Virtual Slide Rescanning UI for Targeted Error Correction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for scanning slides lack efficient mechanisms for identifying errors or inconsistencies in scanned images, leading to inefficiencies in error correction and quality control, and fail to provide intuitive user interfaces for visualizing and comparing original and rescanned slides.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that includes a processor and memory to generate a display data structure with visual elements and event handlers, allowing for user input to trigger rescanning operations, and display the first virtual slide with highlighted discrepancies for correction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If current scanning systems are used without enhanced error identification mechanisms, then the system complexity remains low, but error detection efficiency and quality control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of scan data to generate confidence scores and identify potential errors before final processing. This preliminary action allows the system to flag suspicious regions for targeted rescanning, improving error detection efficiency without requiring complete system redesign.
Solution Approach 2:
The scanning system divides the slide into multiple regions and processes each region independently, generating individual confidence scores. This segmentation allows parallel processing and targeted rescanning of only problematic regions, enhancing productivity while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular architecture.
2Ease of operation
If no visual interface for comparing slides is provided, then the interface simplicity is maintained, but user ability to identify and correct errors deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface uses color-coded visual indicators to highlight regions with low confidence scores or detected errors. Different colors represent different error types or confidence levels, enabling users to quickly identify and prioritize correction tasks without complex search or analysis tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The system presents comparative views of original and rescanned slides in a side-by-side or overlay format, adding a visual comparison dimension that helps users easily identify discrepancies. This dimensional presentation enhances error detection ease while maintaining intuitive interface design.
3Loss of time
If targeted rescanning is not implemented, then the scanning process remains simple, but time required for error correction and quality control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-identifies regions requiring rescanning by analyzing confidence scores and error patterns before the user initiates correction. This preliminary identification eliminates the need for manual inspection of entire slides, significantly reducing error correction time while implementing rescanning control through automated region selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically generates rescue scan parameters and selects target regions based on detected errors and confidence scores, enabling self-service error correction. This reduces the time users need to spend on error identification while implementing intelligent rescanning control that adapts to specific error patterns.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus and method for control of rescanning a slide in a graphical user interface. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor configured to receive a first virtual slide from a scanning device, generate a display data structure, wherein generating the display data structure further comprises providing a plurality of visual elements associated with a plurality of events and at least an event handler, wherein a first visual element of the plurality of visual elements is associated with a first event of the plurality of events, a second visual element of the plurality of visual elements is associated with a second event comprising user input, and the second event configured to trigger a rescanning operation as a function of the user input, and display the first virtual slide.