Medical Support Control System for Automated Image Format Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical support control systems face challenges in efficiently managing and switching display formats for medical images across multiple devices, requiring cumbersome manual interventions and potentially leading to delays in viewing necessary images during operations.
Innovation Solution
A medical support control system that includes storage means for pre-defined display formats and display switching means, allowing for automatic switching of image formats on display devices based on signals from a manipulation unit, enabling centralized control and streamlined image processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual switching of display formats is used, then personnel can control display devices, but it requires cumbersome manual interventions and causes delays in viewing necessary images
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-defines multiple display formats in storage means before operation. When a display format switching signal is received, the system automatically retrieves and applies the pre-defined format, eliminating the need for manual configuration and reducing time delay in viewing necessary images.
Solution Approach 2:
The display switching means automatically switches display formats based on signals from the manipulation unit without requiring manual intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously selecting and applying the appropriate display format, thereby improving ease of operation and reducing time loss.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display formats are managed manually, then various image formats can be displayed, but the complexity of managing and switching formats increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage means stores multiple pre-defined display formats, and the display switching means can switch between them based on signals received. This universal system handles various image formats through a single automated mechanism, maintaining versatility while reducing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display switching means acts as an intermediary between the manipulation unit and the display device. It automatically manages the switching between different display formats based on control signals, thereby reducing the complexity of direct manual management while maintaining the capability to display various formats.
3Productivity
If automatic display switching is implemented, then image viewing is timely and efficient, but it requires a centralized control system
Solution Approach 1:
Display formats are pre-defined and stored in storage means before operation. The display switching means automatically retrieves and applies these pre-defined formats when signals are received, enabling timely and efficient image viewing without requiring complex real-time processing or manual intervention.
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AI summary
A medical support control device to display on a display device an image captured by a medical device. The control device has access to a storage unit for storing display format types of the image displayed on the base of video signals output from the medical device and a prescribed order for the display format types, and a display switching unit for causing the display unit to display the image in the format in the prescribed order based on a display format switching signal from an operation unit of the medical device.