Medical Display Synchronization Fallback for 3D Observation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In medical settings, difficulties in establishing synchronization between display devices and shutter glasses in the shutter glasses scheme can lead to blurred or incomplete observation of three-dimensional medical images, disrupting the ability to observe medical images effectively.
Innovation Solution
A medical image display apparatus and system that includes a display control section to manage the timing of left-eye and right-eye images on a display section and a communication section to transmit synchronization signals to shutter glasses, allowing the system to switch between three-dimensional and two-dimensional image display based on reception status, ensuring continuous observation even when synchronization is challenging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the shutter glasses scheme is used to display stereoscopic three-dimensional medical images, then the sense of perspective and depth perception are improved, but synchronization between the display device and shutter glasses becomes difficult to establish, leading to blurred outlines and observation difficulties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic switching between 3D and 2D display modes based on synchronization status. The display control section monitors whether synchronization signals are being received and automatically switches from stereoscopic 3D display to 2D display when synchronization fails, and can revert to 3D when synchronization is restored. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by maintaining reliable observation (2D) when synchronization is unstable while preserving depth perception (3D) when synchronization is stable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the display parameter from stereoscopic 3D to 2D based on synchronization conditions. By detecting the reception status of synchronization signals, the system modifies the display mode parameter, switching between different presentation formats to ensure continuous reliable observation regardless of synchronization stability.
2Measurement precision
If strict synchronization is maintained for three-dimensional image observation, then the quality of stereoscopic display is improved, but observation is interrupted when synchronization cannot be established
Solution Approach 1:
The patent ensures continuous useful action by implementing fallback to 2D display mode when 3D synchronization fails. Instead of interrupting observation entirely, the system maintains continuous image display in an alternative format (2D), ensuring that medical observation productivity is sustained even when ideal 3D conditions cannot be met.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts between 3D and 2D modes to maintain observation continuity. When synchronization status changes, the display control section automatically transitions between display modes, ensuring that observation is never interrupted while adapting to the current synchronization capability.
3Productivity
If the system switches to two-dimensional display when synchronization fails, then observation continuity is maintained, but the sense of perspective and depth information are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic mode switching that adapts to synchronization conditions. The system transitions to 2D display when synchronization fails to maintain observation availability, but can switch back to 3D when synchronization is restored, thereby dynamically optimizing between observation continuity and depth perception quality based on real-time system status.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent prepares for potential synchronization failures by having a 2D display mode ready as a backup. This beforehand cushioning ensures that when 3D synchronization fails, the system can immediately switch to an alternative mode without interruption, maintaining observation availability while preserving the option to restore 3D functionality.
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AI summary
There is provided a medical image display apparatus including: a display control section that performs control such that a left-eye image and a right-eye image that form a medical image are displayed in a time division manner on a predetermined display section; and a communication section that transmits a synchronization signal in accordance with display timings of the left-eye image and the right-eye image on the display section to shutter glasses that include a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter, and receives a response to the synchronization signal from the shutter glasses. The display control section performs the control such that only any one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the display section in accordance with a reception status of the response.