Centralized Control Apparatus for Surgical Scene Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing centralized control systems for surgical environments lack efficiency in automatically generating and setting values for medical and non-medical equipment based on surgical scenes, requiring manual registration and association of scenes with settings, which is time-consuming and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
A centralized control apparatus and system that records operation logs with time stamps, extracts and aggregates operations into scene candidates, counts trigger operations, and determines trigger operations to automatically generate and set values for equipment based on predefined surgical scenes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual registration and association of scenes with settings is performed, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but time consumption and error rates increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically extracts operation logs from controlled equipment, aggregates them into scene candidates, determines trigger operations, and generates setting values without requiring manual registration. The centralized control apparatus serves itself by autonomously processing operation logs and generating appropriate setting values for each surgical scene, thereby eliminating time-consuming manual work while maintaining high accuracy through automated extraction and aggregation processes
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical processes of registering and associating scenes with settings using automated information processing mechanisms. The system uses processors to extract, aggregate, and analyze operation log data, substituting the manual mechanical act of registration with automated digital processing that achieves both speed and accuracy
2Productivity
If automated extraction and aggregation of operations is implemented, then productivity is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the operation log processing into distinct functional stages: extraction of operation logs from equipment, aggregation of operations into scene candidates, determination of trigger operations, and generation of setting values. Each stage is handled by dedicated processing modules within the centralized control apparatus, allowing complex processing to be broken down into manageable segments that improve both productivity and system maintainability
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized control apparatus performs multiple functions through a unified system: it collects operation logs from various equipment types, aggregates operations across different equipment, determines trigger operations based on aggregated data, and generates setting values. This multi-functional approach improves productivity by consolidating operations while managing complexity through a single integrated platform rather than multiple separate systems
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AI summary
A centralized controller includes a recording unit, a judgement unit, a processing unit and an execution unit. The judgement unit reads out information on a plurality of kinds of operation from the recording unit and performs scene correspondence judgement as to whether or not each of the plurality of kinds of operation is operation corresponding to the scene for each of scenes of a surgery defined in advance. The processing unit generates at least part of setting values of a plurality of pieces of controlled equipment from a plurality of kinds of operation which are respectively judged as the operation corresponding to the scene through the scene correspondence judgement and records the setting values in the recording unit. The execution unit collectively sets the setting values for one or more pieces of controlled equipment for each of the scenes of the surgery.