Design method and device of industrial endoscope human-computer interface and medium

Abstract

The invention relates to an industrial endoscope man-machine interface design method and device and a medium, and the method comprises the following steps: classifying functions to be arranged into a monitoring function and an operation function, and classifying the operation function into an active trigger function and a trigger feedback function again according to whether the operation function is actively triggered or not; the monitoring functions are ranked according to importance, and the active triggering functions and the triggering feedback functions are ranked after being calculated according to different weights of use frequencies and importance; the method comprises the following steps of: dividing a part outside a picture display area in an interface into an easy-to-operate area, a common area and a difficult area, and dividing each area into a primary attention area, a secondary attention area and a third attention area according to a visual attention mechanism; setting an active triggering function in the easy-to-operate area; setting a monitoring function and a trigger feedback function in a common area and a difficult area according to the sequence; meanwhile, the invention discloses the electronic equipment and the medium which are formed according to the method. According to the invention, the man-machine interface convenient to use can be designed.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of industrial endoscope technology, and in particular to a design method, device and medium for an industrial endoscope human-machine interface. Background Technology

[0002] The applications of industrial endoscopes are becoming increasingly widespread. Currently, they are mainly operated through interactive interfaces. However, due to differences between manufacturers, product interface designs vary significantly in quality and style. Operators need to relearn the operation methods of different manufacturers' equipment when faced with a new interface, resulting in a inconsistent user experience. Furthermore, some industrial endoscope interfaces prioritize aesthetics over ease of use, simply piling up various functions on the screen. This makes it difficult for users to quickly and accurately locate the required functions, leading to user-unfriendly interfaces, reduced accuracy, and numerous unnecessary problems. Summary of the Invention

[0003] To address the shortcomings of existing technologies, this invention provides a design method, device, and medium for an industrial endoscope human-machine interface.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by this invention to solve its technical problem is: a design method for an industrial endoscope human-machine interface, the steps of which are as follows: The functions to be laid out are categorized into monitoring functions and operation functions based on whether they require operation. The operation functions are further categorized into actively triggered functions and triggered feedback functions based on whether they are actively triggered. The monitoring functions are sorted from highest to lowest importance, and the active triggering function and the trigger feedback function are sorted from highest to lowest according to the different weights of usage frequency and importance. The area outside the screen display area is divided into easy-to-operate area, normal area and difficult area according to the ease of operation. Each area is further divided into primary attention area, secondary attention area and tertiary attention area according to the visual attention mechanism. The active trigger function is placed in the easy-to-use area, and then in the first attention area, the second attention area, and the third attention area according to their order; the monitoring function and the trigger feedback function are placed in the normal area and the difficult area according to their order.

[0005] Preferably, the functions to be laid out are selected from one or more forms of icons, text, and numbers and set on the interface using an analogy method.

[0006] Preferably, the monitoring and trigger feedback functions for the difficult area are configured based on visual sensitivity.

[0007] Preferably, the active triggering function is used in the normal area at a frequency lower than the trigger feedback function.

[0008] The functions listed first in the active triggering function and the trigger feedback function have sub-function pop-up dialog boxes, while the functions listed later in the active triggering function and the trigger feedback function are set in the sub-function pop-up dialog boxes of the functions listed first.

[0009] Preferably, the primary attention area, secondary attention area, and third attention area are arranged in rows from left to right and / or in columns from top to bottom.

[0010] Preferably, the active triggering function includes a confirmation pop-up dialog box that confirms the triggering function settings that cause irreversible damage to information.

[0011] Preferably, the monitoring function is set in the difficult area, and is then set in the primary attention area, secondary attention area, and tertiary attention area according to their order; the trigger feedback function is set in the normal area, and is then set in the primary attention area, secondary attention area, and tertiary attention area according to their order.

[0012] An electronic device includes: a processor and a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement a design method for an industrial endoscope human-machine interface as described in any of the preceding claims.

[0013] A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the design method for an industrial endoscope human-machine interface as described in any of the preceding claims.

[0014] The beneficial effects of this invention are as follows: This invention classifies and distinguishes the functions and interfaces to be laid out, and then lays them out according to the characteristics of different functions and the ease of operation of each section on the interactive interface, so that users can quickly identify the corresponding functions when facing the interactive interface, and can also quickly get started when facing interactive interfaces designed by different manufacturers using this method. Attached Figure Description

[0015] Figure 1 This is a flowchart illustrating the design method of an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the human-machine interface structure according to an embodiment of the present invention; Component names and numbers in the diagram: 1-Easy-to-operate area, 2-Normal area, 3-Difficult area, 4-First-to-pay attention area, 5-Second-to-pay attention area, 6-Third-to-pay attention area, 7-Battery power, 70-Device temperature, 71-Time and date, 72-Wireless connection status, 73-Storage space, 8-Screen magnification, 80-Screen rotation direction, 81-Light brightness, 82-Recording duration, 9-Take a photo, 90-Record, 91-Playback, 92-Format, 93-Settings, 94-Measurement. Detailed Implementation

[0016] To more clearly illustrate the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention, the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is clear and complete that the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0017] Examples of embodiments of the present invention Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown in the figure, a design method for an industrial endoscope human-machine interface includes the following steps: The functions to be implemented are categorized into monitoring functions and operational functions based on whether they require operation. Operational functions are further categorized into proactively triggered functions and trigger feedback functions based on whether they are actively triggered. For example, the endoscope's own status parameters are classified as monitoring functions. These parameters only need to be displayed on the interface; users cannot directly change their values ​​through interface operations. They need to be viewable at any time to determine the endoscope's status, such as endoscope battery level (7), device temperature (70), time and date (71), wireless connection status (72), and storage space (73). Information whose appearance, change, or disappearance is automatically triggered by other user operations or system status is classified as trigger feedback functions, such as screen magnification (8), screen rotation direction (80), light brightness (81), recording duration (82), and some specific auxiliary functions, such as rulers. The endoscope's core functional operations are classified as proactively triggered functions. These functions are also the core of the endoscope's interactive interface, such as taking photos (9), recording (90), playback (91), formatting (92), settings (93), and measurement (94). The monitoring functions are sorted from highest to lowest importance. The active triggering functions and trigger feedback functions are sorted from highest to lowest importance based on different weights calculated for usage frequency and importance. After classifying the functions to be deployed, the monitoring functions are then sorted from highest to lowest importance for the use of the endoscope. This sorting can be based on the degree of importance, such as critical, important, secondary, and unimportant, or by assigning scores to each function, such as a 10-point scale, or both methods can be used simultaneously. For example, the sorting of the endoscope's battery level (7), device temperature (70), time and date (71), wireless connection status (72), and storage space (73) would be: battery level (7), storage space (73), device temperature (70), wireless connection status (72), and time and date (71). Here, battery level (7) and storage space (73) can be considered critical, or assigned 10 points for battery level and 9.5 points for storage space; device temperature (70) can be considered important, or assigned 8 points; wireless connection status (72) can be considered secondary, or assigned 6 points; and time and date (71) can be considered unimportant, or assigned 1 point. The reason for this order is as follows: Battery level 7 directly affects whether the device can be turned on and work; storage space 73 directly determines whether core functions (taking photos and recording) can be executed, and if the storage is full, the task will fail; device temperature 70 is the safety and performance limiting parameter of the endoscope, and excessive temperature will cause the endoscope to malfunction, shut down for protection, or pose other safety hazards; wireless connection status 72 affects real-time data transmission and remote control, but its importance is reduced when there is a wired connection at the same time; date and time 71 is only used for file marking and time reference, and will not affect device functions or immediate operational safety, so it has the lowest importance.For active triggering functions and trigger feedback functions, they are ranked based on two aspects: usage frequency (50% weight) and importance (50% weight). Each function is assigned a different weight in these two aspects, and then the ranking is determined by combining both factors. For example, the ranking of endoscope functions 9 (photography 90, recording 90, playback 91, formatting 92, settings 93, and measurement 94) is as follows: Photography 9 and Recording 90 are tied, followed by Playback 91, Settings 93, Measurement 94, and Formatting 92. The reason for this ranking is... The key points are: Taking photos (9) and recording (90) are the core functions of the endoscope, used extremely frequently. Their importance and frequency of use each account for 50%, totaling 100%. Playback (91) is the operation of reviewing and verifying the images acquired after the endoscope has collected information. In playback, some playback is done directly on the endoscope, while others involve downloading the acquired information from the endoscope. Therefore, its importance and frequency of use each account for 40%, totaling 80%. Settings... 93 involves setting various parameters of the endoscope before use. Its frequency of use is low, with a weight of 20% for frequency. However, without these settings, the endoscope cannot be adjusted, so its importance weight is 50%, resulting in a total of 70%. Measurement 94 utilizes the endoscope to obtain quantitative information from acquired images. It is only used in certain special circumstances, so its frequency of use has a weight of 20%, and its importance weight is 30%, resulting in a total of 50%. Formatting 92 is used only in extreme situations. To prevent accidental operation, it can be placed in a secondary menu of the interactive interface. Therefore, its importance and frequency of use are extremely low in the regular interactive interface, with corresponding weights of 10% and 1%, respectively, resulting in a total of 11%. The same principle applies to the sorting of endoscope image magnification (8), image flip direction (80), light brightness (81), recording duration (82), and scale. The sorted result is: recording duration 82, light brightness 81, image magnification 8, scale, and image flip direction 80. The area outside the main display area of ​​the interface is divided into three zones based on ease of operation: Easy-to-Operate Zone 1, Normal Zone 2, and Difficult Zone 3. Each zone is further subdivided according to visual attention mechanisms: Primary Attention Zone 4, Secondary Attention Zone 5, and Tertiary Attention Zone 6. Ease of operation is based on the area easily reached by the user's thumb when holding the device. This is because when operating an endoscope, people typically hold the endoscope's insertion tube with one hand and the control device with the other, operating it with one hand. Triggering operations on the interactive interface is done with the thumb; therefore, the area easily reached by the thumb is Easy-to-Operate Zone 1. Considering... Regarding the left- or right-handed user interface, areas easily accessible to both thumbs are designated as easy-to-operate zone 1, areas less accessible to the thumbs are designated as difficult zone 3, and areas in between are designated as normal zone 2. After dividing the interface into zones, considering that the interface stimulates the user's vision, and based on the visual attention mechanism (that is, when people see the interface, their attention to different areas of the interface occurs in a certain order), each zone is further divided into primary attention zone 4, secondary attention zone 5, and tertiary attention zone 6, which allows for better placement of different functions in appropriate locations. Set the active trigger function in the easy-to-use zone 1, and then arrange them in the primary attention zone 4, secondary attention zone 5, and tertiary attention zone 6 according to their order. Set the monitoring function and trigger feedback function in the normal zone 2 and difficult zone 3 according to their order. Active trigger functions require user operation, so setting them in the easy-to-use zone 1 facilitates user operation. By setting the active trigger functions in the primary attention zone 4, secondary attention zone 5, and tertiary attention zone 6 according to their order, users can easily lock onto the functions to be operated. At this time, the primary attention zone 4, secondary attention zone 5, and tertiary attention zone 6 are arranged from left to right in rows and / or from top to bottom in columns. When there are many active trigger functions, set the active trigger functions that are used less frequently than the trigger feedback functions in the normal zone 2. The monitoring function and trigger feedback function are set in the normal zone 2 or difficult zone 3 according to their order. At this time, the monitoring function and trigger feedback function in the latter half of the order can be set in the difficult zone 3, and the one in the first half of the order can be set in the normal zone 2. It is preferable to set the trigger feedback function in the normal zone 2.

[0018] Further improvements, such as Figure 2As shown, the functions to be laid out are selected and set on the interface using one or more forms of icons, text, and numbers through analogy. This means selecting a common and easily recognizable form based on the different representations of the same function on the interfaces of existing industrial endoscopes from different manufacturers. For example, the common setting 93 uses a gear icon mode, the recording duration 82 uses a dynamic numerical representation, such as 00:05:22, accompanied by a red circular ● or "REC" text, the photo taking 9 uses a camera icon, the playback 91 uses a triangular playback arrow, and the light brightness 81 uses a light bulb or sun icon, etc. Meanwhile, after selecting the appropriate form, the monitoring and trigger feedback functions in the difficult area 3 are set according to visual sensitivity, that is, they are represented by different colors or brightness levels. For example, for the equipment temperature 70, it is white or green when normal, and the icon turns yellow (warning) or red (alarm) when the temperature approaches or exceeds the threshold, and the specific temperature value can be displayed. For the light brightness 81, an icon is used in conjunction with a percentage number, making the changes in the number more easily noticed by the human eye.

[0019] Further improvements include setting up sub-function pop-up dialog boxes for the functions listed first in the active trigger and trigger feedback functions, and setting up sub-function pop-up dialog boxes for the functions listed later in the active trigger and trigger feedback functions. This allows less frequently used functions to be placed in sub-function pop-up dialog boxes when there are multiple active trigger and trigger feedback functions. For example, the functions of image magnification 8, image flip direction 80, and ruler in the trigger feedback function can be integrated into the image adjustment function, and then a sub-function pop-up dialog box can be set up in the image adjustment function, which can be further subdivided into image magnification 8, image flip direction 80, and ruler. For example, a cropping sub-function pop-up dialog box for editing the captured image can be set up in the playback 91 function of the active trigger function.

[0020] Further improvements include a confirmation pop-up dialog box in the active trigger function that requires confirmation of trigger settings that could cause irreversible damage to information. This prevents accidental triggering from causing irreversible damage to captured images, such as formatting or deletion.

[0021] Further improvements include setting the monitoring function in the difficult zone 1, and then placing it in the primary attention zone 4, secondary attention zone 5, and tertiary attention zone 6 according to its order; setting the trigger feedback function in the normal zone 4, and then placing it in the primary attention zone 4, secondary attention zone 5, and tertiary attention zone 6 according to its order. This makes it more suitable for actual use and interaction with the interface, with almost no impact on the interaction, and also allows for better acquisition of the required information.

[0022] An electronic device includes: a processor and a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement a design method for an industrial endoscope human-machine interface as described in any of the preceding claims.

[0023] A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the design method of the industrial endoscope human-machine interface as described in any of the preceding claims. The computer-readable storage medium may include any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, a medium, a USB flash drive, a portable hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a computer memory, a read-only memory, a random access memory, and a software distribution medium, etc. The computer program code may be any existing code form.

[0024] Although the present invention has been described in detail above with general descriptions and specific embodiments, modifications or improvements can be made to it, which will be obvious to those skilled in the art. Therefore, all such modifications or improvements made without departing from the spirit of the present invention fall within the scope of protection claimed by the present invention.

Claims

1. A design method for a human-machine interface for industrial endoscopes, characterized in that, The steps are as follows: The functions to be laid out are categorized into monitoring functions and operation functions based on whether they require operation. The operation functions are further categorized into actively triggered functions and triggered feedback functions based on whether they are actively triggered. The monitoring functions are sorted from highest to lowest importance, and the active triggering function and the trigger feedback function are sorted from highest to lowest according to the different weights of usage frequency and importance. The area outside the screen display area is divided into easy-to-operate area, normal area and difficult area according to the ease of operation. Each area is further divided into primary attention area, secondary attention area and tertiary attention area according to the visual attention mechanism. The active trigger function is placed in the easy-to-use area, and then in the first attention area, the second attention area, and the third attention area according to their order; the monitoring function and the trigger feedback function are placed in the normal area and the difficult area according to their order.

2. The design method for the human-machine interface of an industrial endoscope according to claim 1, characterized in that, The functions to be laid out are selected from one or more forms of icons, text, and numbers and set on the interface using an analogy method.

3. The design method for the human-machine interface of an industrial endoscope according to claim 1, characterized in that, The monitoring and trigger feedback functions set in the difficult area are configured based on visual sensitivity.

4. The design method for the human-machine interface of an industrial endoscope according to claim 1, characterized in that, The frequency of use of the active triggering function is lower than that of the trigger feedback function, and this function is set in the normal area.

5. The design method for the human-machine interface of an industrial endoscope according to claim 1, characterized in that, The functions listed first in the active triggering function and the trigger feedback function have sub-function pop-up dialog boxes, while the functions listed later in the active triggering function and the trigger feedback function are set in the sub-function pop-up dialog boxes of the functions listed first.

6. The design method for the human-machine interface of an industrial endoscope according to claim 1, characterized in that, The primary attention area, secondary attention area, and tertiary attention area are arranged in rows from left to right and / or in columns from top to bottom.

7. The design method for the human-machine interface of an industrial endoscope according to claim 1, characterized in that, The active triggering function includes a confirmation pop-up dialog box that confirms the triggering function settings that cause irreversible damage to information.

8. The design method for the human-machine interface of an industrial endoscope according to claim 1, characterized in that, The monitoring function is set in the difficult zone, and is then set in the primary attention zone, secondary attention zone, and tertiary attention zone according to its order; the trigger feedback function is set in the normal zone, and is then set in the primary attention zone, secondary attention zone, and tertiary attention zone according to its order.

9. An electronic device, characterized in that, include: A processor and a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the design method of an industrial endoscope human-machine interface as described in any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that, When the program is executed by the processor, it implements the design method of the industrial endoscope human-machine interface as described in any one of claims 1 to 8.

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