work regions. By assigning distinct colors or visual indicators to regions based on their confirmation status, the system maintains display simplicity while effectively communicating status information to users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

Data Source

PatentUS20230060662A1Work management method, work management system, and work management program

Publication Date: 2023.03.02 YANMAR HLDG CO LTD

AI summary

A work management method includes storing work data associating a determined work type that represents work performed in a first work region and has been determined with work region information that represents the first work region. In addition, the work management method includes estimating an estimated work type that represents work performed by a work device in a second work region, based on operation information that represents operation status of the work device. In addition, the work management method includes outputting region display information that distinctively represents the first work region corresponding to the determined work type and the second work region corresponding to the estimated work type that has not been determined.