Reliability Labeling Middleware for Medical Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information integration apparatuses often provide inaccurate displays and controls due to the use of less reliable data, which can lead to adverse effects in applications such as medical equipment monitoring and control systems.
Innovation Solution
An information integration apparatus that assigns reliability labels to data from connected devices, stores these labels, and uses them to determine the display mode on a display device or restrict equipment control, allowing users to recognize data reliability and prevent inaccurate operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the information integration apparatus uses data obtained from devices, then the apparatus can provide displays and conduct controls, but the data may be less reliable leading to inaccurate displays and controls
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by assigning reliability labels to data sources before the data is used for displays or controls. The middleware assigns reliability labels to providers based on predetermined criteria, and this reliability information is stored and used later to determine display modes and control restrictions, preventing inaccurate operations before they occur
Solution Approach 2:
The reliability label acts as an intermediary element between the data source and the application. Instead of directly using raw data from devices, the system introduces reliability labels as a mediating mechanism that provides information about data quality, allowing the system to make informed decisions about how to use the data based on its reliability level
2Loss of information
If the information integration apparatus provides displays using obtained data, then the apparatus can inform users, but inaccurate data leads to misleading displays
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses visual differentiation through display modes to indicate data reliability. Different reliability labels correspond to different display modes, allowing users to visually distinguish between reliable and unreliable data presentations. This helps users recognize the quality of information being displayed without compromising the transmission of the actual data
3Extent of automation
If the information integration apparatus conducts equipment control using obtained data, then the apparatus can automate operations, but unreliable data causes inaccurate control
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary assessment by assigning reliability labels to data before using it for equipment control. Based on the reliability label, the system predeterminedly determines appropriate control actions or restrictions, preventing inaccurate control operations before they occur. This allows automated control while maintaining safety through reliability-based decision-making
Data Source
AI summary
An information integration apparatus includes providers, a middleware, and an application. The middleware executes processes of: assigning a reliability label to data supplied by a device to the provider, the reliability label corresponding to the provider; storing the data in a data storage device; reading the data from the data storage device, and supplying the read data to the application. The application provides, using the data, a display on a display device in a display mode corresponding to the reliability label assigned to the data.