Cell Analysis Browsing Device with Simultaneous Container Map Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices fail to provide a comprehensive and intuitive method for visualizing the distribution and characteristics of cells within a container, such as the number and positions of cells, especially when colonies protrude beyond capturing positions.
Innovation Solution
An analysis-result browsing device that sets capturing positions, captures images, analyzes cell distributions, and displays results on a container map, allowing simultaneous display of analysis results at multiple positions, including estimating protruding regions and calculating feature quantities for colonies, using 3D graphics, graphs, or color gradations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple capturing positions are displayed sequentially, then detailed analysis results can be shown, but users cannot grasp cell distribution at a glance
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into multiple capturing positions, and each position's analysis results are segmented and displayed simultaneously on a single container map. This allows users to view cell distribution across all positions at once rather than switching between positions sequentially.
Solution Approach 2:
The display transitions from sequential temporal display to spatial simultaneous display by mapping multiple capturing positions onto a two-dimensional container map. This dimensional change enables comprehensive overview without time loss.
2Measurement precision
If colonies protruding from capturing positions are excluded, then analysis accuracy is maintained, but information about protruding colonies is lost
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of excluding protruding colonies to maintain precision, the system inverts the approach by actively detecting and displaying protruding colonies that extend beyond capturing position boundaries. The display control unit identifies colonies whose areas extend outside their capturing positions and displays them with visual indicators on the container map.
3Loss of information
If detailed analysis of each capturing position is provided, then comprehensive data is available, but intuitive comparison between positions becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Different visual representations are applied to different capturing positions based on their local characteristics. Each position displays its specific cell analysis results with appropriate visual indicators, while the overall container map enables comparative visualization across all positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The display control unit uses color gradations and visual indicators to represent cell analysis results at different capturing positions. This allows intuitive comparison of cell distribution, density, or other parameters across positions through color variations rather than requiring detailed numerical analysis.
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AI summary
The number of cells existing and the positions thereof in a container that contains the cells can be grasped at a glance. Provided is an analysis-result browsing device that includes: a camera that captures cells at set capturing positions; a processing unit that detects and analyzes the cells captured by the camera, for the respective capturing positions; a display unit that displays analysis results of the cells analyzed by the processing unit, together with a container map that shows a container and the plurality of capturing positions in the container; and a control unit that sets the capturing positions in the container, which contains the cells, and simultaneously displays the analysis results of the cells at at least two of the capturing positions on the container map, which is displayed on the display unit.