User interface for portable medical diagnostic apparatus and method of using the same
First Claim
1. A medical diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a display screen for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) including virtual switches;
a user input device for allowing the virtual switches of the GUI to be selected;
a processor connected to the display screen and the user input device; and
a computer program having alphanumeric input instructions that cause the processor to display one of a numeric entry GUI and an alphanumeric entry GUI on the display screen, wherein selecting a predetermined virtual switch of the numeric GUI using the input device causes the alphanumeric GUI to be displayed, while selecting a predetermined virtual switch of the alphanumeric GUI causes the numeric GUI to be displayed.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A medical diagnostic apparatus including a display screen for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) including virtual switches, a user input device for allowing the virtual switches of the GUI to be selected, a processor connected to the display screen and the user input device, and a computer program having alphanumeric input instructions that cause the processor to display one of a numeric entry GUI and an alphanumeric entry GUI on the display screen. Selecting a predetermined virtual switch of the numeric GUI using the input device causes the alphanumeric GUI to be displayed, while selecting a predetermined virtual switch of the alphanumeric GUI causes the numeric GUI to be displayed.
-
Citations
28 Claims
-
1. A medical diagnostic apparatus comprising:
-
a display screen for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) including virtual switches;
a user input device for allowing the virtual switches of the GUI to be selected;
a processor connected to the display screen and the user input device; and
a computer program having alphanumeric input instructions that cause the processor to display one of a numeric entry GUI and an alphanumeric entry GUI on the display screen, wherein selecting a predetermined virtual switch of the numeric GUI using the input device causes the alphanumeric GUI to be displayed, while selecting a predetermined virtual switch of the alphanumeric GUI causes the numeric GUI to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24)
-
-
12. A user interface for a medical diagnostic apparatus comprising:
-
a numeric entry graphical user interface (GUI) including a predetermined virtual switch and ten virtual switches labeled with numeric characters 0-9 respectively; and
an alphanumeric entry GUI including a predetermined virtual switch, ten virtual switches labeled with numeric characters 0-9 respectively, and a set of virtual switches including virtual switches labeled with alphabetical characters;
wherein selecting the predetermined virtual switch of the numeric GUI using an input device causes the alphanumeric GUI to be displayed, while selecting the predetermined virtual switch of the alphanumeric GUI causes the numeric GUI to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A method for controlling a medical diagnostic apparatus comprising:
-
displaying graphical user interfaces (GUI) including virtual switches on a display screen of the medical diagnostic apparatus; and
allowing a user to select the virtual switches of the GUI through input devices of the medical diagnostic apparatus;
wherein the GUIs include a numeric entry GUI including a predetermined virtual switch and ten virtual switches labeled with numeric characters 0-9 respectively, and an alphanumeric entry GUI including a predetermined virtual switch, ten virtual switches labeled with numeric characters 0-9 respectively, and a set of virtual switches including virtual switches labeled with alphabetical characters, wherein the numeric GUI is displayed upon the predetermined virtual switch of the alphanumeric GUI being selected using the input device, and the alphanumeric GUI is displayed upon the predetermined virtual switch of the numeric GUI being selected using the input device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. A medical diagnostic apparatus comprising:
-
a display screen for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) including virtual switches;
a user input device for allowing the virtual switches of the GUI to be selected;
a processor connected to the display screen and the user input device; and
a computer program having alphanumeric input instructions that cause the processor to display an alphanumeric entry GUI on the display screen, wherein the alphanumeric GUI includes ten virtual switches labeled with numeric characters 0-9 respectively, and further includes multiple sets of virtual switches having virtual switches labeled with alphabetical characters, wherein each set is associated with one of the ten virtual switches labeled with numeric characters 0-9, and the computer program is programmed to display one of the sets when the numeric character virtual switch associated with the set is selected. - View Dependent Claims (23, 25, 26, 27, 28)
-
Specification