Color-coded Vessel Holder Identification for Automated Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic analysis devices struggle to easily identify both the type of processing and individual samples, leading to potential erroneous settings, as they rely on color markers or RFID/barcode methods that can be difficult for operators to read.
Innovation Solution
The device incorporates a vessel holder with a reading unit and control unit that identifies processing type based on color patterns in an identification area, allowing for both processing type and individual sample identification through distinct color applications on the vessel holder.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If color markers are used to identify sample types, then processing type identification is improved, but individual sample identification is not enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The identification area is divided into multiple regions: a first region for processing type identification and a second region for individual sample identification. This segmentation allows both types of information to be displayed simultaneously without interference, resolving the contradiction between processing type identification and individual sample identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from single-color identification to multi-dimensional color pattern identification. By using different color combinations, patterns, and spatial arrangements in the identification area, the system can encode both processing type and individual sample information, effectively adding informational dimensions without increasing the number of physical markers.
2Loss of information
If barcode or RFID methods are used for individual identification, then individual sample identification is improved, but operator readability is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color-coded patterns and variations in the identification area that are visually distinguishable to human operators. Different colors, line patterns, and spatial arrangements provide individual sample identification that can be easily read without requiring specialized scanning equipment, thus maintaining operator readability while enabling individual identification.
3Loss of information
If multiple identification methods are implemented, then both processing type and individual identification are improved, but device complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges processing type identification and individual sample identification into a single integrated identification area on the vessel holder. By combining both functions in one location using color patterns and spatial arrangements, the system achieves complete identification without requiring separate markers or complex multi-component identification systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables operators to easily distinguish between processing types and individual samples, minimizing errors by effectively using the outer surface of the vessel holder for multi-layered information display with a limited number of colors.
Implementation Method 1
a reading unit for reading an identification area formed in the vessel holder
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is an automatic analysis device in which even an operator can easily identify the type of processing and the type of individual and erroneous setting hardly occurs. A vessel holder for holding a sample vessel, a reading unit for reading an identification area formed in the vessel holder, and a control unit for performing processing based on information read by the reading unit are included, in which the control unit identifies the type of processing based on the type of color applied to the identification area, and identifies the type of individual in the sample vessel based on how the identification area is colored.