Inspection Analysis System Using Operation Data Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing industrial endoscope inspection systems lack efficient methods to analyze user operations and predict the state of inspection targets based on historical inspection data.

Innovation Solution

An inspection analysis method and system that analyze user operations by generating first and second operation data, comparing these data to predict the state of the inspection target, and outputting state information for reporting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If image data is transmitted to the server for analysis, then the inspection result can be analyzed accurately, but the data transmission cost increases and confidentiality is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinspection result analysis accuracyVSAvoiddata transmission cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary operation data (insertion amount, bending amount, bending times number) from the complete inspection process, separating these essential parameters from unnecessary image data. This extraction approach enables accurate inspection analysis while minimizing data transmission requirements and associated costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of transmitting image data to the server for analysis (conventional approach), the patent inverts the approach by having the server analyze operation data and generate inspection results, which are then transmitted back to the endoscope device. This inversion reduces transmission data volume while maintaining analysis accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Measurement precision

If image data is transmitted to the server for analysis, then the inspection result can be analyzed accurately, but the confidentiality of inspection information is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinspection result analysis accuracyVSAvoidconfidentiality of inspection information
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary operation data (insertion amount, bending amount, bending times number) from the complete inspection process, separating these essential parameters from sensitive image data. This extraction approach enables accurate inspection analysis while minimizing data transmission requirements and associated costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of transmitting image data to the server for analysis (conventional approach), the patent inverts the approach by having the server analyze operation data and generate inspection results, which are then transmitted back to the endoscope device. This inversion reduces transmission data volume while maintaining analysis accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Measurement precision

If operation data from multiple inspections is collected and compared, then the prediction accuracy of inspection target state improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracy of inspection target stateVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary organization of operation data by inspection target during data collection, pre-grouping data by target identifier. This preliminary action simplifies subsequent comparison operations between inspections, reducing processing complexity while enabling accurate state prediction through historical data analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms raw operation data into standardized parameters (insertion amount, bending amount, bending times number) that can be directly compared across different inspections. This parameter standardization simplifies the comparison process and enables accurate prediction without requiring complex data processing algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12279752B2Inspection analysis method and inspection analysis system
Publication Date: 2025.04.22 EVIDENT CORP
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AI summary

An inspection analysis method includes an analysis step, a prediction step, and an output step. A processor analyzes inspection information related to an operation in an inspection and generates first operation data and second operation data indicating a content of the operation in the analysis step. The first operation data indicate a content of the operation in a first inspection. The second operation data indicate a content of the operation in a second inspection performed after the first inspection is completed. The processor compares the first operation data and the second operation data with each other and predicts a state of an inspection target in the prediction step. The processor outputs state information indicating the state to a reporting device in the output step.