Touch Panel Inspection Parameter Automation for Processed Grooves

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing processing apparatuses require repetitive and time-consuming adjustments of inspection parameters for optimizing the inspection of processed grooves, making the operation of selecting inspection conditions cumbersome and inefficient.

Innovation Solution

A control method that suspends the processing operation, allows input of parameters on a touch panel, and automatically triggers the inspection of the processed groove upon cursor movement, eliminating the need for manual instruction and optimizing inspection conditions quickly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If parameters are repeatedly input and OK button is touched to optimize inspection conditions, then inspection quality is improved, but operation time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinspection qualityVSAvoidoperation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-configures the inspection process by automatically triggering inspection upon parameter input completion. The cursor movement detection mechanism prepares the system to execute inspection immediately when parameters are set, eliminating the need for separate OK button pressing and reducing operational steps while maintaining inspection quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system serves itself by automatically detecting when parameter input is complete through cursor movement monitoring and autonomously initiating the inspection process. This self-triggering mechanism eliminates manual intervention for starting inspection, reducing operation time while preserving measurement precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If parameters are repeatedly input and OK button is touched to optimize inspection conditions, then inspection quality is improved, but operational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinspection qualityVSAvoidoperational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects parameter input completion through cursor movement monitoring and self-triggers the inspection process without requiring operator intervention to press the OK button. This reduces operational complexity by eliminating manual steps while maintaining inspection quality through automated process initiation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides visual feedback by moving the cursor to indicate parameter input status and automatically triggers inspection when parameters are set. This feedback mechanism guides the operator through the process and reduces operational complexity by providing clear system status indication and automatic process initiation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10816952B2Control method for processing apparatus
Publication Date: 2020.10.27 DISCO CORP
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AI summary

A control method for a processing apparatus includes the steps of suspending a processing operation of a processing unit during the formation of a processed groove and then imaging the processed groove by using an imaging unit to obtain a detected image, inspecting the condition of the processed groove according to the detected image, inputting a selected one of plural parameters into an input area displayed on a touch panel from an operator in adjusting the parameters to optimize inspection conditions, moving an input cursor from the input area according to the input of the selected parameter, and executing the inspection of the processed groove by using the selected parameter input in the input area.