Endoscope Touch Panel Merging Control With Image Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing endoscope devices require users to shift their gaze from the endoscope image to a manipulation image to accurately control the bending portion, making precise manipulation difficult.
Innovation Solution
A touch panel device with a display screen that includes an endoscope image and a control system allowing users to perform bending operations by maintaining eye contact with the endoscope image, using a first operation lasting a predetermined duration to control the bending portion and a second operation for centering or stopping the bending.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a manipulation image is displayed on the touch panel to allow bending portion control, then the bending portion can be manipulated, but the user's eyes must shift from the endoscope image to the manipulation image, making accurate manipulation difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the manipulation interface directly with the endoscope image display by enabling touch operations on the endoscope image itself. The touch panel detects touch positions on the displayed endoscope image, and the bending portion is controlled based on these touch positions without requiring a separate manipulation image. This integration eliminates the need for eye shifting while maintaining ease of operation.
2Ease of operation
If touch panel operation is used to control the endoscope, then operation convenience is improved, but the user must switch gaze between the endoscope image and control interface, reducing operational precision
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface is merged with the endoscope image display area. The touch panel allows users to perform bending operations by touching the endoscope image directly, combining the display function and control function into a single integrated interface. This eliminates the need to switch gaze between separate display and control areas, maintaining both ease of operation and reliability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a separate manipulation image is displayed for bending control, then the control interface is provided, but the display area for the endoscope image is reduced and user attention must be divided
Solution Approach 1:
The manipulation interface and endoscope image display are merged into the same spatial area. The touch panel processes touch inputs directly on the endoscope image, allowing the control interface to be superimposed on or integrated with the image display without reducing the display area. This provides full control functionality while maintaining maximum endoscope image visibility.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed technology is directed to a touch panel device used in an endoscope device. The touch panel device includes a display portion having a display panel and a touch panel formed thereto and configured to display an endoscope image on the display panel acquired by an endoscope having a bending portion. A processor is configured to control the bending portion so as to perform a bending operation when a user keeps performing a first operation on the touch panel in a first predetermined duration or more.