Sample Testing Apparatus Operator Authority Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

In existing sample testing apparatuses, servicemen have the authority to delete analysis results generated by operators on the facility side, risking accidental deletion of critical data during maintenance operations.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a system where test results are stored and linked with operator identification information, with a mechanism to prohibit editing or deletion of results associated with specific attribute information, ensuring that only authorized personnel can modify or delete data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If servicemen are permitted to execute functions of general operator and manager including deletion of analysis results, then maintenance work can be performed efficiently, but analysis results obtained by operators on the facility side may be deleted by mistake

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaintenance work efficiencyVSAvoiddata integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The operator authority is segmented into three distinct levels: general operator, manager, and serviceman. Each level has specific permissions defined by attribute information stored in the first storing section. This segmentation allows servicemen to perform maintenance functions while preventing them from deleting analysis results generated by facility operators, thus resolving the contradiction between maintenance efficiency and data integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different deletion permissions are assigned to different operator types based on their attribute information. The deleting section checks the attribute information of the logged-in operator before allowing deletion. This local quality approach ensures that only operators with appropriate attributes (general operators and managers) can delete analysis results, while servicemen cannot, thereby protecting data integrity while maintaining maintenance efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If servicemen can delete control sample analysis results, then maintenance verification can be completed, but facility operators' analysis results may be accidentally deleted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaintenance operation simplicityVSAvoidaccidental data loss
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The attribute information stored in the first storing section acts as an intermediary that mediates between the serviceman's deletion request and the actual deletion operation. The deleting section queries the attribute information to verify whether the current operator has deletion permissions. This intermediary mechanism allows servicemen to easily perform maintenance operations on control samples while preventing accidental deletion of facility operators' results through automated permission verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Device complexity

If uniform authority levels are assigned to all operators, then system management is simplified, but specific operational requirements for different operator types cannot be met

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthority management complexityVSAvoidoperator-specific function adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses attribute information as a parameter to dynamically determine operator permissions. Instead of hardcoding different authority levels, the system stores attribute information (such as operator type, department, clearance level) in the first storing section and uses this parameter to control access and deletion functions. This approach maintains relatively simple system management while providing high adaptability to different operator types and their specific functional requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9268914B2Sample testing apparatus
Publication Date: 2016.02.23 SYSMEX CORP
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AI summary

A sample testing apparatus comprising: a first storing section for storing identification information of an operator in association with first or second attribute information; an identification information receiving section for receiving an input of the identification information of the operator; a testing section for obtaining a test result by testing a sample; a second storing section for storing the test result of the sample so as to be linked with the received identification information; an operation end instruction receiving section for receiving an operation end instruction by the operator; and a deleting section for deleting from the second storing section the test result which is stored so as to be linked with the identification information received by the identification information receiving section in the case in which the received identification information is associated with the second attribute information when the operation end instruction is received.