Material Component Image Re-Categorization with Dual-List Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for categorizing material component images obtained by image capture using a flow method are prone to incorrect re-categorization due to lack of appropriate display for re-categorization processing, leading to potential errors in classification.

Innovation Solution

A system and non-transitory storage medium that includes a control section to manage image capture and categorization, with a display control section that facilitates manual re-categorization by displaying material component images in a structured manner, allowing for easy switching between categories and providing visual cues to reduce errors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If automatic categorization is used for material component images, then processing efficiency is improved, but categorization accuracy deteriorates due to potential misclassification

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing efficiencyVSAvoidcategorization accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the categorization process into two distinct phases: automatic categorization for initial classification and manual re-categorization for correction. The display control section divides the screen into multiple regions showing different category lists, allowing operators to efficiently review and correct classifications without processing all images manually.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The display control section provides visual feedback by showing the current category list and allowing operators to drag and drop images between categories. The system immediately updates the category assignments based on operator actions, providing real-time feedback that confirms correct re-categorization and allows for immediate correction of misclassifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If manual re-categorization is allowed, then categorization accuracy is improved, but operation complexity increases due to lack of appropriate display interface

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecategorization accuracyVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display control section enables operators to perform re-categorization directly through intuitive drag-and-drop operations on the displayed interface. The system provides all necessary tools and information within the display itself, including category lists, image thumbnails, and visual feedback, allowing operators to complete re-categorization without external assistance or complex procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If all material component images are displayed for review, then categorization accuracy is improved, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecategorization accuracyVSAvoidreview time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The display control section segments the review process by displaying images in groups according to their current category assignments. The screen is divided into multiple regions, each showing a list of images belonging to a specific category, allowing operators to systematically review and correct classifications category by category rather than examining all images individually.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system allows operators to perform partial re-categorization by selecting only the images that require correction rather than requiring review of all material component images. Operators can efficiently skip correctly classified images and focus their attention only on images that need re-categorization, reducing overall review time while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP3958172B1Information processing device, measurement system, and non-transitory storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.09.10 ARKRAY INC
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AI summary

An information processing device includes a categorizing section and a display control section. The categorizing section extracts a material component image identified as a material component from plural images obtained by imaging a sample fluid containing plural types of material element, and categorizes the extracted material component image serving as a detected component by predetermined category. The display control section performs control to re-categorize a material component image serving as the detected component already categorized into a different category, such that, when selection of a movement destination category is received in a state in which a first image list of detected components is being displayed , in a subsequent state in which the first image list and a second image list for the movement destination are being displayed at the same time, a material component image selected from the first image list is moved to the second image list.