3D Scan Display Remote Control for Hygienic Scanner Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in operating a data processing device located away from a scanner during a scanning operation, especially in environments where hygiene is a concern, such as scanning a patient's oral cavity, due to physical separation and the need for real-time data checking.
Innovation Solution
A data processing device and method that allows remote control via a scanner, enabling operations like changing display settings, scan control, and data viewing through a communication network, using a scanner's user input unit to transmit control signals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the data processing device is located away from the scanner, then hygiene is maintained in sensitive environments, but user operation and real-time data checking become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote control unit as an intermediary device that enables the user to operate the data processing device from a distance. The remote control unit transmits control signals to the data processing device, allowing the user to maintain physical separation from the scanner (preserving hygiene) while still being able to control scanning operations and view data in real-time.
2Ease of operation
If the user operates the data processing device directly, then real-time control and data viewing are achieved, but hygiene standards are compromised in sensitive environments
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control unit serves as a mediator between the user and the data processing device. It allows the user to exercise real-time control over scanning operations and data display without physically contacting or approaching the scanner, thus maintaining hygiene standards while preserving operational control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into separate functional components: the scanner, the data processing device, and the remote control unit. This segmentation allows the user to interact with the remote control unit (which can be kept at a distance) rather than directly operating the data processing device near the scanner, thereby maintaining hygiene while enabling real-time control.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the scanner and data processing device are physically separated, then hygiene is maintained, but user manipulation and data checking in real time become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control unit acts as an intermediary that bridges the physical gap between the user and the data processing device. It transmits control signals and receives data feedback, enabling the user to check scan data in real-time without compromising the physical separation needed for hygiene maintenance.
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AI summary
There is provided a data processing method including displaying three-dimensional scan data, and changing display of the three-dimensional scan data in response to a remote control signal received from a scanner, wherein the remote control signal includes a signal for controlling a virtual camera obtaining an image of the three-dimensional scan data.