Method for handling product settings of operating parameters of product inspection system, product inspection system, and computer program

Abstract

To provide, e.g., a method for handling product settings of operating parameters of a product inspection system.SOLUTION: A method comprises: a step 1 of displaying a validated status of validated product settings associated with a selected product and denying access for modifying at least one of the product settings; a step 2 of requesting removal of the validated status through user input into an input unit; a step 3 of requesting a user sign-in in response to the removal request, where the request is displayed in a second on-screen representation; a step 4 of inputting the user sign-in through the user input into the input unit; and a step 5 of, in response to a successful user sign-in operation, displaying a third on-screen representation and permitting access for modifying at least one of the product settings associated with the selected product.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 18

Claims

1. 1. A method for manipulating product settings of operating parameters of a product inspection system (100), comprising: The product inspection system (100) an electronic control unit (101); a radiation unit (102) controlled by said control unit (101) for directing radiation onto a target product; a detector unit (103) controlled by the control unit (101) for detecting the radiation transmitted through or reflected from the target product; a visual display unit (104) in communication with said control unit (101); and an input unit (105) in communication with said control unit (101); Equipped with The method comprises: Step 1: displaying on the visual display unit (104) a first on-screen representation of a validated status of validated product settings associated with a selected product, thereby informing a user of the validated status by a visual indicator and denying access to modify at least one product setting of the validated product settings associated with the selected product; Step 2: requesting, by a user input in said input unit (105), the deletion of said validated status, thereby requesting access to modify at least one of said product settings associated with said selected product; Step 3: requesting user sign-in by the electronic control unit (101) in response to the deletion request, wherein the user sign-in request is displayed in a second on-screen representation on the visual display unit (104); Step 4: inputting a user sign-in by user input into the input unit (105); Step 5: in response to a successful user sign-in operation, displaying on the visual display unit (104) a third on-screen representation of a non-validated status of the product settings associated with the selected product and granting access to modify at least one of the product settings associated with the selected product. A method comprising:

2. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: step 6: after the access permission of step 5, modifying at least one product setting of the product settings associated with the selected product by user input into the input unit (105).

3. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, after the modification of the at least one product setting among the product settings in step 6, restoring the validated product setting before the modification, displaying on the visual display unit (104) a fifth on-screen representation of the validated status of the restored validated product setting associated with the selected product, and denying access to modify at least one product setting among the validated product settings associated with the selected product.

4. a login step of an approved validator with validator rights by entering a validation login by input into said input unit (105) after said modification of said at least one product setting of said product settings in step 6; after a successful login operation of said validator, requesting the creation of a new validation by said validator by entering a validation request in said input unit (105); 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of, in response to the validation request operation, displaying on the visual display unit (104) a fourth on-screen representation of the validated status of the modified product settings for the selected product and denying access to modify at least one of the product settings associated with the selected product.

5. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of assigning validator rights to at least one user and / or revoking validator rights from said at least one user by an authorized administrator via user input into said input unit (105).

6. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing in an event log of an electronic event log storage medium data identifying the user and / or validator who has modified and / or reinstated and / or validated the product configuration and / or changed the validation status of the product configuration.

7. In step 3, before requesting the user sign-in, requesting a user login by the control unit, the user login request being displayed in a sixth on-screen representation on the visual display unit (104); The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising the step of entering a user login by means of a user input into said input unit (105).

8. storing a product configuration and associated validation status of at least one stored product in an electronic product configuration storage medium; 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of, in response to the successful user sign-in operation of step 5, granting read access to the product settings associated with the selected product stored on the electronic product setting storage medium and displaying a seventh on-screen representation of the product settings associated with the selected product on the visual display unit (104).

9. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of: in response to the validation request operation, granting write access to the electronic product configuration storage medium and recording the modified product configuration on the electronic product configuration storage medium.

10. before step 1, displaying a visualization of the stored products for selection by the user in an eighth on-screen representation on the visual display unit (104); 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of selecting, by a user, one of the visualized stored products as the selected product by the user's selection input into the input unit (105).

11. providing a target product to the product inspection system (100); requesting an inspection of the target product by the user's inspection input into the input unit (105), the inspection request requesting, under the control of the electronic control unit (101), to cause the emission unit to direct radiation onto the target product and subsequently cause the detection unit (103) to detect the radiation transmitted through or reflected from the target product; generating image data of the target product according to the detected radiation; 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the image data and the associated validation status of the product settings used for inspection of the target product on an electronic image data storage medium.

12. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying on the visual display unit (104) a ninth on-screen representation of the image data of an inspected product and an associated validation status of the product settings upon input of a user display request by the user into the input unit (105).

13. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising exporting the product settings and the associated validation status from the product inspection system (100) and / or importing the product settings and the associated validation status into the product inspection system (100), the exporting and / or importing preferably to / from a second product inspection system comprising: a second electronic control unit; a second radiation unit controlled by the second control unit to direct radiation onto a target product; a second detector unit controlled by the second control unit to detect the radiation transmitted through or reflected from the target product; a second visual display unit in communication with the second control unit; and a second input unit in communication with the second control unit, the second product inspection system preferably operable according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 5.

14. A product inspection system (100), comprising: an electronic control unit (101); a radiation unit (102) controlled by said control unit (101) for directing radiation onto a target product; a detector unit (103) controlled by the control unit (101) for detecting the radiation transmitted through or reflected from the target product; a visual display unit (104) in communication with said control unit (101); and an input unit (105) in communication with said control unit (101); Equipped with Steps below: Step 1: displaying on the visual display unit (104) a first on-screen representation of a validated status of validated product settings associated with a selected product, thereby informing a user of the validated status by a visual indicator and denying access to modify at least one product setting of the validated product settings associated with the selected product; Step 2: requesting, by a user input in said input unit (105), the deletion of said validated status, thereby requesting access to modify at least one of said product settings associated with said selected product; Step 3: requesting user sign-in by the electronic control unit (101) in response to the deletion request, wherein the user sign-in request is displayed in a second on-screen representation on the visual display unit (104); Step 4: inputting a user sign-in by user input into the input unit (105); Step 5: in response to a successful user sign-in operation, displaying on the visual display unit (104) a third on-screen representation of a non-validated status of the product settings associated with the selected product and granting access to modify at least one of the product settings associated with the selected product. A product inspection system (100) configured to perform the above.

15. A computer program comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform a method on a product inspection system (100); The product inspection system (100) an electronic control unit (101); a radiation unit (102) controlled by said control unit (101) for directing radiation onto a target product; a detector unit (103) controlled by the control unit (101) for detecting the radiation transmitted through or reflected from the target product; a visual display unit (104) in communication with said control unit (101); and an input unit (105) in communication with said control unit (101); The method comprises: Step 1: displaying on the visual display unit (104) a first on-screen representation of a validated status of validated product settings associated with a selected product, thereby informing a user of the validated status by a visual indicator and denying access to modify at least one product setting of the validated product settings associated with the selected product; Step 2: requesting, by a user input in said input unit (105), the deletion of said validated status, thereby requesting access to modify at least one of said product settings associated with said selected product; Step 3: requesting user sign-in by the electronic control unit (101) in response to the deletion request, wherein the user sign-in request is displayed in a second on-screen representation on the visual display unit (104); Step 4: inputting a user sign-in by user input into the input unit (105); Step 5: in response to a successful user sign-in operation, displaying on the visual display unit (104) a third on-screen representation of a non-validated status of the product settings associated with the selected product and granting access to modify at least one of the product settings associated with the selected product. a computer program comprising:

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