Customizable Tutorial System for Laboratory Instruments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies for creating tutorials are inadequate as they do not allow for customization, do not support commentary on effectiveness, cannot upload images and videos, are not compatible with smartphones and tablets, and lack features like precise location mapping, duration recording, and easy iteration.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for creating customizable tutorials that involve receiving a facility blueprint, locating instruments, and storing visual and aural information associated with those instruments, allowing users to upload multimedia content and modify tutorials based on effectiveness and location, enabling easy iteration and innovation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current tutorial technologies are used, then basic tutorial creation is possible, but customization and multimedia support are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The tutorial creation system is divided into modular components: facility blueprint module, instrument location module, multimedia upload module, and tutorial generation module. Each module handles a specific aspect of tutorial creation, allowing customization without overwhelming system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system supports multiple tutorial formats (visual and aural information), multiple device types (smartphones, tablets, computers), and multiple instrument types within a single unified platform, achieving versatility through multi-functionality.
2Loss of information
If traditional tutorial documentation is used, then simple instructions can be provided, but knowledge retention and innovation are impeded
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically capturing facility blueprints, instrument locations, and multimedia content during the tutorial creation process, so that comprehensive documentation is prepared in advance rather than requiring extensive post-processing and manual note-taking.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of physical instruments and facilities through blueprints and images, preserving institutional knowledge in a durable, searchable, and easily replicable format that prevents knowledge loss.
3Measurement precision
If current tutorial technologies are used, then basic instructions can be delivered, but precise location mapping and duration tracking are not available
Solution Approach 1:
The facility blueprint acts as an intermediary layer that maps instrument locations to physical spaces. The system uses the blueprint as a reference framework to precisely locate instruments and track tutorial durations without requiring complex direct tracking of every physical parameter.
4Adaptability or versatility
If current tutorial technologies are used, then static tutorials can be created, but iteration and innovation are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The tutorial system is designed to be dynamic rather than static. Tutorials can be modified, updated, and iterated upon by changing the associated blueprint, instrument locations, or multimedia content. The system automatically reconfigures tutorials based on these changes, enabling continuous improvement without manual reconstruction.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein is a method of facilitating creating of customizable tutorials for instruments specific to a particular facility, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the method may include a step of receiving, using a communication device, a facility blueprint of a facility from at least one user device. Further, the method may include a step of receiving, using the communication device, an instrument location of an instrument associated with the facility blueprint from the at least one user device. Further, the method may include a step of receiving, using the communication device, a plurality of tutorial information associated with the instrument corresponding to the instrument location from the at least one user device. Further, the method may include a step of storing, using a storage device, the plurality of tutorial information associated with the instrument corresponding to the instrument location.