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Method and system for providing a specialized computer input device

  • US 10,001,918 B2
  • Filed: 11/19/2013
  • Issued: 06/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a standalone computer operating a medical imaging software program and a standalone computer display, comprising:

  • providing a touch screen input device in communication with the standalone computer, the touch screen input device having a display, wherein the touch screen input device and the standalone computer are local;

    providing a desktop, the desktop comprising a configurable layout of a plurality of interaction elements, the plurality of interaction elements controlling functions of the medical imaging software program;

    defining a layout comprising the plurality of interaction elements according to at least one selection by a user, the layout defining a location and type of interaction elements in the desktop;

    defining operation assignments between the interaction elements and functions of the medical imaging software program according to an operation assignment table, wherein the operation assignment table comprises a plurality of operation assignments for invoking a plurality of logical operations relevant to the medical imaging software program, the plurality of logical operations including operations for manipulating medical images;

    displaying the desktop to the user on the display of the touch screen input device; and

    controlling the medical imaging software program by the user through manipulation of one or more of the plurality of interaction elements on the desktop by;

    manipulating at least one interaction element on the desktop by the user,transmitting a command from the touch screen input device to the standalone computer according to the manipulated interaction element and according to the operation assignment,invoking a function at the medical imaging software program according to the transmitted command, wherein the function is one of the plurality of logical operations defined according to the operation assignment,causing the display of the standalone computer to display information to the user according to the invoking the function; and

    operating the interactive software program sequentially on a plurality of standalone computers, such that upon stopping sending commands to a first of the plurality of standalone computers, and starting to send commands to a second of the plurality of standalone computers, the touch screen input device invokes an operation of the interactive software program on the second of the plurality of standalone computers according to a last state of operation on the first of the plurality of standalone computers.

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