Medical Display Visual Profiles for Ambient Light Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical devices lack color customization and environmental adaptability in their display screens, leading to suboptimal viewability and user information, which can result in errors and reduced care quality.
Innovation Solution
A medical system with customizable visual profiles, including color and ambient light adjustments, is implemented to enhance display screen visibility by using visual profile generators, selectors, and controllers, allowing dynamic selection and application of visual elements based on device state, patient, and environmental conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If color customization is added to the display screen, then user information and viewability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by allowing customization of display parameters including color schemes, brightness levels, and contrast ratios. The system enables clinicians to modify these parameters to optimize visual information delivery without changing the fundamental display hardware, thus improving information visibility while managing complexity through software-based adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system implements dynamics by enabling real-time adjustment of visual parameters during device operation. The interface allows clinicians to dynamically change color schemes and other display characteristics based on immediate needs, making the system adaptable rather than static, which improves information delivery without requiring multiple fixed configurations.
2Illumination intensity
If display adjustments are made to improve viewability, then visual visibility is improved, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary action by providing pre-configured display profiles that contain optimized sets of visual parameters. Clinicians can select from these pre-established profiles rather than adjusting each parameter individually, which maintains visual visibility while significantly simplifying the operational process. The pre-configured profiles include coordinated settings for color, brightness, and contrast that work together optimally.
3Adaptability or versatility
If color customization is implemented, then adaptability to environmental conditions is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different color schemes and visual parameters to be applied to different functional areas or modes of the medical device. Rather than requiring a complete system redesign, the customization is implemented locally within the display software, enabling environmental adaptability while containing complexity to specific modules rather than the entire device.
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AI summary
A medical system includes a medical device and a display for displaying a plurality of visual elements. The plurality of visual elements are associated with functions of the medical device. The medical system also includes a plurality of visual profiles for facilitating in controlling visual appearance of the plurality of visual elements displayed on the display, and a visual profile selector for selecting at least one of the plurality of visual profiles based on a state of the medical device.