Virtual Data Tree for Flexible Image Data Organization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing a large number of image data files in cell culture using a hierarchical folder structure is challenging due to variability in folder organization rules, making it difficult for operators other than the initial data organizer to understand data storage and complicating data comparison and reconstruction.
Innovation Solution
A data processing system that associates accompanying information with each data file, allowing grouping based on selected information types to create a virtual data tree, facilitating data management without a physical folder hierarchy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a hierarchical folder structure is used to manage image data, then data can be organized by accompanying information, but it becomes difficult for other operators to grasp what data is stored in which folder due to variability in organization rules
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the folder structure in the form of a data tree displayed on the screen. This data tree replicates the hierarchical organization without requiring physical folders, allowing any operator to visualize the data structure through the display device. The tree structure shows parent-child relationships and data locations graphically, eliminating the need to physically navigate through folders and making the data organization transparent to all operators.
2Ease of manufacture
If a hierarchical folder structure is used to manage image data, then data can be categorized, but work of simultaneously checking and comparing a plurality of pieces of data stored in different folders becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the visualization of hierarchical data structure with the actual data files by displaying the data tree on the screen. This allows operators to see the hierarchical relationships and access multiple data files simultaneously through the displayed interface. The data tree consolidates the navigation function and data access function into a single visual representation, enabling efficient comparison of multiple files without physically moving between folders.
3Ease of manufacture
If a hierarchical folder structure is used to manage image data, then data can be stored systematically, but it is not easy to reconstruct another data configuration by changing the structure of the folder configuration once constructed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic data tree that can be reconfigured without changing the physical folder structure. The tree structure is generated programmatically based on the data's accompanying information, allowing operators to change grouping criteria, sorting orders, and hierarchical relationships by simply modifying the display parameters. This dynamic reconstruction capability maintains systematic storage while providing flexibility in how data is organized and viewed.
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AI summary
A data processing system (1) including an information processing device (2) and an information display device (4), in which the information processing device (2) includes a data registration part (8) configured to register a plurality of pieces of data acquired by a predetermined data acquisition device (6) as data handled by the data processing system (1) in a state where each piece of the data and at least one type of accompanying information of each piece of the data are associated with each other, a registration data holder (10) that holds data registered by the data registration part (8), a data tree creator (12) configured to group the plurality of pieces of data held in the registration data holder (10) by using the accompanying information of an optionally selected type so that pieces of the data having a common piece of the accompanying information belong to a same group, and to create a data tree virtually indicating a state in which a plurality of pieces of the data are distributed into groups, and an information display part (14) configured to display a data tree created by the data tree creator (12) on the information display device (4).