Programmable Button Configuration via External Monitor Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Programming buttons on medical visualization devices, such as endoscopes, is often either unavailable or a tedious task, hindering efficient operation and user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A monitor device with a touch-sensitive display and a graphical user interface that allows users to easily program buttons by selecting actions for button activations, including short and long presses, and supports multiple clinical devices through device identification and adaptable button configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If buttons are made programmable to enhance functionality, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitor device serves as an intermediary between the visualization device and the user. It provides a user-friendly interface for programming buttons without requiring direct programming on the visualization device itself. The monitor device receives programming inputs from the user and translates them into configurations for the visualization device's buttons, thereby enhancing adaptability while managing complexity through a separate, user-friendly programming interface.
2Ease of operation
If programming capability is added to buttons, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The programming functionality is segmented between two devices: the visualization device contains the programmable buttons, while the monitor device contains the programming interface and user interaction capabilities. This segmentation allows each device to be optimized independently - the visualization device for its primary function and the monitor device for user-friendly programming operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitor device acts as an intermediary that simplifies the programming process for users. Instead of requiring direct interaction with complex programming interfaces on the visualization device, users interact with a simplified interface on the monitor device, which then configures the buttons accordingly.
3Productivity
If multiple actions are assigned to buttons, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The button functionality is made dynamic and configurable rather than fixed. Users can assign different actions to buttons based on their specific needs and workflows. The system allows dynamic reconfiguration of button functions without requiring physical changes to the device hardware, thereby improving productivity while managing complexity through software-based flexibility.
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AI summary
A medical visualization system including a monitor device are disclosed. The monitor device includes a housing and a processing unit adapted to receive image data from a medical visualization device and cause a display to display a live representation of the image data with a first portion of a graphical user interface, A representation of a medical visualization device includes a first programmable button. The monitor device is adapted to detect a first user input corresponding to selection of the first programmable button, and in response to detecting the first user input the monitor device displays, within a second portion of the graphical user interface, a first button setup menu for selecting actions to be associated with activations of the first programmable button.