Multi-display power-up animation for portable ultrasound
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable ultrasound systems face challenges in displaying information effectively across multiple displays, particularly in less-than-ideal conditions, where power and formal workstations are not readily available, and there is a need for enhanced portability, durability, and user-friendly interfaces.
Innovation Solution
A portable computing device with a user interface system featuring multiple displays, a memory for storing images, and a processing circuit that receives user input to trigger the display of a series of images across these displays, enhancing usability and informing the user of system functionality during startup or mode changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple displays are used to convey information, then information display capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the information display function across multiple independent displays (first display, second display, third display), allowing each display to show different types of information simultaneously. This segmentation enables comprehensive information presentation while maintaining manageable complexity through modular display architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the display architecture from a single two-dimensional surface to a multi-dimensional arrangement by incorporating multiple displays positioned at different locations and orientations. This dimensional expansion allows information to be distributed across spatial dimensions, improving information accessibility without proportionally increasing operational complexity.
2Ease of operation
If a series of images is displayed across multiple displays during power-up, then user interface effectiveness is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a power-up animation sequence that displays a series of images across multiple displays during system initialization. This preliminary visual action informs users that the system is starting up and functioning correctly, establishing effective user interface communication from the moment power is applied, while the animation plays only during the brief power-up period rather than continuously.
Solution Approach 2:
The power-up animation operates periodically only during the power-up state, displaying images in sequence across multiple displays, then ceasing once the system is fully operational. This periodic operation provides effective user feedback during the critical power-up phase while avoiding continuous power consumption during normal operation.
3Loss of information
If multiple displays are coordinated for display sequences, then information presentation is improved, but synchronization complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control of multiple displays under a single coordination system managed by the processing circuit. The first display, second display, and third display are synchronized through unified control logic that manages the power-up animation sequence, ensuring coherent information presentation while centralizing synchronization management to reduce overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The processing circuit acts as an intermediary between the power-up trigger and the multiple displays, coordinating the display of images across all displays in a synchronized manner. This intermediary control mechanism simplifies the synchronization task by providing a central coordination point that manages timing and sequence without requiring complex peer-to-peer communication between displays.
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AI summary
A portable computing device includes a user interface system including at least a first display and a second display, a memory storing a series of images, a user input device configured to receive an input from a user corresponding to changing a power state of the portable computing device, and a processing circuit coupled to the user interface system, the memory, and the user input device. The processing circuit is configured to receive the input from the user corresponding to changing the power state, determine based on the received input if the input satisfies a trigger condition, and in response to determining that the trigger condition is satisfied, display the series of images on the first display and the second display such that at least one image is displayed on the first display and the second display during a display sequence.