ECG Waveform Display Layout for On-Screen Analysis Comparison
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electrocardiogram analyzing apparatuses require users to switch screens frequently between analysis target waveforms and their related analysis results, increasing operational burden and limiting paperless reporting capabilities.
Innovation Solution
An electrocardiogram waveform display method and apparatus that simultaneously displays analysis target waveforms and related analysis results on the same screen, allowing for easy comparison without screen switching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If analysis target waveform and analysis results are displayed on different screens, then each screen can show detailed information clearly, but the user needs to switch screens frequently increasing operational burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the waveform display screen and analysis results screen into a single integrated display. The analysis results are overlaid directly on the waveform display, allowing users to view both the raw electrocardiogram waveform and its corresponding analysis findings (such as P wave, QRS complex, T wave measurements) simultaneously without switching screens. This resolves the contradiction by merging previously separate display functions into one unified interface.
2Ease of manufacture
If analysis results are displayed separately on a different screen, then the display layout can be optimized for each type of information, but the user cannot easily compare waveform with its analysis results
Solution Approach 1:
The patent overlays analysis results directly onto the waveform display, merging spatial separation into a unified visual field. This allows users to compare waveform morphology with analysis measurements (such as interval durations, amplitude values, and diagnostic interpretations) in direct spatial relationship, eliminating information loss from separation while maintaining layout optimization through intelligent positioning of analysis annotations on the waveform canvas.
3Reliability
If conventional screen switching is used to view waveform and analysis results, then each view can be dedicated and clear, but paperless reporting capabilities are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges waveform and analysis results into a single display that can be directly captured and exported as a unified output. This integrated display format enables paperless reporting by allowing the complete analysis package (waveform plus interpretation) to be displayed once and then electronically transmitted or printed without requiring physical paper records of multiple separate screens. The merged display becomes a self-contained reportable unit.
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AI summary
When a user uses a finger to press and hold a first candidate display area, the first candidate display area is enclosed in a selection frame (W1), a simple window (W10) is displayed, and analysis results relating to a first candidate segment waveform are displayed in this simple window (W10). Analysis results can therefore be confirmed without switching screens and, as a result, inspection results can be confirmed with fewer steps and an electrocardiographic waveform and analysis results therefor can be compared on the same screen.