Sample processing module and information processing method for the same, and computer program

Abstract

To provide a sample processing module and an information processing method for the sample processing module.SOLUTION: A sample processing module comprises: a sample retention device that includes a plurality of drawers for retaining sample tubes; state detection devices for the respective drawers each for detecting the state of the corresponding drawer; a human machine interaction device that has a display interface including at least a first area for displaying information on the drawers; and a processor that is for acquiring the state of the drawers, and that, upon acquiring that a first drawer is opened which is any one of the drawers of the sample retention device, switches the current display of information on the drawers in the first area to highlighted display of information on the first drawer. When a user performs an operation to open the drawers of the sample processing module, the sample processing module can provide information presentation for the user's operation and improves convenience for the user's operation and user experience.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of medical devices, and in particular to a sample processing module and an information processing method for the sample processing module. [Background technology]

[0002] In the pipeline, the sample loading / unloading module is a key component of the whole system, responsible for the automatic, highly efficient and accurate loading and retrieval process of samples.

[0003] The sample loading / unloading module is the functional module that requires the most user operations and interventions in the entire pipeline, and the user must, for example, remove samples that have been unloaded from the sample loading / unloading module or load samples that need to be loaded. Therefore, how to improve the user's convenience in operating the sample loading / unloading module is an issue that must be addressed urgently. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Based on this, and in view of the above problems, it is necessary to provide a sample processing module and an information processing method for the sample processing module that can improve the convenience of operation. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] a sample processing module comprising: a sample storage device including a plurality of drawers for storing sample tubes; a state detection device for each of the drawers for detecting the state of the corresponding drawer; a human-machine interaction device having a display interface including at least a first area for displaying information in the drawer; The device is equipped with a processor for acquiring the status of the drawers, which, when it acquires that a first drawer, which is one of the drawers of the sample storage device, has been opened, switches the information of the drawer currently displayed in the first area to highlighted information of the first drawer.

[0006] 1. A method for processing information in a sample processing module, comprising: detecting the state of each drawer of the sample processing module; and upon detecting that a first drawer has been opened, switching from highlighting the information of the drawer currently displayed to highlighting the information of the first drawer in a first area of ​​the human-machine interaction device. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] The sample processing module includes a sample storage device, a drawer status detection device, a human-machine interaction device, and a processor. The drawer status detection device is used to detect the status of the corresponding drawer. A first area of ​​the display interface of the human-machine interaction device is used to display information about the drawers. The processor acquires the status of the drawers and, upon acquiring that the first drawer has been opened, switches the currently displayed information about the drawer in the first area to highlight the information about the first drawer. This allows the action of opening a drawer to be associated with the action of switching the content displayed in the first area. When a user opens a drawer of the sample processing module, the information about the opened drawer is highlighted, thereby serving to enlarge and present the information about the open drawer, providing information for user operation and improving user convenience and the user experience. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a sample processing module according to one embodiment. [Figure 2] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment in which information for each drawer of a sample reservoir device is displayed uniformly. [Figure 3] 10A and 10B are schematic diagrams illustrating switching of content displayed in a first area in one embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing switching of content displayed in the first area in another embodiment. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing switching of content displayed in the first area in yet another embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing yet another embodiment in which information for each drawer of a sample reservoir device is displayed uniformly. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram highlighting normal sample output drawer information in one embodiment. [Figure 8] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the first information page of the Error Sample Output Drawer in one embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a display interface of a human-machine interaction device in an embodiment; [Figure 10] 1 is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method of a sample processing module in one embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the internal configuration of a computer device according to an embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] In order to clarify the purpose, technical aspects and advantages of the present application, the present application will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described in this specification are only for the purpose of interpreting the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application.

[0010] The sample processing module provided herein includes, as shown in FIG. a sample storage device 10 including a plurality of drawers 101 for storing sample tubes; a state detection device 20 for each drawer that detects the state of the corresponding drawer; a human-machine interaction device (30) having a display interface including at least a first area (301) for displaying information of a drawer; and a processor 40 that, upon detecting that the first drawer has been opened, switches the display of the first area from the currently displayed drawer information to highlighting the information of the first drawer. The display interface of the human-machine interaction device 30 can be used to display information of the sample processing module, and the first area 301 is an information display area of ​​the sample storage device 10 and is used to display the drawer information. Displaying the drawer information in the first area 301 of the human-machine interaction device 30 makes it easier for the user to intuitively grasp the drawer information of the sample storage device 10. The drawer information includes, but is not limited to, the drawer status and the sample storage status in the drawer. The first area 301 can be used to display information of all drawers, or may be used to display information of a portion (e.g., one) of the drawers.

[0011] In one embodiment, the state detection device 20 may include a sensing member and a trigger member, where the trigger member is located below the mounting plate of the drawer and the sensing member is located in the closed position of the drawer. If the sensing member can sense the trigger member below the mounting plate of the drawer when the drawer is pushed in, it determines that the drawer is in the closed state. If the sensing member does not sense the trigger member below the mounting plate, it indicates that the drawer is in the open state.

[0012] The processor 40 is communicatively connected to the state detection device 20 of each drawer and acquires the state of each drawer.

[0013] In some embodiments, a locking member (not shown) may be further provided below the mounting plate of the drawer, and the locking member is connected in communication with the processor 40. When the processor detects that the drawer is in the closed position, it controls the locking member to lock the drawer, thereby preventing the drawer from being accidentally opened during operation, and the drawer is in a locked state. When the locking member is unlocked and the drawer is pulled out, and the sensing member no longer senses the trigger member below the mounting plate, it indicates that the drawer is in an unlocked state. In this embodiment, the locked state of the drawer means that the drawer is closed and in a closed state. The unlocked state of the drawer means that the drawer is open and in an open state.

[0014] In one embodiment, the drawer information displayed in the first area relates to the current state of the drawers in the sample reservoir and is used to show the user the relative state of the drawers in real time. For example, when all the drawers are closed, the first area displays information for each drawer in the sample reservoir. When one of the drawers is opened, the first area displays information for the open drawer.

[0015] When a user pulls out a drawer, the drawer changes from a closed state to an open state, i.e., the drawer is opened. When the processor detects that the first drawer has been opened, it switches the currently displayed drawer information to highlight the first drawer information in the first area.

[0016] The first drawer is any one of the drawers in the sample storage device and is used to indicate the currently operated drawer in the sample storage device. For example, when the first drawer of the sample storage device is opened or closed, this drawer may be represented as the first drawer, and in this case, the information of the currently displayed drawer is switched to highlighting the information of the first drawer in the first area.

[0017] By highlighting the information of the open drawer, the information of the open drawer becomes conspicuous. One method of highlighting may be to hide the information of the currently displayed drawer and display only the information of the first open drawer in the first area. Another method of highlighting may be to create a new second layer used to display the information of the first open drawer on top of the first layer of the information of the currently displayed drawer, place the second layer in the middle position of the first area, and increase the transparency of the first layer, thereby highlighting the information of the first drawer on the second layer.

[0018] When the processor detects that the first drawer has been opened, it switches the currently displayed information in the first area to the information of the first drawer in a highlighted manner, thereby associating the action of opening the drawer with the action of switching the content displayed in the first area. For the user, the information of the opened first drawer is highlighted, which serves to present the information of the opened drawer in an enlarged manner, allowing the user to concentrate on the currently opened drawer, improving the convenience of operation and the user experience.

[0019] In one embodiment, the sample storage device may include an error sample output drawer for storing sample tubes for which anomalies have been detected during pipeline inspection. During inspections, users may need to manually check the sample tubes in the error sample output drawer, requiring them to frequently pull out the error sample output drawer to check the sample tubes. When a user pulls out the error sample output drawer, information about the open error sample output drawer may be highlighted in a first area of ​​the human-machine interaction device, allowing the user to obtain information about the error sample output drawer. In one embodiment, the information about the error sample output drawer includes the set locations of sample tubes for which different types of anomalies have been detected in the error sample output drawer. The information about the error sample output drawer allows the user to know which location in the error sample output drawer to search for the target sample tube, improving operational convenience.

[0020] The sample processing module includes a sample storage device, a drawer status detection device, a human-machine interaction device, and a processor. The drawer status detection device is used to detect the status of the corresponding drawer. A first area of ​​the display interface of the human-machine interaction device is used to display information about the drawer. When the processor detects that the first drawer has been opened, it switches the currently displayed drawer information in the first area to highlight the information about the first drawer. This allows the action of opening a drawer to be associated with the action of switching the content displayed in the first area. When a user opens a drawer of the sample processing module, the information about the opened drawer is highlighted, thereby serving to enlarge and present the information about the open drawer, providing information for user operation and improving user convenience and the user experience.

[0021] In one embodiment, when all the drawers of the sample reservoir are in a closed state, the first area is used to uniformly display information for each drawer of the sample reservoir.

[0022] Displaying the information of each drawer of the sample storage device evenly means that the information of each drawer of the sample storage device can be displayed in equal proportions, and from the perspective of display effect, the information of each drawer can be presented indiscriminately.

[0023] In one embodiment, the first area is divided into a corresponding number of sub-areas in equal proportions according to the number of drawers, and each sub-area corresponds to a drawer according to the layout of the actual physical locations of the drawers, and the sub-areas are used to display drawer information for the corresponding drawer. That is, the layout of the sub-areas in the first area matches the layout of the drawers in the sample storage device. As shown in FIG. 2 , the first area is divided into four sub-areas according to the four drawers in the sample storage device, and each sub-area corresponds to a drawer according to the layout of the actual physical locations of each drawer. From left to right on the interface, the first sub-area is used to display information for Drawer 1, the second sub-area is used to display information for Drawer 2, the third sub-area is used to display information for Drawer 3, and the fourth sub-area is used to display information for Drawer 4.

[0024] It should be understood that in order to be able to uniformly display the information of each drawer of the sample storage device, the layout of each sub-area in the first area is not limited to the example shown in Fig. 2. The division and layout of each sub-area in the first area only need to match the number and layout of each drawer of the sample storage device.

[0025] As shown in FIG. 3, when the processor detects that the first drawer has been opened when all the drawers of the sample storage device are closed, it switches from uniformly displaying the information of each drawer of the sample storage device in the first area to highlighting the information of the first drawer.

[0026] In this embodiment, when all drawers in the sample storage device are closed, the first area displays information about each drawer evenly, and the information about each drawer can be presented indiscriminately. When the processor detects that a first drawer has been opened, it switches from displaying information about each drawer evenly to highlighting the information about the first drawer that has been opened, thereby enlarging the information about the first drawer that has been opened, allowing the user to focus on the currently open drawer. In one embodiment, if a second drawer has already been opened in the sample storage device, the processor switches from highlighting the information about the second drawer to highlighting the information about the first drawer in the first area when it detects that the first drawer has been opened.

[0027] Specifically, the action of opening a drawer is associated with the action of switching the content displayed in the first area. When the first drawer is opened, the information of the first drawer is highlighted in the first area of ​​the human-machine interaction device, thereby serving to enlarge and present the information of the opened drawer, allowing the user to concentrate on the currently opened drawer. On the other hand, if the second drawer has already been opened, when the first drawer is opened, the first area switches from highlighting the drawer information of the previously opened second drawer to highlighting the information of the most recently opened first drawer, thereby enlarging the information of the most recently opened first drawer, allowing the user to concentrate on the most recently opened drawer.

[0028] As shown in Figure 4, when drawer 1 is opened, the information of drawer 1 is highlighted in the first area, and when drawer 2 is opened, the information of drawer 1 is switched from being highlighted in the first area to being highlighted in the information of drawer 2. In this way, each time a new drawer is opened, the information of the most recently opened drawer is enlarged, allowing the user to concentrate on the most recently opened drawer.

[0029] In another embodiment, when the processor detects that the first drawer is closed, if all drawers of the sample storage device are closed, the processor switches from highlighting information about the first drawer in the first area to evenly displaying information about each drawer of the sample storage device.

[0030] As shown in FIG. 5, when drawer 1 is opened, information about drawer 1 is highlighted in the first area. When drawer 1 is pushed into the closed position and all drawers in the sample storage device are closed, the first area switches from highlighting the information about drawer 1 to evenly displaying information about each drawer in the sample storage device. In this way, the act of opening a drawer is associated with the act of switching the content displayed in the first area. When a drawer is opened, the information about the drawer is highlighted in the first area of ​​the human-machine interaction device, thereby enlarging and displaying the information about the open drawer, allowing the user to focus on the currently open drawer. On the other hand, when the drawer is pushed into the closed position and all drawers are closed, the information about each drawer in the sample storage device is evenly displayed, allowing the information about each drawer to be presented indiscriminately.

[0031] In another embodiment, when the processor detects that the first drawer has been opened, if there is already a second drawer open in the sample storage device, it switches from highlighting the information about the second drawer in the first area to highlighting the information about the first drawer, and when the processor detects that the first drawer has been closed, if there is only one second drawer already open, it switches from highlighting the information about the first drawer in the first area to highlighting the information about the second drawer.

[0032] In this embodiment, the second drawer is already open before the first drawer is opened, i.e., the second drawer opens before the first drawer, and is still open when the first drawer is opened. As shown in Table 1, when a user opens the second drawer at a first time, the information about the second drawer is highlighted in the first area. When a user opens the first drawer at a second time, the information about the second drawer is switched from being highlighted in the first area to being highlighted in the first drawer. As shown in FIG. 4, when the first drawer is closed before the second drawer, i.e., when a user closes the first drawer at a third time, the information about the first drawer is switched from being highlighted in the first area to being highlighted in the second drawer.

[0033] [Table 1]

[0034] In this way, the action of opening a drawer is associated with the action of switching the content displayed in the first area. When a drawer is opened, information about the drawer is highlighted in the first area of ​​the human-machine interaction device, thereby serving to enlarge and present the information about the open drawer, allowing the user to concentrate on the currently open drawer. On the other hand, when the drawer is pushed into the closed position, if there are still open drawers, the information about the still open drawers is highlighted, and the information about the still open drawers continues to be highlighted and presented enlarged.

[0035] In another embodiment, when the processor detects that a first drawer has been opened and there is a second drawer already open in the sample storage device, it switches from highlighting information about the second drawer in the first area to highlighting information about the first drawer; and when the processor detects that a first drawer has been closed and there are at least two second drawers already open, it switches from highlighting information about the first drawer in the first area to highlighting information about a target drawer, the target drawer being the one of the at least two second drawers whose opening time is closest to the current time or the one of the at least two second drawers with the highest priority.

[0036] In this embodiment, the second drawer is already open before the first drawer is opened; that is, at least two second drawers are opened before the first drawer, and at least two second drawers are still open when the first drawer is opened. As shown in Table 2, when a user opens second drawer (1) at a first time, the information for second drawer (1) is highlighted in the first area. When a user opens second drawer (2) at a second time, the information for second drawer (2) is highlighted in the first area. When a user opens first drawer at a third time, the information for second drawer (2) is switched from being highlighted in the first area to being highlighted in the first drawer. When a user closes the first drawer at a fourth time, the state of the first drawer changes, and the display content in the first area should change. At this time, the processor can determine a target drawer from among the at least two second drawers that are still open, and switch from highlighting information about the first drawer to highlighting information about the target drawer in the first area. The target drawer is the second drawer whose open time is closest to the current time among the at least two second drawers, or the second drawer with the highest priority among the at least two second drawers.

[0037] [Table 2]

[0038] For example, if the opening time of the second drawer (2) of at least two second drawers that were opened first is closest to the current time, the first area can be switched from highlighting the information of the first drawer to highlighting the information of the second drawer (2). In this way, when an opened drawer is pushed in, the first area can be switched to highlighting the information of the previously opened drawer, and the information of the previously opened drawer continues to be highlighted and presented enlarged.

[0039] Furthermore, for example, if the second drawer (1) has the highest priority among at least two second drawers that were opened first, the display can be switched from highlighting the information about the first drawer to highlighting the information about the second drawer (1) in the first area. The priority of the drawers can be determined according to the type of drawer, or customized by the user according to the level of attention they receive. For example, if the error sample output drawer can be set to have the highest priority and the second drawer (1) (error sample output drawer) is included among at least two drawers that were opened first, the display can be switched from highlighting the information about the first drawer to highlighting the information about the second drawer (1) (error sample output drawer). In this way, when an open drawer is pushed in, the display can be switched to highlighting the information about the drawer that receives more attention in the first area, so that the information about the drawer that receives more attention among the drawers that are still open is highlighted, and the information about the drawer that receives more attention continues to be enlarged and presented.

[0040] In another embodiment, when the processor detects that the first drawer has been opened and there is already a second drawer open in the sample storage device, the processor switches from highlighting information about the second drawer in the first area to highlighting information about the first drawer, and when it detects that the second drawer has been closed, the processor does not change the display content of the first area.

[0041] In this embodiment, the second drawer is already open before the first drawer is opened; that is, the second drawer opens before the first drawer, and is still open when the first drawer is opened. As shown in Table 3, when a user opens the second drawer at a first time, the information for the second drawer is highlighted in the first area. When a user opens the first drawer at a second time, the information for the second drawer is switched from being highlighted in the first area to being highlighted in the first drawer. If any second drawer is closed before the first drawer, that is, when a user closes the second drawer at a third time, the display content in the first area remains unchanged, and the information for the first drawer remains highlighted.

[0042] [Table 3]

[0043] In one embodiment, the drawer is used to house a sample holder, the sample holder including a plurality of set positions for loading sample tubes. In one embodiment, the sample holder may be a sample cassette or a sample rack. The sample holder is provided with a plurality of set positions for loading sample tubes, which may be sample wells.

[0044] To provide a wealth of drawer information in the first area, in one embodiment, the drawer information includes at least one of the type of drawer, the status of the drawer, the status of the sample holder in the drawer, the type of sample holder in the drawer, the layout of the sample holder in the drawer, the status of each set position in the sample holder, and the layout of the set positions in the sample holder.

[0045] The types of drawers are customized by the user, and each drawer is given a name for distinction. For example, Drawer 1 may be a normal sample export drawer for storing sample tubes that have been normally exported from the pipeline. Drawer 2 may be an error sample export drawer for storing sample tubes for which an abnormality has been detected on the pipeline. Drawer 3 may be a temporary storage drawer for temporarily storing sample tubes. Drawer 4 may be a sample import drawer for storing sample tubes for import. In some embodiments, the types of drawers may be defined on the human-machine interaction device, or may be defined on an intermediate device in the pipeline and then synchronized and displayed on the human-machine interaction device.

[0046] The states of the drawer may include a closed state and an open state, in some embodiments the closed state of the drawer corresponds to a locked state of the drawer and the open state of the drawer corresponds to an unlocked state of the drawer.

[0047] The state of the sample holder in the drawer indicates whether a sample holder is set in a placement position in the drawer. The state of the sample holder in the drawer includes the placement status of the sample holder in each placement position. Specifically, the sample processing module is provided with a detection sensor at each placement position in the drawer to detect whether a sample holder is set in that placement position. When a user places a sample holder in a placement position, the detection sensor sends a sensing signal to the processor, and the processor records the placement position as being in a sample holder presence state in response to this signal. For example, if a drawer has six placement positions that can be used to place six sample holders, and the detection sensors corresponding to five of the placement positions detect a sample holder and the detection sensor corresponding to one placement position does not detect a sample holder, this indicates that a sample holder is set in five placement positions and that a sample holder is not set in one placement position. In this way, the drawer information displayed in the first area includes the sample holder status, allowing the user to directly know which placement position in the drawer a sample holder is set in, making user operation easier.

[0048] The type of sample holder in a drawer is used to classify the sample holders in the drawer, and sample tubes of the specified type are set and stored in the corresponding sample holder. For example, for sample holders in the error sample output drawer, the settable types include barcode abnormality, no path, and abnormal instrument status. Sample tubes with abnormal barcodes are stored in the sample holder corresponding to the barcode abnormality, and sample tubes without paths are stored in the sample holder corresponding to the no path. The type of sample holder may be defined on the human-machine interaction device, or may be defined on an intermediate device in the pipeline line and then synchronized and displayed on the human-machine interaction device.

[0049] The layout of the sample holders in the drawer is used to indicate the locations of the sample holder placement positions within the drawer. For example, if there are five sample holder placement positions, the layout of the sample holders will tell you which five placement positions each sample holder is placed in.

[0050] The state of each set position in the sample holder indicates whether or not a sample tube is set at that set position.

[0051] The layout of each set position on the sample holder indicates the position of the set position on the sample holder, the number of set positions, the shape and size of the sample holder, etc.

[0052] In one embodiment, the information in the drawer may be in text form and displayed in the first area.

[0053] In one embodiment, to present the information of the drawer more visually and intuitively, the first area may be used to display a drawer information page containing information about the drawer, including the name of the drawer, a status icon of the drawer, and a schematic diagram of the layout of the drawer.

[0054] The drawer name is used to indicate the type of drawer.

[0055] A drawer status icon is used to represent the status of the drawer.

[0056] The drawer layout schematic includes a sample holder type, a sample holder icon, and a set position icon. The display elements of the sample holder icon are used to represent the actual state of the sample holder, and the display elements of the set position icon are used to represent the state of the actual set position. The layout of the sample holder icon corresponds to the layout of the actual sample holder in the drawer, and the layout of the set position corresponds to the layout of the actual set position in the sample holder. In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the first area 301 is used to display a drawer information page containing drawer information. As shown in FIG. 6, the information page 60 for one drawer includes a drawer name 61, a drawer status icon 62, and a drawer layout schematic 63.

[0057] The layout schematic diagram of the drawer includes a sample holder icon 631 and a set position icon 632. The display elements of the sample holder icon are used to represent the state of the actual sample holder, the display elements of the set position icon are used to represent the state of the actual set position, the layout of the sample holder icon corresponds to the layout of the actual sample holder in the drawer, and the layout of the set position corresponds to the layout of the actual set position in the sample holder.

[0058] The color of the sample holder icon 631 may indicate the actual state of the sample holder. For example, the outline of a sample holder icon 631 in a normal operating state is displayed in gray, and the outline of a sample holder icon 631 in an abnormal operating state is displayed in red, so that the operating state can be distinguished by the color of the outline of the sample holder icon 631.

[0059] The set positions in the sample holder can be colored differently to indicate the status of the set position, for example, gray indicates that the sample tube is not loaded, red indicates that the sample tube is loaded abnormally, and green indicates that the sample tube is loaded.

[0060] In one embodiment, as shown in Fig. 6, the information page of a drawer further includes a display mode switching control 64, and when an operation is received on the display mode switching control for the information page of any of the drawers in the uniform display state, the first area switches from uniformly displaying the information pages of each drawer to highlighting the information page of the corresponding drawer. For example, when the drawer information pages of each drawer are uniformly displayed as shown in Fig. 6, after receiving a trigger operation on the display mode switching control for the drawer information page of the normal sample delivery drawer shown in Fig. 6, the first area switches from the uniform display of Fig. 6 to highlighting the drawer information page of the normal sample delivery drawer as shown in Fig. 7.

[0061] In one embodiment, as shown in Fig. 7, the drawer information page further includes a display mode switching control 64, and when an operation is received on the display mode switching control for the drawer information page in a highlighted state, the first area switches from highlighting the information page of the current drawer to evenly displaying the information pages of each drawer. For example, when the drawer information page of the normal sample delivery drawer is highlighted as shown in Fig. 7, when an operation is received on the display mode switching control for this information page, the first area switches from highlighting the drawer information page of the normal sample delivery drawer as shown in Fig. 7 to evenly displaying the drawer information pages of each drawer as shown in Fig. 6.

[0062] In this embodiment, the display mode switching control can satisfy various display needs of users.

[0063] In one embodiment, the drawer is used to house a sample holder, the sample holder including a plurality of set positions for mounting sample tubes, and the first area is used to display a drawer information page containing information about the drawer.

[0064] The pull-out information page includes a first information page and a second information page, which have different application scenarios and interfaces.

[0065] The processor further highlights the first information page of the first open drawer when the first drawer is opened. In actual operation, when the drawer is open, the user can manipulate the sample holders and sample tubes in the drawer, for example, remove the entire sample holder or remove the sample tube from the sample holder. In this case, if the information before the drawer was opened is displayed on the first information page, the displayed information of the drawer will be inaccurate, which is likely to cause inconvenience to the user.

[0066] Based on this, in the present embodiment, the first information page to be highlighted is as shown in FIG. 8, and the first information page includes at least one of the type of drawer, the status icon of the drawer, the type of sample holder in the drawer, and the unknown status icon of the sample holder in the drawer, and the unknown status icon of the sample holder represents the unknown status of the sample holder in the drawer.

[0067] When all drawers are in a closed state, the processor uniformly displays a second information page for each drawer of the sample storage device, the second information page including the drawer name, a drawer status icon, and a schematic layout diagram of the drawer, and the drawer status icon is used to indicate the status of the drawer.

[0068] In one embodiment, the second information page is as shown in Figure 6, and includes a drawer name, a drawer status icon, and a layout diagram of the drawer. The drawer name is used to represent the type of the drawer, and the drawer status icon is used to represent the status of the drawer.

[0069] The layout schematic diagram of the drawer includes the type of sample holder, a sample holder icon, and a set position icon, the display elements of the sample holder icon are used to represent the state of the actual sample holder, the display elements of the set position icon are used to represent the state of the actual set position, the layout of the sample holder icon corresponds to the layout of the actual sample holder in the drawer, and the layout of the set position corresponds to the layout of the actual set position in the sample holder.

[0070] In this embodiment, the information content of the first information page, which is highlighted when a drawer is open, and the second information page, which is displayed evenly when all drawers are closed, is different.The first information page displays an unknown state icon of the sample holder in the drawer, and the second information page displays a schematic diagram of the drawer layout, so that the user is presented with correct information in different states and interference from incorrect information is avoided.

[0071] In one embodiment, the manner in which information in a drawer is highlighted may be such that the information in the drawer to be highlighted is enlarged and partially or completely covers the information in the other drawers, or the information in the drawer to be highlighted is enlarged and the information in the other drawers is layered below the enlarged information in the drawer.

[0072] For example, the information page of the drawer to be highlighted may be enlarged and partially or completely cover the information pages of the other drawers, or the information page of the drawer to be highlighted may be enlarged and the information pages of the other drawers may be stacked below the enlarged information page of the drawer.

[0073] It will be understood that the implementation of the highlighted drawer information may be used to highlight the first drawer information described above, or may be used to highlight the second drawer information described above. With respect to the sample processing module, any of the above-mentioned aspects requiring highlighting of drawer information can be realized using the implementation described in this embodiment.

[0074] In this embodiment, the first area further includes a drawer switching identifier. As shown in Figure 8, the drawer switching identifier can be represented by a numeric number corresponding to a drawer. When the user presses a numeric number, the first area switches to the drawer information page of the drawer corresponding to the numeric number.

[0075] In one embodiment, the step of evenly displaying information for each drawer of the sample processing module includes the steps of dividing the first area into a corresponding number of sub-areas in equal proportions according to the number of drawers in the sample storage device, and corresponding each sub-area to a drawer according to the physical location of the drawer, and displaying an information page for the corresponding drawer in each sub-area.

[0076] As shown in Figure 6, the first area is divided into four equal sub-areas according to the four drawers in the sample storage device, and each sub-area corresponds to a drawer according to the layout of the actual physical locations of the drawers. From left to right on the interface, the first sub-area is used to display information about the normal sample output drawer, the second sub-area is used to display information about the error sample output drawer, the third sub-area is used to display information about the temporary storage drawer, and the fourth sub-area is used to display information about the sample input drawer.

[0077] In this way, the information of each drawer can be displayed uniformly and can be made to correspond to the physical position of the drawer, making it easier for the user to intuitively obtain the information of the drawer.

[0078] When highlighting information about an open drawer, compared to when information about each drawer in a sample storage device is displayed evenly, more space is available to display the information about that drawer. Therefore, highlighting information about an open drawer allows the information about the open drawer to be expanded compared to when information about multiple drawers is displayed evenly. In terms of display effect, highlighting not only serves to highlight information, but also to display information, allowing for more comprehensive information to be displayed. For example, when information about multiple drawers is displayed evenly, the allocated display space is limited, so if the name of a sample holder is relatively long, it cannot be displayed in its entirety. After the drawer is pulled out, the information about the drawer is highlighted. In this state, the name of the sample holder in the drawer can be displayed in its entirety, making it easier for the user to see.

[0079] In one embodiment, as shown in Figure 9, the display interface of the human-machine interaction device further includes a second area 302 for displaying operation controls. The operation controls include at least one of an initialization control, a start control, and a stop control.

[0080] The initialization control is used to control the sample processing module to perform an initialization operation, the start control is used to control the sample processing module to perform a start operation, and the stop control is used to control the sample processing module to perform a stop operation.

[0081] The operation controls in the second area facilitate the user to realize operations on the sample processing module via the human-machine interaction device.

[0082] In one embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, the sample processing module further comprises a robotic arm 50 and the drawer type includes a sample output drawer.

[0083] Furthermore, when the processor detects that the sample output drawer, which is in an open state, has been closed, it controls the robot arm to check the state of the set position of the sample holder in the sample output drawer and updates the information of the sample output drawer according to the check result.

[0084] The sample discharge drawers include a normal sample discharge drawer and an error sample discharge drawer. Both the normal sample discharge drawer and the error sample discharge drawer are used to realize the sample discharge process of the sample tube on the pipeline. Sample discharge means that the sample tube that has completed inspection and measurement on the pipeline is sent out from the pipeline and stored in the sample discharge drawer.

[0085] In this embodiment, a check operation is triggered when the open sample output drawer is pushed into the closed position. The check is set up because the sample output drawer often requires user intervention, such as removing a sample holder full of sample tubes and replacing it with an empty one, because the state of the sample holder in the sample output drawer changes.

[0086] In order to accurately record the drawer information of the sample output drawer, when the open sample output drawer is pushed to the closed position, a check operation is triggered, the robot arm is controlled to check the state of the sample holder set position of the sample output drawer, and the information of the sample output drawer is updated according to the check result. In this way, when the sample output drawer is changed from the open state to the closed state, the check operation can accurately record the information of the sample output drawer.

[0087] Specifically, the processor controls the robot arm to check the target set position of the sample holder in the sample delivery drawer where the sample tube is stored, and detects whether the sample tube remains at the target set position. The target set position is any set position in the sample holder where the sample tube is set.

[0088] Specifically, depending on the user's operating habits, the user usually replaces all the sample holders in the drawers. Therefore, the target of the check operation is the sample holders in the drawers in which the sample tubes are set and the set positions in the sample holders in which the sample tubes are set. For example, the processor may record that sample tubes are set in all set positions in drawer 2 and that a sample tube is set in the second set position in drawer 3. No sample tubes are set in the other set positions in the drawers.

[0089] When the sample delivery drawer is pushed from the open position to the closed position, the processor controls the robot arm to check any of the set positions in drawers 2 and 3 where sample tubes are set, and detects whether any sample tubes remain in that set position.

[0090] Typically, when samples are removed, the robot arm sets the sample tubes in a fixed order, and to improve checking efficiency, the robot arm can check the set position of the sample holder where the first sample tube is set in the set order. After checking the set position of the first sample tube in one sample holder, the robot arm moves to the set position of the first sample tube in the next sample holder and checks it.

[0091] In another embodiment, the processor updates the state of each set position of the sample holder to no sample tube if no sample tube is detected at the target set position of the sample holder in the sample output drawer where the sample tube is stored.

[0092] That is, after checking the set position where the sample tube was first set in one sample holder, if there is no sample tube in that set position, it can be determined that the user has replaced the sample holder, and at this time, the status of each set position of the sample holder in that mounting position is updated to no sample tube.

[0093] The check operation allows the information of the sample delivery drawer to be accurately updated. When the drawer information is recorded on the drawer information page, if the state of the sample holder changes after checking, the color of the display icon of the set position of this sample holder in the corresponding layout diagram will be updated to indicate the change in the check result.

[0094] Based on the same inventive idea, as shown in Fig. 10, the present application further provides an information processing method for a sample processing module applied to the processor shown in Fig. 1. The method includes the following steps 1002 to 1004.

[0095] In step 1002, the state of each drawer of the sample processing module is detected.

[0096] In step 1004, upon detecting that the first drawer has been opened, the information of the currently displayed drawer is switched to highlight the information of the first drawer in the first area of ​​the human-machine interaction device.

[0097] In one embodiment, the sample processing module includes a sample storage device including a plurality of drawers for storing sample tubes, and the information processing method of the sample processing module further includes a step of switching from evenly displaying information about each drawer of the sample storage device to highlighting information about the first drawer in the first area when it is detected that the first drawer has been opened when all drawers of the sample storage device are in a closed state.

[0098] In one embodiment, the information processing method of the sample processing module further includes a step of switching from highlighting information about the second drawer to highlighting information about the first drawer in the first area when it is determined that the first drawer has been opened, if the sample storage device already has a second drawer opened.

[0099] In one embodiment, the information processing method of the sample processing module further includes a step of switching from highlighting information about the first drawer to highlighting information about the second drawer in the first area when it is determined that the first drawer has been closed, if there is already one second drawer open.

[0100] In one embodiment, the information processing method of the sample processing module further includes a step of switching from highlighting the information of the first drawer to highlighting the information of a target drawer in the first area when it is determined that the first drawer has been closed, when there are at least two second drawers already opened, wherein the target drawer is the one of the at least two second drawers whose opening time is closest to the current time or the one of the at least two second drawers with the highest priority.

[0101] In one embodiment, the information processing method of the sample processing module further includes, when it is determined that the first open drawer has been closed, switching from highlighting the information of the first drawer in the first area to evenly displaying the information of each drawer of the sample storage device if all drawers of the sample storage device are closed.

[0102] In one embodiment, the drawer is used to accommodate a sample holder, the sample holder including a plurality of set positions for loading sample tubes, and the information about the drawer includes at least one of the type of drawer, the status of the drawer, the type of sample holder in the drawer, the status of the sample holder in the drawer, the layout of the sample holder in the drawer, and the status of each set position in the sample holder.

[0103] In one embodiment, the first area is used to display a drawer information page containing information about the drawer; The drawer information page includes the drawer name, the drawer status icon, and a schematic diagram of the drawer layout. Drawer names are used to indicate the type of drawer, Drawer status icons are used to represent the status of the drawer, The layout schematic diagram of the drawer includes the type of sample holder, a sample holder icon, and a set position icon, the display elements of the sample holder icon are used to represent the state of the actual sample holder, the display elements of the set position icon are used to represent the state of the actual set position, the layout of the sample holder icon corresponds to the layout of the actual sample holder in the drawer, and the layout of the set position corresponds to the layout of the actual set position in the sample holder.

[0104] The information page of the drawer further includes a display mode switching control, and the information processing method of the sample processing module is: a step of switching from uniformly displaying the information pages of each drawer to highlighting the information page of the corresponding drawer in the first area when an operation is received on a display mode switching control for the information pages of any of the drawers in the uniform display state; and / or The method further includes a step of switching from highlighting the information page of the current drawer to evenly displaying the information pages of each drawer in the first area when an operation is received on the display mode switching control for the information page of the drawer in the highlighted state.

[0105] In one embodiment, the drawer is used to accommodate a sample holder, the sample holder including a plurality of set positions for loading sample tubes, and the first area is used to display a drawer information page that describes information about the drawer; the drawer information page includes a first information page and a second information page; The information processing method of the sample processing module further includes a step of highlighting a first information page of the first drawer when the first drawer is opened, the first information page including at least one of a drawer type, a drawer status icon, a type of each sample holder in the drawer, and an unknown status icon of each sample holder in the drawer, the sample holder unknown status icon being for representing an unknown status of the sample holder in the drawer; The information processing method of the sample processing module includes a step of uniformly displaying a second information page for each drawer of the sample storage device when all drawers are in a closed state, the second information page including the name of the drawer, a drawer status icon, and a layout diagram of the drawer; Drawer names are used to indicate the type of drawer, Drawer status icons are used to represent the status of the drawer, The layout schematic diagram of the drawer further includes steps in which the sample holder type, sample holder icon, and set position icon are included, the display elements of the sample holder icon are used to represent the state of the actual sample holder, the display elements of the set position icon are used to represent the state of the actual set position, the layout of the sample holder icon corresponds to the layout of the actual sample holder in the drawer, and the layout of the set position corresponds to the layout of the actual set position in the sample holder.

[0106] In one embodiment, highlighting the information in the drawer comprises: Aspect 1: Enlarge the information in the drawer to be highlighted and cover part or all of the information in the other drawers; and Mode 2, in which the information of the drawer to be highlighted is enlarged and the information of the other drawers is layered below the enlarged information of the drawer.

[0107] In one embodiment, displaying information for each drawer of the sample reservoir device equally includes: Dividing the first region into a corresponding number of sub-regions in equal proportions according to the number of drawers of the sample reservoir; and associating each sub-area with a drawer according to the physical location of the drawer, and displaying the information page of the corresponding drawer in each sub-area.

[0108] In one embodiment, the display interface of the human-machine interaction device further includes a second area for displaying operation controls, the operation controls including at least one of an initialization control, a start control, and a stop control.

[0109] In one embodiment, the information processing method for the sample processing module further includes a step of controlling the robot arm to check the state of the set position of the sample holder in the sample output drawer when it is detected that the sample output drawer, which is in an open state, has been closed, and updating the information of the sample output drawer according to the check result.

[0110] In one embodiment, the information processing method of the sample processing module further includes a step of controlling the robot arm to check the target set position of the sample holder in the sample output drawer in which the sample tube is stored, and detecting whether the sample tube remains at the target set position, wherein the target set position is any set position in the sample holder in which the sample tube is set.

[0111] In one embodiment, the information processing method of the sample processing module further comprises updating the status of each set position of the sample holder to no sample tube if no sample tube is detected at the target set position.

[0112] According to the information processing method of the sample processing module described above, when a drawer is opened, the information of the drawer is highlighted in the first area of ​​the human-machine interaction device, thereby serving to enlarge and present the information of the open drawer, allowing the user to focus on the currently open drawer.On the other hand, when the drawer is pushed into the closed position and all the drawers are closed, the information of each drawer of the sample storage device is displayed evenly, so that the information of each drawer can be presented indiscriminately.

[0113] Although the steps in the flowcharts of the above-described embodiments are shown sequentially as indicated by the arrows, it should be understood that these steps are not necessarily performed sequentially in the order indicated by the arrows. Unless otherwise specified herein, there is no strict order restriction on the execution of these steps, and these steps may be performed in other orders. Furthermore, at least some of the steps in the flowcharts of the above-described embodiments may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages, and these sub-steps or stages do not necessarily have to be performed at the same time but may be performed at different times. The order in which these sub-steps or stages are performed does not necessarily have to be sequential, and they may be performed alternately or alternatively with other steps or at least some of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.

[0114] The present application further provides a computing device comprising a memory storing a computer program and a processor, wherein when the processor executes the computer program, the steps of the information processing method of the above-mentioned sample processing module are realized.

[0115] A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the information processing method of the sample processing module described above.

[0116] In one embodiment, a computer device is provided, which may be the processor described above, and its internal block diagram may be as shown in FIG. 11. The computer device includes a processor, memory, a communication interface, a display screen, and an input device, all connected via a system bus. The processor of the computer device is used to provide calculation and control capabilities. The memory of the computer device includes a non-volatile storage medium and an internal memory. The non-volatile storage medium stores an operating system and a computer program. The internal memory provides an environment for the operating system and the computer program stored in the non-volatile storage medium to operate. The communication interface of the computer device is used for wired or wireless communication with an external terminal, and the wireless communication may be achieved by Wi-Fi, a mobile cellular network, NFC (near field communication), or other technologies. When the computer program is executed by the processor, the information processing method of the sample processing module is realized. The display screen of the computer device may be a liquid crystal display or an electronic ink display, and the input device of the computer device may be a touch layer covering the display screen, or may be keys, a trackball, or a touchpad provided on the housing of the computer device, or may be an external keyboard, touchpad, mouse, etc.

[0117] The configuration shown in FIG. 11 is merely a block diagram showing a portion of the configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the computer device to which the embodiment of the present application is applied. Those skilled in the art will understand that a specific computer device may have more or fewer components than those shown, may combine some components, or may have a different component arrangement.

[0118] Those skilled in the art will understand that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments can be achieved by instructing associated hardware using a computer program, which can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium and, when executed, can include the steps of the above method embodiments. References to memory, databases, or other media used in the embodiments provided herein may include at least one of non-volatile and volatile memory. Non-volatile memory may include read-only memory (ROM), magnetic tape, flexible disks, flash memory, optical memory, high-density embedded non-volatile memory, resistive random access memory (ReRAM), magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM), phase change memory (PCM), graphene memory, etc. Volatile memory may include random access memory (RAM), external cache memory, etc. By way of example, and without limitation, the RAM may be in various forms, such as, for example, static random access memory (SRAM) or dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The database of each embodiment provided herein may include at least one of a relational database and a non-relational database. The non-relational database may include, but is not limited to, a distributed database based on blockchain. The processor of each embodiment provided herein may be, but is not limited to, a general-purpose processor, a central processing unit, a graphics processor, a digital signal processor, a programmable logic unit, a data processing logic unit based on quantum computing, etc.

[0119] The components of the above-described embodiments can be combined in any manner, and for the sake of brevity, not all possible combinations of the components in the above-described embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these components, all should be considered to be within the scope described in this specification.

[0120] The above-described embodiments merely represent some embodiments of the present application, and although the descriptions are more specific and detailed, they cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the claims of the present application. It should be noted that those skilled in the art can make some modifications and improvements without departing from the idea of ​​the present application, and all of them fall within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present application should be based on the attached claims.

Claims

1. a sample processing module comprising: a sample storage device including a plurality of drawers for storing sample tubes; a state detection device for each of the drawers for detecting the state of the corresponding drawer; a human-machine interaction device having a display interface including at least a first area for displaying information in the drawer; a processor for acquiring the status of the drawers, the processor switching the currently displayed information of the drawers in the first area to highlighting information of the first drawer when it is acquired that a first drawer, which is one of the drawers of the sample storage device, has been opened; A sample processing module comprising:

2. The sample processing module of claim 1, wherein the processor further switches from uniformly displaying information about each drawer of the sample storage device to highlighting information about the first drawer in the first area when it detects that the first drawer has been opened while all drawers of the sample storage device are closed.

3. 2. The sample processing module of claim 1, wherein the processor further switches from highlighting information about the second drawer to highlighting information about the first drawer in the first area when it detects that the first drawer has been opened if a second drawer has already been opened in the sample storage device.

4. The processor further comprises: When the number of the second drawers already opened is one, and when it is determined that the first drawer has been closed, the display is switched from highlighting the information of the first drawer to highlighting the information of the second drawer in the first area; Or, 4. The sample processing module of claim 3, wherein when at least two second drawers are already open, upon detecting that the first drawer has been closed, the first area switches from highlighting information about the first drawer to highlighting information about a target drawer, and the target drawer is the second drawer among the at least two drawers whose opening time is closest to the current time, or the second drawer among the at least two drawers whose priority is highest.

5. The sample processing module of claim 1, wherein the processor further switches from highlighting information about the first drawer in the first area to evenly displaying information about each drawer in the sample storage device when it detects that the first drawer has been closed and all drawers in the sample storage device are closed.

6. A sample processing module described in any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the drawer is used to accommodate a sample holder, the sample holder includes a plurality of set positions for loading the sample tubes, and the information about the drawer includes at least one of the type of the drawer, the status of the drawer, the type of the sample holder in the drawer, the status of the sample holder in the drawer, the layout of the sample holder in the drawer, the status of each of the set positions in the sample holder, and the layout of the set positions in the sample holder.

7. the first area is used to display an information page of the drawer on which information of the drawer is described; The drawer information page includes a drawer name, a drawer status icon, and a layout diagram of the drawer; The drawer name is used to indicate the type of the drawer, The drawer status icon is used to represent the status of the drawer, The sample processing module of claim 6, wherein the layout schematic diagram of the drawer includes the type of sample holder, a sample holder icon, and a set position icon, wherein display elements of the sample holder icon are used to represent the state of the actual sample holder, and display elements of the set position icon are used to represent the state of the actual set position, the layout of the sample holder icon corresponds to the layout of the actual sample holder in the drawer, and the layout of the set position icon corresponds to the layout of the actual set position in the sample holder.

8. the drawer information page further includes a display mode switching control; The processor further comprises: When an operation is acquired on the display mode switching control of any of the information pages of the drawers in the uniform display state, the display mode switching control switches from uniformly displaying the information pages of the drawers in the first area to highlighting the information page of the corresponding drawer; and / or The sample processing module of claim 7, characterized in that when an operation is obtained on the display form switching control of the information page of the drawer in a highlighted state, the first area switches from highlighting the information page of the current drawer to evenly displaying the information pages of each drawer.

9. the drawer is used to accommodate a sample holder, the sample holder including a plurality of set positions for mounting the sample tubes; the first area is used to display an information page of the drawer containing information about the drawer; the drawer information page includes a first information page and a second information page; The processor is further configured to highlight the first information page of the first drawer when the first drawer is opened, the first information page including at least one of a type of the drawer, a status icon of the drawer, a type of each of the sample holders in the drawer, and an unknown status icon of each of the sample holders in the drawer, the unknown status icon of the sample holder being used to represent an unknown status of the sample holder in the drawer; the processor further displays the second information page for each of the drawers of the sample storage device equally when all of the drawers are in a closed state, the second information page including a drawer name, a drawer status icon, and a layout diagram of the drawer; The drawer name is used to indicate the type of the drawer, The drawer status icon is used to represent the status of the drawer, A sample processing module described in any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the drawer layout schematic diagram includes the type of sample holder, a sample holder icon, and a set position icon, display elements of the sample holder icon are used to represent the state of the actual sample holder, display elements of the set position icon are used to represent the state of the actual set position, the layout of the sample holder icon corresponds to the layout of the actual sample holder in the drawer, and the layout of the set position icon corresponds to the layout of the actual set position in the sample holder.

10. highlighting the information in the drawer Aspect 1: Enlarge the information in the drawer to be highlighted and cover part or all of the information in the other drawers; A sample processing module according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it includes any one of the following aspects: and aspect 2, in which the information of the drawer to be highlighted is enlarged and displayed, and information of other drawers is layered below the enlarged information of the drawers.

11. The method of uniformly displaying information for each of the drawers of the sample storage device includes: dividing the first region into a corresponding number of sub-regions in equal proportions according to the number of drawers of the sample reservoir; 6. The sample processing module of claim 2 or 5, further comprising: associating each of the sub-areas with a drawer according to the physical location of the drawer; and displaying an information page of the corresponding drawer in each of the sub-areas.

12. 2. The sample processing module of claim 1, wherein the display interface of the human-machine interaction device further includes a second area for displaying operation controls, the operation controls including at least one of an initialization control, a start control, and a stop control.

13. the sample processing module further comprises a robotic arm, and the drawer type comprises a sample output drawer; The sample processing module of claim 6, wherein the processor further controls the robot arm to check the state of the set position of the sample holder in the sample output drawer when it detects that the sample output drawer, which is in an open state, has been closed, and updates the information of the sample output drawer according to the check result.

14. The processor further controls the robot arm to check a target set position of the sample holder in the sample discharge drawer where the sample tube is stored, and detects whether the sample tube remains at the target set position, the target set position being any one of the set positions in the sample holder where the sample tube is set; 14. The sample processing module of claim 13, wherein the processor further updates the status of each set position of the sample holder to no sample tube if no sample tube is detected at the target set position.

15. 1. A method for processing information in a sample processing module, comprising: detecting the state of each drawer of the sample processing module; When it is determined that a first drawer has been opened, switching the currently displayed information of the drawer to highlight the information of the first drawer in a first area of ​​the human-machine interaction device; 10. A data processing method for a sample processing module, comprising:

16. A computer program configured to cause a computer to carry out the information processing method of claim 15.

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