Automated Display Condition Storage for Structural Inspection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional crack detection methods in structural inspection require excessive user effort and time due to the need for repetitive operations like enlarging, reducing images, and changing coordinates to view defects accurately, leading to high operational costs and potential false-positive or false-negative results.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that automatically acquires and stores display conditions for target data, determining whether to store changes based on an index related to the image variation, allowing for efficient retrieval of previous display states without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user manually stores display condition information based on user instructions, then the system can return to previously viewed screens, but the user burden and operational complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically acquires and stores display condition information without requiring user instructions. The determination unit autonomously decides whether to store display conditions based on predetermined criteria (e.g., when display content changes significantly), eliminating the need for users to manually trigger storage operations. This self-service mechanism reduces user burden while maintaining system functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary acquisition and storage of display condition information before the user needs to return to previous screens. By continuously monitoring display changes and automatically storing relevant states, the system prepares return destination information in advance, eliminating the need for users to manually save or remember screen positions during the inspection process.
2Measurement precision
If the user repeatedly executes enlargement/reduction operations and coordinate changing operations to view defects, then inspection precision improves, but time consumption and operational effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback to the user by automatically managing display condition information and enabling quick return to previously viewed screens. When users navigate to new display conditions, the system stores these states and makes them readily accessible for return, creating a feedback loop that reduces the need for repetitive manual operations while maintaining inspection precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates copies of display condition information (screen position, magnification, coordinates) and stores them for later retrieval. Instead of requiring users to manually recreate or remember display states, the system maintains copies of these conditions and allows instant restoration, significantly reducing time consumption while preserving inspection accuracy.
3Productivity
If the system automatically determines and stores display conditions based on image changes, then user effort is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The determination unit autonomously determines whether to store display conditions by comparing current display images with previously stored ones. The system self-manages the acquisition and storage process without requiring complex user interfaces or manual configuration, achieving automatic operation with minimal added system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system monitors changes in display parameters (image content, magnification, coordinates) and automatically decides whether to store new display conditions based on these parameter changes. By focusing on parameter change detection rather than comprehensive system monitoring, the solution achieves automatic operation with controlled complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display device, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage device, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage device.