All-Round Dialysis Display With User-Tracking Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current devices for extracorporeal blood treatment, such as dialysis machines, have display devices that are either statically mounted or rotatable, limiting visibility and interaction for users, especially in multi-machine environments, as they require direct alignment with the display for reading and operating, which restricts user mobility and increases the difficulty in managing multiple machines during critical situations.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a person location/identification device and a dynamic display system that adjusts its orientation based on the user's position and gestures, allowing information to be viewed and interacted with from any location within a defined environment, enabling position-independent viewing and operation of the device through a sensory interaction area that extends beyond the manual interaction zone.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display device is statically mounted or rotatable, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the visibility and interaction are limited for users in multi-machine environments
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is made dynamically adjustable in orientation and position, allowing it to adapt to different user locations and viewing angles. This dynamic capability enables users to view and interact with the display from multiple positions, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity by introducing controlled adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system extends into additional spatial dimensions through multi-axis adjustment mechanisms, allowing the display to be positioned and oriented in three-dimensional space. This dimensional expansion enables users to access the display from various locations around the machine, improving visibility and interaction without requiring excessive structural complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display orientation is fixed, then the device structure is simple, but the user must be located directly in front of the display to read information and operate the device
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is designed with multi-functional adjustment capabilities, allowing it to serve multiple users at different positions and orientations. The display can be adjusted to face different directions and angles, making it universally accessible to various users in the environment, thereby improving adaptability while managing complexity through integrated control.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system incorporates automatic or semi-automatic adjustment features that can self-adjust its orientation based on detected user position or pre-programmed configurations. This self-service capability reduces the need for complex manual adjustment mechanisms while maintaining high adaptability to different user needs.
3Ease of operation
If a rotatable and pivotable display device is used, then the display alignment can be manually aligned to the user position, but dynamic adjustment to user position and interaction outside the manual interaction area is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates sensors that detect user position and provide feedback to the control system, which then automatically adjusts the display orientation accordingly. This feedback loop enables position-independent interaction, as the display continuously adapts to the user's location without requiring manual realignment, resolving the contradiction by introducing intelligent control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces purely mechanical manual adjustment systems with integrated sensor and electronic control systems. This substitution enables automatic display orientation adjustment based on user position detection, allowing interaction outside the traditional manual interaction area while managing complexity through electronic intelligence rather than mechanical complexity.
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AI summary
Device (1) for extracorporeal blood treatment with a control unit (9) and a display device (2), characterized in that the device (1) for extracorporeal blood treatment is equipped with a person location/identification device (4) and the person location/identification device ( 4) and the display device (2) are in information exchange contact with one another via the control unit (9) and the person location/identification device (4) is adapted to provide information about the position of a person who is in the vicinity of the device (1) for extracorporeal blood treatment is located, to be obtained and processed, and the display device (2) is adapted to present information on a display (3; 7) depending on the persons point of view in such a way that it can be viewed from the persons point of view.