Time Series Data Display Control Device for Medical Care
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current time series data display techniques, such as two-dimensional and three-dimensional displays, are inadequate for effectively recognizing both short-term changes and overall tendencies in long-term medical care data, particularly due to increased operational complexity and difficulty in visualizing long-term data trends.
Innovation Solution
A time series data display control device and method that switches between two-dimensional and three-dimensional display modes, using perspective laws to converge lines parallel to the time axis, allowing for a longer time scale and virtual rotation of the two-dimensional plane, enabling easier recognition of both short-term changes and long-term tendencies with reduced screen scroll operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If two-dimensional display mode is used, then data array is clear, but long-term time series data cannot be displayed on a single screen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional display to a three-dimensional display by adding a depth dimension. This allows the time axis to extend beyond the screen boundaries while maintaining clear data visualization. The three-dimensional space enables display of long-term time series data without requiring screen scrolling, as the extended time axis wraps around or extends into the depth dimension.
2Loss of time
If three-dimensional display mode is used, then long-term time series data can be displayed, but operation becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic switching between two-dimensional and three-dimensional display modes based on user needs. The system can transition between modes without requiring complex reconfiguration, allowing users to select the appropriate view for their current task. This dynamic adaptability simplifies operation by providing the right level of complexity only when necessary.
3Loss of time
If screen scroll operation is used, then different time periods can be viewed, but operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
By extending the display into three dimensions, the patent eliminates the need for screen scrolling to access different time periods. The extended time axis in the third dimension allows all time periods to be simultaneously visible or accessible without repetitive scrolling operations, reducing operational complexity while maintaining access to the full time range.
4Loss of information
If two-dimensional plane is used, then data fluctuation can be seen, but overlap of multiple data series occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The three-dimensional display provides additional spatial room to separate and arrange multiple data series along the depth axis or angular position. This prevents overlap that occurs in two-dimensional displays when multiple data series are plotted, allowing all data to remain visible and distinguishable simultaneously.
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AI summary
A main display region 41 in which medical care data on a plurality of items is displayed is provided on a display screen 15. The main display region 41 may be displayed in two display modes of a two-dimensional display mode and a three-dimensional display mode in which a time scale is longer than a time axis of the two-dimensional display mode and a two-dimensional plane on which time series data is displayed is three-dimensionally displayed using the laws of perspective by which a plurality of straight lines parallel to the time axis in the two-dimensional display mode are drawn to be converged toward the past on the time axis.