AI helps steel companies find creative solutions

"AI technology helps steel companies find creative solutions and explore new product concepts." Recently, Stephan, head of ThyssenKrupp's intellectual property strategy and research department, expressed his views on the importance of AI application in the field of intellectual property in a personal interview published on the company's official website.

Plenty of examples of AI work can be found in factory engineering applications, such as ThyssenKrupp Wood and New Era. "Conditions and wear monitoring, pattern or anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance provide a wide range of applications for AI. In this case, factories often use machine learning, using data to guide AI models to make predictions or decisions. More examples can be found in ThyssenKrupp's automotive Technology and Materials Services business. For example, the materials services business is developing AI-based supply chain solutions. The solution collects and analyzes data within the steel supply chain to provide demand forecasting for data-based decision making." 'said Stephen.

Steel companies can use AI to improve work efficiency. The application of AI technology helps to identify potential gaps between different actors in the field of technology, thus guiding the direction of new inventions. By analyzing existing research and patent profiles, these potential gaps identified by AI often present opportunities for innovative R&D. AI's capabilities include complete data analysis and can also process and analyze large amounts of data from patent databases, scientific publications, and other technical resources. By using advanced algorithms, AI is able to identify patterns, trends, and relationships that are difficult or time-consuming for human analysts to identify. Such predictions can help companies make strategic decisions about research and development priorities.

AI can provide efficient support for inventors. AI systems generate new ideas by analyzing large amounts of data and identifying patterns, connections, or concepts within it, and applying or combining those ideas into new scenarios. Once these ideas are proven to be feasible, AI can also assist the inventor in completing the invention declaration form through targeted questioning. This reduces the time from idea to declaration and means innovations can be protected more quickly.

AI can be a new tool for intellectual property protection. AI can help steel companies search vast patent databases in a short period of time to identify relevant advanced technologies more quickly and accurately. AI systems can also identify patent infringements by monitoring products, services and patents around the world, and identify potential IP infringements early through image recognition technology and text analysis so that infringed companies can take timely action.