Modular Workflow Configuration for Optical Data Acquisition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Developing workflows for optical systems and imaging platforms faces challenges in aligning optical components precisely, managing data acquisition bottlenecks, ensuring consistent image quality, and adapting to environmental factors like temperature fluctuations and vibrations, often leading to measurement errors and unreliable imaging results.
Innovation Solution
A modular data acquisition and analysis system with a processor and memory that allows for customizable workflows through a library of interoperable modules, a user interface for module selection, and a graphical interface for connecting modules, enabling dynamic integration and configuration of complex data processing tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a modular system with library of interoperable modules is implemented, then ease of operation and adaptability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the data acquisition and processing functionality into discrete, interchangeable modules that can be independently selected and configured. Each module performs a specific function (e.g., image capture, processing, analysis) and can be combined with other modules to create customized workflows, making the system easier to operate while managing complexity through modular organization
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal module interface and standardized communication protocols that allow different modules to work together seamlessly. The module library provides multi-functional components that can be used across various workflow configurations, reducing the need for specialized custom developments and simplifying system operation despite the diverse functionality available
2Adaptability or versatility
If customizable workflows with multiple modules are created, then adaptability to different conditions is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows workflows to be dynamically configured and reconfigured based on specific needs. Modules can be added, removed, or rearranged in the workflow chain through a graphical interface, enabling the system to adapt to different imaging conditions and requirements without requiring complex permanent configurations or reprogramming
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements template-based workflow configurations that can be saved and reused. Once a workflow with multiple modules is successfully configured for a particular application, it can be copied and modified for similar tasks, reducing the complexity of configuration management by avoiding repetitive setup procedures
Data Source
AI summary
A modular data acquisition and analysis system may include at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive, from a module database, a library of interoperable modules, receive, from a user interface, a module selection, generate an interface, receive a user input through the interface, update the interface as a function of the user input, define a customized workflow as a function of the user input, and save the customized workflow for subsequent execution.