Medical Data Management via Remote Image and Log Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical diagnosis systems are prone to errors due to user mistakes or hardware/software issues, requiring complex debugging processes that can interrupt operations and reduce system functionality.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for managing medical data by sensing error events in medical diagnosis devices, capturing and transmitting image data and log data to an external server, using image capturing units and log data management units to analyze user input and system information, and potentially including sound data for error analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If log information is analyzed locally or debugging process is performed using debugging board, then error detection capability is improved, but system operation is interrupted and functionality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an image capturing unit as an intermediary device that records visual information of the user input unit during error events. This intermediary captures images that can be analyzed later without interrupting the medical diagnosis device operation, thus maintaining system productivity while improving error detection capability through external image analysis
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously capturing images of the user input unit before errors occur and storing them with timestamps. When an error event is detected, the pre-captured images and corresponding log data are already available for immediate analysis, eliminating the need to interrupt operation for data collection and enabling rapid remote troubleshooting
2Measurement precision
If complex debugging process is performed on-site, then error analysis precision is improved, but system downtime increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the debugging process from the medical diagnosis device itself and relocates it to an external server. The image capturing unit and log data management unit extract relevant data (images and logs) during normal operation, transmitting them to an external server for analysis. This separation allows complex error analysis to be performed remotely without keeping the medical diagnosis device offline, thus maintaining high measurement precision while minimizing system downtime
3Measurement precision
If user skills and knowledge requirements are increased for medical diagnosis system operation, then system control precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by capturing images of the user input unit and analyzing them to detect error events. The system provides visual feedback through captured images that show exactly what the user did during an error, enabling precise error identification without requiring the user to have deep technical knowledge. The image data serves as intuitive feedback that simplifies operation monitoring and error detection while maintaining system control precision
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AI summary
Provided are a method and apparatus for managing medical data. The method includes sensing an error event of a medical diagnosis device; obtaining image data by capturing images of a user input of the medical diagnosis device with respect to a first period of time associated with a time that the error event is sensed; obtaining log data corresponding to the image data, from a console device for controlling the medical diagnosis device; and transmitting the image data and the log data to an external server.