MRI Interface Highlighting New Operating Options
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Solution Overview
Problem
Magnetic resonance device operators face complexity in setting acquisition parameters, leading to new operating options being overlooked due to high complexity and lack of immediate visibility of simplifications and improvements, necessitating costly training sessions and underutilized update information.
Innovation Solution
A method that highlights newly available and modified operating options in user interfaces upon software updates, using change information to label and display these options prominently, allowing users to customize their visibility and providing information at the time of interest, with optional time-based criteria for highlighting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If user interface software is updated with new operating options, then the functionality and ease of operation are improved, but the complexity of the interface increases making new options invisible to users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual highlighting (color changes) to newly added operating options in the user interface. When software is updated, new options are automatically identified and displayed with special visual markers such as highlighting or coloring, making them immediately visible to users without increasing the perceived complexity of the interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of software updates to identify newly added operating options before the user interacts with the interface. This allows the system to pre-mark and highlight these options, so users are immediately aware of new functionality without having to search through complex interface changes.
2Loss of information
If training sessions are organized to inform users about new features, then user knowledge is improved, but time and cost resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service information delivery by automatically highlighting new operating options in the user interface. Users can independently discover new features through visual cues without requiring external training sessions, manuals, or support personnel, thereby eliminating time and cost losses associated with organized training.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that automatically detect when users interact with highlighted new options and adjust the highlighting accordingly. This provides continuous, context-relevant information delivery without requiring scheduled training sessions, allowing users to learn about new features exactly when they need them.
3Loss of information
If update information is provided to users, then information availability is improved, but user attention and engagement are lost
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of providing generic update information throughout the interface, the patent applies information delivery locally and specifically to the new operating options themselves. Each new option is individually highlighted and marked, providing targeted information exactly where needed rather than requiring users to search through general update documentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new visual dimension to the user interface by introducing highlighting and marking mechanisms that operate alongside the existing interface structure. This creates an additional layer of information presentation that draws user attention to new features without interfering with the normal operation or layout of the interface.
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AI summary
In a method for operating a magnetic resonance device, change information, which describes newly available and/or modified operating options compared with the previous version of user interface software means for at least one of the at least one user interfaces, is received and/or is determined from received update information; and the output means of an operator device is controlled according to the change information to display in a highlighted manner the newly available and/or modified operating options at least when the user interface and/or a further user interface, which is assigned on the basis of the change information, is invoked for the first time.