Dental Machine Status Display With Remote Chamber Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing the statuses of multiple dental processing machines, especially those located remotely, is challenging as users often need to physically visit each machine to check their status, making it difficult to monitor them in a simple and efficient manner.
Innovation Solution
A status display system comprising a dental processing machine, an imaging device, an operation terminal, and a server that collectively manages and displays the statuses of multiple dental processing machines, allowing remote monitoring through a client-server type system or cloud computing, enabling users to view processing statuses, maintenance history, and error histories on a centralized interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users physically visit each dental processing machine to check status, then they can obtain accurate status information, but the time and effort required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the physical dental processing machine status through imaging devices and display devices. The imaging device captures images of the processing chamber and workpiece, while the display device presents these images along with status information to the user, eliminating the need for physical inspection while maintaining accurate status information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces imaging devices and display devices as intermediaries between the dental processing machine and the user. These intermediaries transmit status information from the machine to the user without requiring direct physical contact or presence at the machine location, thus saving time while maintaining information accuracy.
2Productivity
If multiple dental processing machines are distributed across different locations, then production capacity increases, but management complexity and difficulty of monitoring increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the monitoring functions of multiple distributed dental processing machines into a single centralized display device. The display device receives and integrates status information from multiple machines, allowing users to monitor all machines from one location, thus reducing management complexity while maintaining high production capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple types of dental processing machines. It can display various status information including processing chamber images, workpiece images, operation statuses, and maintenance information for different machines, simplifying the management of distributed equipment.
3Productivity
If a centralized display system is implemented for multiple machines, then monitoring efficiency improves, but system complexity and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses imaging devices to create visual copies of the processing chambers and workpieces, and display devices to create informational copies of machine status data. This copying approach enables centralized monitoring without requiring complex direct connections to each machine, thus improving monitoring efficiency while controlling system complexity.
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AI summary
A status display device 200 for a dental processing machine 100 includes a status acquirer 213 configured to acquire processing status S1 for each of a plurality of dental processing machines 100, a status creation controller 215 configured to create a status list SL1 indicating the processing status S1 of each of the plurality of dental processing machines 100 acquired by the status acquirer 213, an image acquirer 225 configured to acquire an image M1 of a processing space 26 in which a workpiece 5 is processed in one dental processing machine 100 selected from the plurality of dental processing machines 100 by a user, the image being captured by a imaging device 105, and a display processing controller 251 configured to display the status list SL1 created by the status creation controller 215 and the image M1 acquired by the image acquirer 225.