Surgery Assistant Robot Remote Support With Event-Triggered Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional remote support methods for surgery assistant robots are inefficient in quickly grasping the details of issues and providing timely support, leading to delays in resolving problems during surgeries.
Innovation Solution
A remote support method and system that enables bidirectional communication between a server device and surgery assistant robots, allowing for the transmission of sound, images, or text in response to predetermined events, and includes image processing to obscure identifiable information and adjust frame rates for efficient data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If bidirectional communication is established between server device and surgery assistant robot, then real-time data sharing and issue resolution capability is improved, but communication complexity and data transmission overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication control device as an intermediary between the surgery assistant robot and server device. This mediator manages bidirectional communication, controls data transmission, and coordinates the exchange of operation information, images, and sounds, thereby enabling real-time issue resolution while managing communication complexity through centralized control
Solution Approach 2:
The communication control device establishes bidirectional communication channels in advance before troubles occur. By pre-configuring communication paths and protocols, the system can immediately transmit diagnostic information and receive support instructions when issues arise, reducing issue resolution time without requiring complex real-time negotiation protocols
2Object-affected harmful factors
If image processing is performed to obscure identifiable information, then privacy protection is improved, but data processing time and computational load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes identifiable information from images through image processing before transmission. By selectively taking out sensitive elements (such as patient faces or identifying markers) and replacing them with obscured versions, the system protects privacy while maintaining the diagnostic value of the images, balancing privacy protection with processing efficiency
3Speed
If frame rate of transmitted images is increased, then real-time monitoring capability is improved, but network bandwidth consumption and data transmission load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent dynamically adjusts the frame rate of transmitted images based on operational conditions. During normal operation, a lower frame rate is used to conserve bandwidth. When troubles are detected or during critical surgical moments, the frame rate is automatically increased to provide real-time visual information, optimizing the balance between monitoring capability and network resource consumption
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AI summary
A method for remotely supporting a surgery assistant robot may include: receiving at least one piece of operation information concerning an operation of the surgery assistant robot, by a server device that performs a remote support for the surgery assistant robot; and transmitting, in response to a predetermined event, at least one of a sound, an image, or a text from the server device to at least one of the surgery assistant robot or a terminal device.