Medical Image Touch Control Panel for Lower-Fatigue Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional control devices for medical image sequences are complex and inefficient, requiring multiple mechanical components and operations, leading to high user fatigue and low operation efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A control device with a touch control panel featuring predetermined regions for gesture instructions simplifies operations by allowing users to control medical image sequences through intuitive gestures, reducing the need for mechanical components and enhancing user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional control devices with multiple mechanical components are used, then control functionality is achieved, but device complexity and user fatigue increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical control components (buttons, knobs, switches) with a touch control panel that uses capacitive sensing technology. The control panel detects finger touches and gestures through electrical field changes, eliminating the need for mechanical parts while maintaining control functionality. This substitution directly reduces device complexity and improves ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch control panel integrates multiple control functions into a single universal interface. Different regions of the panel respond to various touch gestures (single touch, multi-touch, sliding, pinching) to perform diverse operations such as image navigation, zooming, rotating, and menu selection. This multi-functionality consolidates what would traditionally require multiple separate mechanical controls into one unified device.
2Productivity
If multiple mechanical components are used for control, then various operations can be performed, but user fatigue increases and operation efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By replacing mechanical components with touch-sensitive elements, the system enables more intuitive and less physically demanding interactions. Users can perform operations by simply touching or gesturing on the panel surface rather than manipulating multiple mechanical controls, reducing hand strain and fatigue while improving operation speed and efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch control panel supports dynamic gestures that can be performed quickly and fluidly, such as sliding to navigate through images or pinching to zoom. These dynamic interactions are more adaptable to natural hand movements compared to static mechanical controls, enabling users to perform operations more efficiently with less fatigue.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional control interfaces are used, then basic control functions are available, but interaction efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The touch control panel serves as a universal control interface that handles multiple operations through a single device. By recognizing different touch patterns (single touch, multi-touch, sliding gestures, pinching motions), the panel can perform various functions including image navigation, zooming, rotating, and menu selection, thereby improving interaction efficiency without requiring multiple specialized controls.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch control panel adds a spatial dimension to control interactions by utilizing different regions and areas of the panel surface. Users can interact with specific zones for different functions (e.g., center region for image display, edge regions for navigation), and the system interprets the position and movement of touches across this two-dimensional surface to execute complex operations, enhancing versatility while maintaining intuitive control.
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AI summary
A control device used for controlling a display of a medical image sequence on a display device may be provided. The control device may include a touch control panel. The touch control panel may include a plurality of predetermined regions corresponding to a plurality of gesture instructions. The control device may be configured to receive a target gesture instruction with respect to a target predetermined region among the plurality of predetermined regions. In response to the target gesture instruction, the control device may be configured to generate a control signal for controlling the display device to perform a target operation on the medical image sequence based on a corresponding relationship between the plurality of gesture instructions and a plurality of operations of the display device.