Metrological Display System for Complex Entity Relationships
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing metrological sensing software systems struggle to effectively display and manage complex relationships between entities, leading to user confusion and inefficiency in processes like geometry measurement and surface inspection, as they are designed for strict 1:n dependencies and lack the ability to handle additional relationships.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that record measured value data, generate object and combination entities, and output relationships between them, allowing for efficient verification and display via a display device, using graphical pointing elements to visualize connections between entities, enabling intuitive handling and process flow control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If tree structure or list display is used to display entities, then simple 1:n dependencies can be clearly displayed, but complex relationships between entities cannot be effectively represented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple panes (first pane for object entities, second pane for combination entities, third pane for relationships) to simultaneously present different aspects of entity relationships. This segmentation allows each pane to focus on specific entity types while collectively representing complex relationships that cannot be shown in a single tree or list view.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional single-dimension tree/list displays to a multi-pane dimensional layout. The first pane displays object entities, the second pane displays combination entities, and the third pane displays relationships between them, creating a multi-dimensional display space that can represent complex many-to-many relationships beyond the capabilities of conventional 1:n tree structures.
2Loss of information
If traditional tree structure is used for displaying entities, then hierarchical 1:n relationships are clearly visible, but many-to-many relationships and additional dependencies become confusing and complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display interface into distinct panes: the first pane for object entities, the second pane for combination entities, and the third pane for relationships. This segmentation separates different types of information that would be mixed and confusing in a traditional tree structure, allowing each entity type to be displayed with appropriate detail while maintaining overall system context.
Solution Approach 2:
The relationship pane acts as an intermediary that explicitly displays the connections between object entities and combination entities. Instead of relying on implicit hierarchical relationships in a tree structure, the intermediary relationship pane makes all dependencies visible, including many-to-many relationships, thereby reducing user confusion while preserving complete information about entity connections.
3Productivity
If software systems use standard tree or list displays, then simple file-like structures are easy to navigate, but metrological sensing applications with complex entity relationships become difficult to handle and verify
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the navigation interface into specialized panes for different entity types and relationships. The first pane navigates object entities, the second pane navigates combination entities, and the third pane shows relationships, allowing users to efficiently navigate complex metrological data structures without the confusion of trying to represent all relationships in a single traditional tree or list view.
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AI summary
A method for executing and/or displaying a measuring process by means of a measuring system, the measuring system comprising at least one computing device, at least one display device and at least one measuring means for metrologically sensing an item, the measuring process being controllable via the display device, comprising the following method steps: recording measured value data which are generated with the measuring means; generating object entities as entities with respect to the item to be metrologically sensed; generating combination entities as entities with respect to the item to be metrologically sensed; outputting relationships between the generated entities, the relationships being displayed for a predeterminable entity. Furthermore, a corresponding measuring system and computer program product are disclosed.