X-ray Detector Automatic Network Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable X-ray detectors require manual configuration changes when used in multiple imaging rooms or with different X-ray imaging apparatuses, leading to user inconvenience and potential configuration errors.
Innovation Solution
An X-ray detector equipped with a sensor module that automatically performs network configuration based on detected events, using sensors like magnetic, optical, or touch sensors to match predefined events with corresponding access point or workstation information, allowing seamless communication without manual intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration changes are performed when using the X-ray detector in multiple imaging rooms or with different X-ray imaging apparatuses, then the detector can be adapted to different environments, but user inconvenience and potential configuration errors occur
Solution Approach 1:
The X-ray detector automatically performs network configuration by detecting access points or workstations in the environment without requiring manual user input. The controller autonomously identifies the imaging room or apparatus and configures communication parameters, enabling the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user intervention for adaptation to different environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The detector pre-stores multiple sets of network configuration information corresponding to different imaging rooms or apparatuses. Before actual use in a specific environment, the system has already prepared the necessary configuration data, allowing rapid automatic selection and application when the detector is brought into a new imaging environment, thus avoiding manual reconfiguration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration changes are performed, then the detector can connect to different workstations, but time-consuming and error-prone processes occur
Solution Approach 1:
The controller automatically detects the target workstation or access point and selects the corresponding pre-stored network configuration information without waiting for manual user input. This self-service mechanism dramatically reduces the time required to establish connectivity when moving between different imaging rooms or apparatuses.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple workstation connection profiles are prepared in advance and stored in the detector's memory. When the detector needs to connect to a different workstation, it quickly retrieves the appropriate pre-configured parameters rather than requiring time-consuming manual reconfiguration, thus minimizing configuration time while maintaining adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration changes are performed, then network settings can be adjusted, but configuration errors may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The controller autonomously performs network configuration by automatically detecting the imaging environment and selecting the corresponding pre-stored configuration data. This eliminates manual input operations that could introduce errors, ensuring that the correct configuration parameters are applied without human intervention while maintaining the flexibility to adapt to different networks.
Solution Approach 2:
Network configuration parameters are carefully prepared and validated in advance for each imaging room or apparatus. By pre-configuring these parameters before field use, the system ensures accuracy is built into the configuration data itself, and the automatic selection process simply applies these pre-validated settings without risk of manual entry errors.
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AI summary
The X-ray detector includes a sensor module provided with at least one sensor detecting an event, a communication interface connectable to at least one workstation, and a controller. The controller determines occurrence or non-occurrence of the predefined event based on an output value of the sensor module, and performs a configuration operation of the communication interface based on configuration information corresponding to the generated predefined event when occurrence of the predefined event is determined.