UV Fluorescent Marker Scanning for System Component Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information handling systems lack efficient methods for identifying and configuring components using UV light and optical sensors to accurately detect and identify fluorescent based-markers for component recognition.
Innovation Solution
A configuration detection system utilizing UV light and optical sensors to scan fluorescent based-markers, employing a narrow or wide beam of UV light, and a preconfigured mapping table to determine component identities based on reflected light intensities and colors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If UV light and optical sensors are used to detect fluorescent markers, then component identification accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces fluorescent markers as intermediary elements that bridge the UV light source and the optical sensor. These markers convert UV light into visible light at specific wavelengths, enabling the optical sensor to detect component identities without requiring the sensor to directly perceive UV wavelengths, thus simplifying the overall detection system while maintaining high identification accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes fluorescent markers that emit light at specific wavelengths (colors) when excited by UV light. Different components are marked with different fluorescent colors, allowing the optical sensor to identify component types based on the color of emitted light. This color-coding system enables accurate component identification while keeping the detection mechanism relatively simple
2Measurement precision
If multiple fluorescent markers are scanned to identify components, then system configuration accuracy is improved, but scanning time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies fluorescent markers to components during the manufacturing or assembly process, before the components are installed in the information handling system. This preliminary marking ensures that when components are later scanned for configuration identification, the markers are already in place and ready for immediate detection, reducing scanning time while maintaining configuration accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a continuous scanning process where the UV light source systematically scans across multiple components and markers in sequence. The optical sensor continuously detects fluorescent emissions without interruption, and the system controller continuously processes the detection data to build the complete component configuration picture, thereby minimizing idle time and maximizing scanning efficiency
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise and efficient identification of system components by detecting fluorescent based-markers, facilitating accurate configuration and management of information handling systems.
Implementation Method 1
A fluorescent based-marker may be a product code or a labeling convention that uses a fluorescent dye to emit or reflect a different color wavelength when excited by a narrow beam or a wide beam of UV light
Data Source
AI summary
An information handling system may include a configuration detection system to identify different components within the information handling system by scanning one or more fluorescent based-markers on each of the components. A fluorescent based-marker is a labeling convention or a product code that uses a fluorescent dye on a barcode line, serial number, model number, fiducal marker, etc. to emit or reflect a different color wavelength when excited by an ultra-violet (UV) light. By using a preconfigured mapping table, the configuration detection system can determine one or more colors that correspond to the scanned fluorescent based-markers. The determined color or a combination of the determined colors can be used to identify each of the components in the information handling system.