B/S Radiation Image Inspection System Server Offload

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional radiation image inspection systems require high-end graphics cards and are cumbersome to install, maintain, and expand, limiting their usage and performance, especially when running on local servers with B/S architecture.

Innovation Solution

A radiation image inspection system based on B/S architecture that offloads most image processing functions to a server, allowing image processing through a common Web browser on client terminals, utilizing an image processing assembly with modules for scheduling, caching, and conversion to achieve performance comparable to exclusive software.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If radiation image inspection software is installed on each client terminal with local processing, then image processing performance is improved, but device complexity and installation maintenance burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage processing performanceVSAvoidsoftware installation and maintenance complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the complex image processing functions from client terminals and consolidates them on a centralized server. The server handles all heavy computational tasks including image enhancement, feature extraction, and analysis, while client terminals only need to run simple web browsers to access the system. This extraction resolves the contradiction by maintaining high processing performance on the server while dramatically simplifying client-side complexity and eliminating local software installation requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a universal server platform that provides image inspection services to multiple client terminals simultaneously through a web-based interface. The server consolidates all processing capabilities into a single multi-functional system that can serve numerous users and devices without requiring each client to have dedicated software installations. This universality resolves the contradiction by centralizing complexity while enabling broad accessibility through standard web browsers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If high-end graphics cards are required on client terminals, then image processing capability is improved, but adaptability and ease of deployment worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage processing capabilityVSAvoidterminal configuration flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the requirement for high-end graphics cards from client terminals and relocates all intensive image processing capabilities to the server. Clients only need standard web browsers with basic rendering capabilities, eliminating the need for specialized hardware. This extraction resolves the contradiction by maintaining high processing capability on the server while dramatically improving terminal adaptability and deployment flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Speed

If image processing is performed locally on client terminals, then processing speed is improved, but network dependency and system scalability worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage processing speedVSAvoidsystem scalability
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the system into two distinct functional components: a powerful server that handles all image processing operations, and simple client terminals that provide user interface and data transmission. This segmentation allows the server to be scaled independently to handle increasing workloads by adding processing power, while clients remain simple and scalable through standard web browser deployment. The network acts as the interface between these segments, enabling scalable architecture without compromising processing speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9947067B2Radiation image inspection system and method based on B/S architecture
Publication Date: 2018.04.17 NUCTECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a radiation image inspection system based on B/S architecture. The system comprises: at least one client terminal, configured to initiate an image operation request to a Web server, and display an image operation result on a browser of the client terminal upon receiving a response from the Web server; an image processing assembly, configured to query, based on the image operation request from the client terminal and forwarded by the Web server, an image which the client terminal desires to process, perform an operation on an image as requested by the client terminal, convert the resulted image into an image in a designated format and quality and return the converted image to the browser of the client terminal via the Web server for displaying; and the Web server, configured to receive the image operation request from the client terminal, forward the image operation request to the image processing assembly, and return the image operation result from the image processing assembly to the client terminal.