Medical Device Screen Layout for Larger Parameter Controls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional skin treatment devices face challenges in user interface design due to limited screen space, requiring users to look at or incorrectly press small manipulation buttons, making it difficult to adjust treatment parameters effectively.
Innovation Solution
A screen display apparatus and method that generates a second screen with larger, highlighted adjustment objects when a user interacts with the device, allowing for intuitive manipulation of treatment parameters through proximity sensing and processor-controlled screen transitions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the GUI displays both treatment information and manipulation buttons in limited space, then all necessary information is available, but the manipulation buttons become too small to see and operate correctly
Solution Approach 1:
The GUI is segmented into multiple screens: a first screen displaying treatment information and a second screen displaying manipulation buttons. This segmentation allows each screen to focus on specific functions, preventing information overload on a single screen while ensuring manipulation buttons are sufficiently large and visible.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional layout constraint to a multi-screen spatial arrangement. By utilizing screen transitions between different views, the system effectively adds a temporal and spatial dimension to information presentation, allowing comprehensive information display without compromising button size.
2Ease of operation
If the manipulation button size is increased to improve visibility and operation, then ease of operation improves, but the available screen space for treatment information decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into separate screens: the first screen is dedicated to treatment information while the second screen is dedicated to manipulation buttons. This segmentation resolves the space conflict by allocating different functional areas to different screens, allowing both information density and button visibility to be optimized.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically switches between different screens based on user interaction. When treatment information is needed, the first screen is displayed; when parameter adjustment is needed, the second screen is displayed. This dynamic switching allows the interface to adapt to different operational contexts without compromising either information display or button operability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple parameters and controls are displayed simultaneously, then comprehensive control is available, but the interface becomes cluttered and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface is segmented into functional modules across different screens. The first screen presents treatment information while the second screen presents manipulation controls. This modular segmentation reduces interface clutter by separating information display from control operations, making the interface easier to navigate while maintaining comprehensive control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares and displays relevant treatment information on the first screen before the user needs to adjust parameters. When the user initiates parameter adjustment, the system transitions to the second screen with all necessary manipulation buttons already prepared and organized. This preliminary organization reduces cognitive load and simplifies the interaction sequence.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy and accurate adjustment of treatment parameters by visually highlighting and enlarging manipulation buttons, reducing errors and enhancing user interaction with medical devices.
Implementation Method 1
The processor may sense the proximity of the user and determine that the interaction event has been generated when sensing that the user has approached.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a screen display apparatus and method for a medical device. The disclosed apparatus includes a processor that controls an operation of a medical device based on a treatment parameter. The processor generates a first screen which presents a state object related to an operation of the medical device, presents the first screen on a display, generates a second screen which presents an adjustment object for adjusting a treatment parameter of the medical device when determining that an interaction event has been generated, presents the second screen on the display, adjusts a treatment parameter corresponding to a corresponding adjustment object based on an input value corresponding to a sensed interaction when sensing the interaction of a user with the adjustment object of the second screen, and controls an operation of the medical device based on the adjusted treatment parameter.