Operating Room Map Interface for Medical Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
In medical surgery systems, it is difficult to control specific devices using graphical user interfaces (GUIs), especially when multiple devices of the same type are present in an operating room, making it challenging to recognize corresponding icons and select the desired device for control.
Innovation Solution
A medical operation system that displays a map of the operating room with icons representing devices, allowing users to designate changes in input sources, output destinations, or internal settings through user operations, and generates control signals for the devices based on these inputs, facilitating easier control by transmitting the signals to the devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If icons corresponding to medical devices are displayed at predetermined intervals on the GUI, then the system provides a standardized control interface, but it becomes difficult to recognize correspondence between icons and actual devices when multiple devices of the same type are installed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a one-dimensional icon list to a two-dimensional floor plan view that spatially represents device locations. Icons are positioned on the floor plan according to actual device positions in the operating room, adding spatial dimensionality that enables intuitive identification and selection of specific devices among multiple same-type devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy of the physical operating room layout through a digital floor plan representation. This copied spatial arrangement allows users to recognize and select devices by their positional correspondence between the virtual floor plan and the actual physical environment, resolving the identification problem.
2Device complexity
If a traditional GUI with icons is used for device control, then the interface is simple and standardized, but it becomes difficult to control specific devices when multiple devices of the same type are present
Solution Approach 1:
The patent maintains the simplicity of icon-based interaction while adding spatial positioning information from a floor plan view. This dimensional enhancement allows the simple GUI to convey complex device identification information, enabling precise device selection without complicating the interface structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The floor plan view serves as an intermediary between the simple icon-based GUI and the complex task of identifying specific devices. It provides spatial context that mediates the interaction, allowing users to easily specify devices through positional recognition rather than complex naming or numbering systems.
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AI summary
A medical operation system includes an information processing apparatus, including processing circuitry configured to cause a map of an operating room to be displayed on a display, the map including an icon representing a device located in the operating room or accessible from the operating room, receive, via a user operation on the displayed map, designation information representing a designation of a change in at least one of an input source, an output destination, or an internal setting for the device, generate a control signal to control the device based on the designation information, and transmit the generated control signal to the device.