Method and device for processing data

• US 20050043927A1
• Filed: 11/08/2002
• Published: 02/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Evotec OAI AG
• Original Assignee: Evotec OAI AG
• Inventors: Peters, Hauke, Schmidt, Regina
• Granted Patent: US 7,424,401 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/189
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/96 Management of image or video recognition tasks

Abstract

A data processing method with which especially image data, generated by an image recording means (10) such as a CCD camera, may be processed, comprises a data distributing means (12). The data are transmitted from the recording means (10) to a manager (14) of the data distributing means (12). The manager (14) selects a suitable agent (16) related to an evaluating means (18). Whether an agent (16) is suitable depends on suitability parameters of the evaluating means (18). For example, suitability parameters are the availability and the type of software stored on the evaluating means (18). After selection of a suitable agent (16) the data are transmitted between an agent (16) and the corresponding evaluating means (18) via an interposed agent (22) and another manager (24). The data transmission is always done in standardized data containers.

Claims

1. Method for data processing, especially of data acquired by screening, comprising the following steps:

generating data by means of a recording means (10);

transmitting the data to a data distributing means (12) for distribution of the data to a plurality of data evaluating means (18), wherein, in the data distributing means (12),

the data to be evaluated are associated to a suitable data evaluating means (18), and

the data are transferred into a standardized data container for transmission, and

transmitting the standardized data container to the suitable data evaluating means (18).

2. Method of claim 1, wherein, in the recording means (10) or in the data distributing means (12), the data are associated to an evaluation order, and the data are transmitted to the data evaluating means (18) together with the evaluation order in a standardized data container.

3. Method of claim 1, wherein suitability parameters of the data evaluating means (18) are sampled for association of the data to a suitable evaluating means (18).

4. Method of claim 3, wherein the suitability parameters are stored in a file of an agent (16), the file being specific to an evaluating means.

5. Method of claim 4, wherein each data evaluating means (18) has its own agent (16) associated thereto.

6. Method of claim 4, wherein the agents (16) are part of the data distributing means (12).

7. Method of claim 4, wherein, especially during a starting-period, the suitability parameters of the data evaluating means (18) are sampled via the agents (16).

8. Method of claim 4, wherein each data evaluating means (18) is associated to an agent (16, 22) on the side of the data distributing means and on the side of the data evaluating means, and wherein data are exchanged exclusively between the two agents (16, 22).

9. Method of claim 1, wherein the data containers are transmitted between the data distributing means (12) and the data evaluating means (18) via a data telecommunication means (20).

10. Method of claim 3, wherein the type of the software available and/or the version of the software and/or the availability are transmitted as the suitability parameters of the data evaluating means (18).

11. Method of claim 1, wherein the suitable data evaluating means (18) is selected by sequentially sampling the respective suitability parameters.

12. Method of claim 1, wherein the suitable data evaluating means (18) is selected by sampling the respective suitability parameters according to a predetermined priority order.

13. Method of claim 1, wherein, after execution of the evaluation order, the data evaluating means (18) reports back to the data distributing means (12) and/or the agents (16).

14. Method of claim 12, wherein the agents (16) or the data distributing means (12) cancel the evaluation order after lapse of a predetermined period during which no report has been issued, and transfers the evaluation order to another suitable data evaluating means (18).

15. Method of claim 14, wherein after cancellation a test routine is performed in the data evaluating means.

16. Method of claim 1, wherein an evaluation result of an evaluation order is transmitted to a post-processing means, especially to a data bank and/or the data distributing means (12).

17. Method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of recording means (10) and/or a plurality of data distributing means (12) are connected with a plurality of data evaluating means (18).

18. Method of claim 1, wherein the data distributing means (12) comprises a manager (14) for organizing the agents (16).

19. Method of claim 18, wherein the manager (14) connects the data obtained from the recording means (10) with a data container.

20. Method of claim 1, wherein a manager (24) is associated to each evaluating means (18), the manager removing the data contained in a data container and passing them to the evaluating means (18) together with the evaluation order.

21. Method of claim 20, wherein the manager (24) connects the data processed by the evaluating means (18) to a data container and passes the same to the manager (14) of the data distributing means (12).

22. Data processing installation for performing the data processing method of claim 1, comprising

a recording means (10) for generating data, and

a data distributing means (12) for transmitting the data to suitable data evaluating means (18).

23. Data storage medium, especially a CD-ROM, comprising a computer software for executing the method of claim 1.