Method for supporting medical treatment system and medical treatment support system

• US 20020060702A1
• Filed: 11/21/2001
• Published: 05/23/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Igarashi, Takeo, Nakazawa, Kazuo, Sugimoto, Mamiko, Ashihara, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,567,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/864
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A medical treatment support system has operations A to G on a display screen to easily handle respective data on a sheet. Operation A facilitates the browsing of a large amount of data. Operations B and C allow the user to easily copy and move data. Operation D is a scale function to facilitate measurement. Using operation E, the operator can easily divide an area into segments only by drawing a horizontal line. Operation F is used to change a display angle of image data displayed on the screen. Operation G allows the user to browse respective data classified for each sheet label. The new functions of the single-unit input/output pen-tablet device can be intuitively operated by a user not versed in the functions. This consequently mitigates the load of complex input operation which interrupts thinking of the user and which hinders diagnosis mitigated in medical treatment. A medical treatment support system, a display method for the same, and a recording medium having stored the same provide, in the processing of information regarding medical treatment, advantages of electronic data processing and advantages of processing of handwritten data on a sheet of paper.

Claims

1. An application method for supporting a medical treatment system, the system comprising an input/display device including input means and display means, a storage, a communication device;

and a controller, wherein the method comprising steps of;

inputting the input/display device by handwriting and

storing the storage substantially all as medical data.

2. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 1, wherein when the segments of said input field are displayed, segment labels are assigned to the segments according to sequence numbers beforehand specified to the respective segments.

3. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system claimed in claim 1, wherein in the storage the data are substantially all stored after depression of Lock button or an operation to explicitly close a medical report.

4. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 1, wherein said input/display device conducts character recognition processing for handwritten data inputted from said input means, the handwritten data being an array of values of coordinates;

converts by said character recognition processing the data into text data including an array of character codes, and displays the text data.

5. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 1, wherein said input/display device conducts character recognition processing for handwritten data inputted from said input means, the handwritten data being an array of values of coordinates;

converts by said character recognition processing the data into text data including an array of character codes, and displays the text data.

6. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 1, wherein said input/display device conducts character recognition processing for handwritten data inputted from said input means, the handwritten data being an array of values of coordinates;

converts by said character recognition processing the data into text data including an array of character codes, and displays the text data.

7. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 3, wherein when the segments of said input field are displayed, segment labels are assigned to the segments according to sequence numbers beforehand specified to the respective segments.

8. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 4, wherein said input/display device conducts character recognition processing for handwritten data inputted from said input means, the handwritten data being an array of values of coordinates;

converts by said character recognition processing the data into text data including an array of character codes, and displays the text data.

16. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 1, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

17. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 2, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

18. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 3, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

19. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 4, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

20. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

21. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 6, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

22. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

23. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 8, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

29. The medical treatment support system claimed in claim 27, wherein the storage is substantially all stored after depression of Lock button or an operation to explicitly close a medical report.

9. An application method for supporting a medical treatment system, the system comprising an input/display device including input means and display means, a storage, a communication device;

and a controller, wherein the method comprising at least one selected from a first to a ninth operation;

the first operation is that the input means is moved in a sliding manner on each of sheet labels displayed at particular positions on a screen by the display means, the input/display device reads, when the input means moves onto each said sheet label, data stored in said storage in relation to said each sheet label from said storage and then displays the data by conducting a change-over operation for said each sheet label;

the second operation is that the input means drags a particular input field selected from a plurality of input fields displayed at particular positions on a screen by said display means and then drops the particular input field onto said sheet label, said storage stores data of said particular input field with a relationship established to said sheet label;

the third operation is that the input means is moved in a horizontal direction in a sliding manner to cross an input field displayed at a position on a screen by the display means, the input/display device displays the input field after the third operation, the input field being subdivided into segments;

the fourth operation is that the input means drags a segment on a screen by the display means and then drops the segment onto the sheet label, the storage stores data of the segment with a relationship established to the sheet label;

the fifth operation is that the input means is moved from a first point to a second point on an image displayed at a position on a screen by the display means, the input/display device measures a distance of movement between the first and the second points and displays the distance over the image;

the sixth operation is that the input means is moved to draw a trace beginning at a point on an image displayed at a position on a screen by the display means, the input/display device rotates the image according to a length and a direction of the trace and then displays the image;

the seventh operation is that the input means drags a input field selected from a plurality of input fields displayed at positions on a screen by the display means and moves the input field in the screen, the input/display device minimizes or magnifies the input field or other input fields on the screen according to the movement of the particular input field dragged by the input means;

the eighth operation is that the input means drags a segment of the segments of the input field displayed at positions on a screen by the display means and moves the segment in the screen, the input/display device minimizes or magnifies the segment or other segments on the screen according to the movement of the segment dragged by the input means; and

the ninth operation is that the input means drags a sheet label displayed at positions on a screen by the display means and then moves the sheet label upward, the input/display device reads data stored in the storage in relation to the each sheet label from the storage and displays the data below the each sheet label by classifying the data.

10. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 9, wherein when the segments of said input field are displayed, segment labels are assigned to the segments according to sequence numbers beforehand specified to the respective segments.

11. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 10, wherein said input/display device conducts character recognition processing for handwritten data inputted from said input means, the handwritten data being an array of values of coordinates;

converts by said character recognition processing the data into text data including an array of character codes, and displays the text data.

12. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 9, wherein in the operation to read data from said storage and to display the data, when an unchangeable state is beforehand set to the data, said input/display device displays an item indicating that the data cannot be changed.

13. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 10, wherein in the operation to read data from said storage and to display the data, when an unchangeable state is beforehand set to the data, said input/display device displays an item indicating that the data cannot be changed.

14. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with one of claim 11, wherein in the operation to read data from said storage and to display the data, when an unchangeable state is beforehand set to the data, said input/display device displays an item indicating that the data cannot be changed.

15. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 11, wherein in the operation to read data from said storage and to display the data, when an unchangeable state is beforehand set to the data, said input/display device displays an item indicating that the data cannot be changed.

24. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 9, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

25. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 10, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

26. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 11, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

27. The application method for supporting a medical treatment system in accordance with claim 12, wherein said input/display device is a pen-tablet device.

28. A medical treatment support system comprising an input/display device including input means and display means, a storage, a communication device;

and a controller, wherein;

the input/display device inputted by handwriting and

the storage stored substantially all as medical data.