Scientific Instrument Digital Interface for Automatic Remote Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
The variability in computational resource configurations of scientific instruments poses challenges in enabling remote access and uniform connection processes across different instruments.
Innovation Solution
A digital representation of scientific instruments is generated, incorporating a discovery subcomponent that broadcasts a communication beacon for automatic discovery and connection across a network, along with configuration, tuning, operations, and monitoring subcomponents to facilitate remote operation and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If scientific instruments use varied computational resource configurations to operate, then each instrument can be optimized for its specific function, but remote access and connection processes become difficult to enable uniformly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a digital representation as an intermediary layer between the physical scientific instrument and the remote device. This digital twin includes a discovery subcomponent that generates communication beacons, enabling standardized remote connectivity despite variations in the instrument's physical computational configuration. The intermediary translates diverse instrument architectures into a unified remote access interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy (digital representation) of the scientific instrument that mirrors its functionality and communication protocols. This digital twin enables remote devices to connect and interact with the instrument through standardized interfaces, abstracting away the complexity of the instrument's actual hardware configuration and allowing uniform remote access across different instrument types.
2Adaptability or versatility
If scientific instruments have diverse architectural designs, then each instrument can be tailored to its specific scientific function, but automatic discovery and connection across networks becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the scientific instrument into functional components within its digital representation, including a discovery subcomponent that handles network communication, configuration subcomponent for settings, tuning subcomponent for calibration, operations subcomponent for executing experiments, and monitoring subcomponent for performance tracking. This segmentation allows each component to be independently managed and connected through standardized protocols, simplifying the overall connection process despite architectural diversity.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital representation serves as a universal interface that can represent and connect to multiple types of scientific instruments with different architectures. The discovery subcomponent generates communication beacons that are universally recognizable by remote devices, enabling automatic discovery and connection across heterogeneous instrument types without requiring instrument-specific connection logic.
3Reliability
If manual connection processes are used for remote access, then connection security can be controlled, but connection time and user burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The discovery subcomponent performs preliminary actions by generating and broadcasting communication beacons before actual connection is needed. These beacons contain pre-configured connection information and authentication parameters, allowing remote devices to automatically discover instruments and establish secure connections without manual intervention. The preliminary beacon generation enables both security and speed by pre-establishing connection protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service connection where the scientific instrument automatically advertises its presence and capabilities through communication beacons, and remote devices automatically respond with connection requests. The digital representation manages authentication and connection establishment autonomously, eliminating the need for manual configuration while maintaining security through built-in authentication mechanisms in the digital twin.
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AI summary
Systems or techniques are provided for remote connection and operation of scientific instruments are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a modeling component that generates a digital representation of a scientific instrument, wherein the digital representation of the scientific instrument comprises: a discovery subcomponent that generates a communication beacon for the scientific instrument, wherein the communication beacon enables automatic discovery and connection of a remote device to the scientific instrument across a network.