US 11,907,341 B2Granted

Diagnostic assistance system and method therefor

AssigneeSkymatiX, Inc.

InventorsYasutaka Kuramoto, Zentaro Watanabe, Masaki Enomoto, Houari Sabirin

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Abstract

The present invention makes an efficient diagnosis of an object. A general server 3 of a diagnostic assistance system 1 provides data (a large volume of photographic images) concerning an object managed by each client, to said client and a plurality of analysts and experts, and allows such diagnosers to diagnose the object and enables sharing of diagnosis results among the diagnosers. The plurality of analysts each partially contribute in viewing the large volume of photographic images so as to find an abnormal site in the object. The client and the experts then conduct a more detailed diagnosis on the abnormal site discovered by the analysts. An AI server 5 of the diagnostic assistance system 1 creates training data from the diagnosis results provided by the plurality of diagnosers, performs machine learning on the diagnosis results, and carries out automated diagnosis using the learned method.

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Dependent claims

A diagnostic assistance system for assisting a person in performing diagnosis of an object, the diagnostic assistance system comprising:

target data storage means for storing target data indicating a state of the object;
diagnostic task means for providing each of a first user and a second user with the target data to enable each of the first user and the second user to perform a diagnostic task of the object;
diagnostic result means for receiving a result of diagnosis of the object by each of the first user and the second user;
sharing means for enabling the first user and the second user to share the result of diagnosis by each of the first user and the second user;
an artificial intelligence that learns a diagnostic method by using the result of diagnosis by the first user or the second user to perform automated diagnosis of the object;
and
automated diagnosis result provision means for providing the first user with a result of automated diagnosis of the object by the artificial intelligence,
wherein the diagnostic task includes a first sub-task of investigating the target data to input a first diagnostic result and a second sub-task of using the first diagnostic result to input a second diagnostic result,
wherein the diagnostic task means is adapted to enable the second user to perform at least the first sub-task of the diagnostic task, and to enable the first user to perform at least the second sub-task of the diagnostic task, and
wherein the sharing means is adapted to enable the first user and the second user to share the first diagnostic result obtained by the second user.

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A diagnostic assistance system for assisting a person in performing diagnosis of an object, the diagnostic assistance system comprising:

one or more CPUs;
one or more storages;
and
a computer program stored in the one or more storages,
wherein the CPU executes the computer program to execute:
preparing target data indicating a state of the object;
providing each of a first user and a second user with the target data, and enabling each of the first user and the second user to perform a diagnostic task of the object;
receiving a result of diagnosis of the object by each of the first user and the second user;
enabling the first user and the second user to share the result of diagnosis by each of the first user and the second user;
learning a diagnostic method by using the result of diagnosis by the first user or the second user;
performing automated diagnosis of the object by using the learned diagnostic method;
and
providing the first user with the automated diagnosis result, and
wherein the diagnostic task includes a first sub-task of investigating the target data to input a first diagnostic result and a second sub-task of using the first diagnostic result to input a second diagnostic result,
wherein the second user is enabled to perform at least the first sub-task of the diagnostic task, and to enable the first user to perform at least the second sub-task of the diagnostic task, and
wherein the first user and the second user are enabled to share the first diagnostic result obtained by the second user.

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A diagnostic assistance system for assisting a person in performing diagnosis of an object, the diagnostic assistance system comprising:

target data storage means for storing target data indicating a state of the object;
sample data selection means for selecting, from the target data, sample data indicating a state of a sample part being a part of the object;
sample data transmission means for transmitting the sample data to one or more users, and enabling the one or more users to perform first manual diagnosis being diagnosis of the sample data;
first manual diagnosis result reception means for receiving a result of the first manual diagnosis from the one or more users;
diagnostic method calculation means for calculating a diagnostic method for automatically diagnosing the object by using the result of the first manual diagnosis;
automated diagnosis means for applying the diagnostic method to the target data to automatically diagnose all of the object or a part wider than the sample part;
automated diagnosis result transmission means for transmitting a result of the automated diagnosis to the one or more users to enable the one or more users to be satisfied with the result of the automated diagnosis or to perform second manual diagnosis of finding an unsatisfactory part from at least a part of the result of the automated diagnosis and correcting the unsatisfactory part;
and
second manual diagnosis result reception means for receiving a result of the second manual diagnosis from the one or more users,
wherein, when a result of correcting the unsatisfactory part is included in the result of the second manual diagnosis, the diagnostic method calculation means is adapted to recalculate the diagnostic method by using the result of correcting the unsatisfactory part,
wherein the automated diagnosis means performs the automated diagnosis again by using the recalculated diagnostic method, and
wherein the automated diagnosis result transmission means transmits the result of automated diagnosis performed again to the one or more users.

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Application: 17/283,504Filed 9 Oct 2019
Priority: JP 2018-1906109 Oct 2018
Published: US 2021/0397888 A123 Dec 2021
Granted: 20 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification28 codes

G06F 18/41
Software arrangements specially adapted for pattern recognition, e.g. user interfaces or toolboxes therefor: interactive pattern learning with a…
A01G 7/00
Botany in general
E04G 23/02
Working measures on existing buildings,: repairing, e.g. filling cracks; Restoring; Altering; Enlarging
G06N 20/00
Machine learning

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