Blood Analyzer Particle Distribution Map Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sample analyzers face challenges in effectively displaying and evaluating particle distribution maps for blood samples, particularly for non-human species, due to limited display space and the need for species-specific reference patterns, making it difficult to determine if a blood sample is normal or abnormal.
Innovation Solution
A sample analyzer with a controller that generates and displays particle distribution maps alongside a reference map at a predetermined position, allowing for visual comparison, and accepts animal species selection to provide species-specific reference maps for blood cell distribution analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a reference particle distribution map is displayed alongside the sample particle distribution map, then the ease of evaluation is improved, but the display area for other information is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the reference particle distribution map and the sample particle distribution map into a single composite display. The reference map is overlaid with the sample map, allowing both to be viewed simultaneously in the same display area. This combining approach enables easy visual comparison for evaluation while preserving adequate display area for other information, resolving the contradiction between ease of evaluation and display area availability.
2Ease of operation
If the display area for particle distribution map is increased, then the visual recognition of distribution state is improved, but the display area for other information is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the spatial dimension by displaying the reference particle distribution map and sample particle distribution map in an overlaid manner within the same two-dimensional display area. This dimensional approach allows both maps to occupy the same space without reducing the overall display area, enabling improved visual recognition of distribution states while maintaining adequate space for other information display.
3Ease of operation
If region patterns for normal blood sample are displayed, then the ease of evaluation is improved, but the device complexity increases for non-human species
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the reference particle distribution map from previously stored reference data and displays it alongside the sample map. This copying approach allows the system to provide evaluation support without requiring pre-defined region patterns for each species. The reference map serves as a visual template for comparison, improving ease of evaluation while avoiding the complexity of storing and managing species-specific region patterns.
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AI summary
The present invention is to present a sample analyzer which is capable of displaying a particle distribution map of a measured sample and a reference particle distribution map so as to be visually compared without reducing a display area for displaying information other than the particle distribution map. The blood analyzer 1 comprises: a display 302; a measurement unit 2 for measuring a blood sample; and a controller 301 being configured to 1) generate a particle distribution map representing a distribution of the particles contained in the blood sample, based on measurement data obtained by the measurement unit 2; and 2) control the display 302 so as to display the particle distribution map of the blood sample at a predetermined display position and to display a reference particle distribution map at the predetermined display position so as to be visually compared with the particle distribution map of the blood sample.