Automatic Analyzer Display Design for Remote State Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automatic analyzers for living samples are difficult to monitor from a distance due to covered mechanisms and screen savers, which hinder operators from recognizing operating states or abnormalities without increasing costs through additional indicator lamps.
Innovation Solution
An automatic analyzer with a storage unit and control unit that changes display designs on the operating screen based on analyzer states, including run, stop, and abnormality, allowing operators to recognize states from a distance, even during screen saver mode, with customizable screen images and sounds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a cover is added to the automatic analyzer for safety reasons, then operator safety is improved, but the ability to recognize operating states from a distance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary communication mechanism (display screen showing analyzer state and abnormality information) that bridges the physical barrier (cover) and the operator's need for information. The display acts as a mediator that conveys operating state information without requiring physical proximity or removing the safety cover.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If a screen saver function is enabled to prevent burning of the display screen, then display screen durability is improved, but the ability to view analyzer state information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the display content dynamic by continuously updating it to reflect current analyzer states and abnormality conditions. Even when a screen saver is active, the display dynamically changes to show relevant operational information, ensuring that the display both protects itself from burning and maintains information visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The display provides continuous feedback about the analyzer's operating state and abnormality conditions. This feedback mechanism ensures that operators can monitor the system status without needing to keep the display static, allowing screen savers to be used while maintaining operational awareness.
3Productivity
If multiple automatic analyzers are operated by one test operator to increase analysis efficiency, then productivity is improved, but the difficulty of monitoring each analyzer's state from a distance increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal display interface that can show the state of multiple different analyzers through a single terminal. This multi-functional display system allows one operator to monitor several analyzers simultaneously, reducing the need to physically visit each analyzer and simplifying the monitoring task despite increased productivity demands.
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AI summary
In an automatic analyzer for performing qualitative and quantitative analyses of living samples, such as blood and urine, a capability of recognizing the analyzer state, e.g., the state under run of analysis or the stopped state, from a distance is provided without increasing the cost. To realize that capability, the screen saver function of a display is modified to have the function of recognizing the analyzer state and reflecting the recognized analyzer state on a design of a screen image displayed with the screen saver function.