Gesture-Based Medical Information Display for Endoscope Path Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical information display interfaces in medical sites are not intuitive enough for quickly and accurately narrowing down the range of required medical information, especially for endoscopic examinations, as they often require complex selections or switches between images rather than allowing for a more natural gesture-based operation.
Innovation Solution
A medical information display apparatus and system that utilizes a touch panel to detect gesture operations, recognizing endoscope-like gestures to identify medical information obtaining conditions and retrieve relevant medical information from a storage system, allowing for intuitive selection and display of real and virtual endoscopic images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional selection interfaces are used for medical information, then comprehensive medical information can be accessed, but the operation complexity increases and intuitiveness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the endoscope insertion path on the touch panel display. Users interact with this visual representation by drawing gestures that mimic the actual endoscope insertion route, rather than navigating through complex menu structures. This copying approach transforms abstract selection operations into intuitive visual tracing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical navigation interfaces (buttons, menus, switches) with a gesture-based touch interface. Instead of mechanically selecting options through multiple layers of menus, users directly draw the desired information path on the screen, substituting mechanical interaction with direct visual-gestural control.
2Measurement precision
If detailed region selection is required, then specific medical information can be obtained, but the time required for selection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-renders the complete endoscope insertion path visualization showing all possible examination regions and their associated medical information. This preliminary preparation allows users to immediately see all available options and their locations along the path, eliminating the need to navigate through multiple selection screens to discover available information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the traditional one-dimensional linear selection process (through menus or lists) into a two-dimensional spatial representation where the endoscope path is displayed as a visual map. Users can directly locate and select target regions by their spatial position on the displayed path, dramatically reducing selection time while maintaining precision.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of medical information are displayed, then comprehensive diagnostic data is available, but the operability for quick access decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent assigns different visual characteristics to different regions along the endoscope path based on their information type and importance. Each segment of the path can be highlighted, colored, or annotated according to the specific medical information available at that location, allowing users to quickly identify and navigate to relevant information without being overwhelmed by the entire dataset.
Data Source
AI summary
The obtaining condition input user interface receives a gesture input while a subject appearance image (human body icon) is displayed, the endoscope condition identification unit recognizes an endoscope gesture representing an insertion path of an endoscope in the subject represented by the subject appearance image based on position information of the gesture and a position of the subject appearance image on the display surface and if, the endoscope gesture is recognized, identifies a medical information obtaining condition for obtaining medical information of an actual and/or a virtual endoscopic examination of the subject, the medical information obtaining unit selectively obtain medical information satisfying the identified medical information obtaining condition from the medical information database storing a plurality of sets of medical information, and the medical information display control unit displays the obtained medical information.