Medical Apparatus Sound Volume Synchronization for Error Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medical systems lack effective communication and synchronization of sound output volumes between multiple medical apparatuses, leading to potential confusion during simultaneous use, especially when errors occur, as each apparatus has independent volume settings without interlock or error notification mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A medical system with interconnected first and second medical apparatuses, featuring output state detection, sound output control, and volume adjustment mechanisms, allowing for synchronized sound output volume adjustment and error notification between devices, ensuring consistent and reduced volume during error conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If each medical apparatus has independent sound output functions with separate volume settings, then each apparatus can operate autonomously, but confusion and lack of coordination occur during simultaneous use of multiple apparatuses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the sound output control of multiple medical apparatuses by having them share a common volume setting. The first apparatus transmits its output volume information to the second apparatus, and both apparatuses coordinate to output sounds at the same volume level, creating a unified sound output system across multiple devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by having the first apparatus transmit its output volume information to the second apparatus. This feedback mechanism allows the second apparatus to adjust its sound output to match the first apparatus's volume, ensuring coordinated operation without requiring manual intervention.
2Reliability
If error notification sounds are output at high volume to ensure visibility, then error detection is improved, but it causes distraction and confusion when multiple apparatuses output errors simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the error notification sound outputs by coordinating the volume levels of multiple apparatuses. When the first apparatus detects an error and outputs a notification sound, it transmits this information to the second apparatus, which then adjusts its sound output to match, ensuring unified error notification without excessive volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by making the sound output volume adjustable based on operational conditions. The volume is dynamically set to a predetermined level during error notifications, and the system adapts the volume of the second apparatus to match the first apparatus's output, creating a coordinated dynamic response.
3Ease of manufacture
If volume is set independently for each apparatus, then setup is simple, but synchronization and coordination between apparatuses require additional manual adjustment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses feedback to automatically synchronize sound output volumes between apparatuses. The first apparatus transmits its output volume information to the second apparatus, which automatically adjusts its volume to match, eliminating the need for manual coordination while maintaining simple initial setup procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service by having the second apparatus automatically adjust its own sound output based on information received from the first apparatus. This self-adjustment mechanism eliminates the need for external manual coordination, allowing the system to synchronize volumes autonomously.
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AI summary
A high-frequency output apparatus and an ultrasound output apparatus, which are medical apparatuses, each has a CPU, a communication circuit and a speaker. Each CPU transmits, when an output volume level of a sound outputted from its own speaker is changed, information about the changed output volume level to the other medical apparatus from the communication circuit, and controls output volume of the sound outputted from its own speaker on the basis of output volume information about a sound outputted of the speaker of the other apparatus, which has been received in the communication circuit.