Cloud Dental Imaging Browser Acquisition Without Plug-ins
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current dental imaging systems face challenges in seamlessly integrating with HTML web browsers for acquiring 2D radiographic or color images, requiring additional plug-ins and being limited to specific browsers and operating systems, which hinders the adoption of cloud-based imaging solutions.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based imaging system that allows HTML web browsers to acquire images from dental x-ray sensors or cameras without the need for add-on extensions or plug-ins, using a software service that automatically detects the operating system and downloads necessary drivers or APIs, enabling communication with dental imaging devices across various platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If plug-ins or add-on software are added to HTML web browsers to enable communication with dental imaging devices, then the ability to acquire images from dental devices is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to browser-specific requirements and maintenance burdens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based server as an intermediary between the HTML web browser and dental imaging devices. The server handles all device-specific communication protocols, driver management, and image acquisition processing, while the browser only needs to interact with standard web interfaces. This mediator approach eliminates the need for browser plug-ins and resolves the contradiction by maintaining versatility without increasing client-side complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic driver detection and installation on the server side, along with automated device configuration and image processing. The server autonomously manages compatibility issues across different browsers and operating systems without requiring user intervention or manual plug-in installation, thereby improving adaptability while reducing operational complexity
2Ease of operation
If cloud-based imaging system is implemented without plug-ins, then ease of operation and maintenance are improved, but the ability to communicate with proprietary dental imaging devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud server acts as a reliable intermediary that maintains proprietary communication protocols with dental imaging devices while presenting a standardized plug-in-free interface to users. The server handles device-specific protocols, authentication, and data exchange, ensuring reliable communication without requiring clients to install or maintain complex software
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud-based platform provides universal access to multiple types of dental imaging devices (intraoral scanners, panoramic X-ray machines, cephalometric devices) through a single standardized web interface. The server handles device-specific protocols and data formats, enabling reliable communication with diverse proprietary devices while maintaining ease of operation across different platforms and browsers
3Reliability
If local client/server software is installed on each PC in dental office, then device control and image acquisition are reliable, but maintenance burden and software update complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud-based system automatically handles software updates, device driver installations, and system maintenance on the server side without requiring intervention at client locations. The server self-updates and manages all software components, ensuring reliable image acquisition while eliminating local maintenance burdens
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts all software complexity, device drivers, and processing requirements from local client PCs and consolidates them on a centralized cloud server. This extraction maintains reliable device communication and image acquisition while removing the maintenance burden from individual office computers, as all software updates and repairs occur centrally on the server
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AI summary
An HTML web browser based imaging system which supports acquisition of 2D x-ray radiographs and which includes either a 2D x-ray imaging device or a 2D color imaging device and a client device located in a dental office. Software operating upon the client device and a cloud server with dental imaging software installed and means to receive and store images or image data. The client device and the cloud server are connected either directly or indirectly via either an internet connection or a VPN connection. The client device has capability of the HTML web browser so that it does not require either an add-on extension or plug-in in order to control acquisition of images from a dental x-ray sensor. The software communicates with the dental x-ray sensor and receives image or image data from the dental x-ray sensor. The software receives direction to initiate acquisition and/or to receive image or image data via communication from the application server and/or from the HTML web browser.