X-ray Apparatus Light Illumination Control for Imaging Area
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional X-ray apparatuses require complex operations to determine the imaging area, as operators must simultaneously attend to light from the illumination device and the positioning button, making the process cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
An X-ray apparatus with a light illuminating device and a control system that determines the imaging area edges through light illumination, ensuring the light is only emitted within the capable imaging area, allowing operators to focus solely on the light for area determination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the operator simultaneously attends to light from the illumination device and the positioning button, then the imaging area can be determined, but the operation becomes extremely complicated and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the light emission function from the illumination device and integrates it with the positioning button function. The positioning button now controls both the X-ray exposure and the light emission for imaging area determination, allowing the operator to focus on a single interface element rather than coordinating multiple separate controls simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the positioning button and light emission control into a single integrated function. When the operator presses the positioning button, it simultaneously triggers both the X-ray exposure and the light emission from the illumination device, simplifying the operation to a single action that performs multiple functions.
2Illumination intensity
If the light illuminating device emits light outside the capable imaging area, then the operator has full visibility, but the operator is distracted and cannot focus solely on the light for area determination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality control by restricting the light emission to specific locations within the capable imaging area. The illumination device emits light only in the region where imaging is actually performed, creating a localized light pattern that guides the operator's attention precisely to the relevant area without distraction from other regions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses the light as an intermediary visual guide between the operator and the imaging area. The light emission pattern serves as a mediator that translates the mechanical positioning into a visual indicator, allowing the operator to determine the imaging area boundaries through the light pattern rather than directly observing the mechanical position.
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
Facilitates easier operation by allowing operators to determine the imaging area without distractions, as the control system manages light emission within the set imaging area, simplifying the process.
Implementation Method 1
a light illuminating device for illuminating light to the subject
Data Source
AI summary
A controller determines a lower edge position of an imaging area of an image combined in long-length imaging through light illumination from a line marker. Thereby the controller performs control such that light from the line marker is switched off beyond an area, set in advance, capable of being imaged upon determination of the imaging area. Consequently, an operator just performs operation while looking at only light from the line marker upon determination of the imaging area, which achieves easy operation. As a result, operation upon determination of the imaging area can be facilitated.