Dynamic Shortcut Menu Prioritization for Bedside Monitors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bedside monitors in medical facilities face challenges in providing an easily accessible and user-friendly shortcut menu system, especially when moved between different departments or used by various personnel, as current systems require administrator intervention for menu changes and lack dynamic adaptation to user preferences.
Innovation Solution
The biological information displaying apparatus incorporates an operation menu priority determining unit that analyzes usage frequency, importance, and number of uses to dynamically select and display shortcut menus, allowing for automatic prioritization and updating based on predetermined conditions, ensuring frequently used menus are readily accessible without constant administrator intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If shortcut menu settings are restricted to administrator level only, then system security and control are improved, but user operability and adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines and updates shortcut menus based on usage frequency analysis without requiring administrator intervention. The apparatus serves itself by monitoring user operations and dynamically reconfiguring the shortcut menu according to detected usage patterns, eliminating the need for manual administrator setup while maintaining system control
Solution Approach 2:
The shortcut menu transitions from a static administrator-defined configuration to a dynamic system that automatically adapts based on real-time usage frequency. The menu content changes dynamically according to the most frequently accessed functions, allowing the system to optimize user operability without sacrificing security
2Device complexity
If a hierarchical menu structure is used to organize multiple functions, then system organization and manageability are improved, but menu access complexity and operation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the most frequently used menu items from the hierarchical structure and places them directly on the basic screen as shortcut menu icons. This extraction eliminates the need for users to navigate through multiple hierarchical levels for common operations, significantly reducing menu access time while the full hierarchical structure remains available for comprehensive system organization
3Adaptability or versatility
If the same bedside monitor is used across multiple departments with different operational needs, then resource utilization and cost efficiency are improved, but user adaptability and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The shortcut menu becomes a dynamic configuration that automatically adapts to different departments and users based on monitored usage patterns. When the monitor is moved to different departments or used by different personnel, the system observes their operational behaviors and reconfigures the shortcut menu to match their specific needs, eliminating the need for manual reconfiguration and maintaining ease of operation across diverse environments
Data Source
AI summary
A biological information displaying apparatus which is configured to display biological information measured by a sensor adapted to be attached to a patient, includes: a displaying unit which is configured to display the biological information on a screen; an operation menu storing unit which is configured to store a plurality of operation menus for operating the biological information displaying apparatus; an operation menu priority determining unit which is configured to determine priorities of the operation menus stored in the operation menu storing unit, based on a predetermined condition; and a preferential-shortcut menu displaying unit which, based on the priorities determined by the operation menu priority determining unit, is configured to select a first part of the operation menus as a first shortcut menu, and which is configured to display the first shortcut menu on the screen.