INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM

• US 20090164945A1
• Filed: 12/17/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Li, Yan
• Application Number:
  US12/337,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/849
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

An information processing device and integrated information system in which many resources are accessible by a simple, clear user interface are provided. The information processing device includes a use interface including displayed faces of a 3D polyhedron icon used to select information to be executed from multiple pieces of information. The multiple pieces of information are allocated to the faces. The 3D polyhedron icon is a parallelepiped for example. By rotating the 3D polyhedron icon horizontally and vertically, a face to be displayed can be switched. The user interface displays an index showing the rotational direction of the 3D polyhedron icon.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising a user interface comprising a plurality of displayed faces of a 3D polyhedron icon for selecting information to be executed based one a plurality of pieces of information, wherein each of the plurality of pieces of information is allocated to a corresponding face of the plurality of displayed faces.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the 3D polyhedron icon is a parallelepiped.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of displayed faces of the 3D polyhedron icon can be switched and displayed by horizontal and vertical rotations.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein said user interface further comprises a displayed indicator showing a rotational direction of the 3D polyhedron icon.

5. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the 3D polyhedron icon is rotated by keyboard operation.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said user interface further comprises:

a first screen configured to display icons of a plurality of information systems whose types are selectable using the icons;

a second screen configured to display icons of a plurality of subsystems which are contained in each of the plurality of information systems and whose types are selectable using the icons of the subsystems when a desired information system of the plurality of information systems is selected in said first screen; and

a third screen configured to display the 3D polyhedron icon in which the plurality of pieces of information in each of the plurality of subsystems are selectable when a desired subsystem of the plurality of subsystems is selected in said second screen.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the types of the information systems are selected by keyboard operation in said first screen.

8. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the types of the subsystems are selected by keyboard operation in said second screen.

9. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of information systems are medical image information systems.

10. An integrated information system comprising:

a server; and

a client device configured to communicate with said server over a network, said client device further configured to access resources of a plurality of information systems of said server in said integrated information system, said client device comprising an information processing device comprising a user interface comprising a plurality of displayed faces of a 3D polyhedron icon for selecting information to be executed based on a plurality of pieces of information, wherein each of the plurality of pieces of information is allocated to a corresponding face of the plurality of displayed faces.

11. The integrated information system according to claim 10, wherein the 3D polyhedron icon is a parallelepiped.

12. The integrated information system according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of displayed faces of the 3D polyhedron icon can be switched and displayed by horizontal and vertical rotations.

13. The integrated information system according to claim 12, wherein said user interface further comprises a displayed indicator showing a rotational direction of the 3D polyhedron icon.

14. The integrated information system according to claim 12, wherein the 3D polyhedron icon is rotated by keyboard operation.

15. The integrated information system according to claim 10, wherein said user interface further comprises:

a first screen configured to display icons of the plurality of information systems whose types are selectable using the icons;

a second screen configured to display icons of a plurality of subsystems which are contained in each of the plurality of information systems and whose types are selectable using the icons of the subsystems when a desired information system of the plurality of information systems is selected in said first screen; and

a third screen configured to display the 3D polyhedron icon in which the plurality of pieces of information in each of the plurality of subsystems are selectable when a desired subsystem of the plurality of subsystems is selected in said second screen.

16. The integrated information system according to claim 15, wherein the types of the information systems are selected by keyboard operation in said first screen.

17. The integrated information system according to claim 15, wherein the types of the information systems are selected by keyboard operation in said second screen.

18. The integrated information system according to claim 15, wherein the plurality of information systems are medical image information systems.

19. An information processing method comprising:

displaying a plurality of faces of a 3D polyhedron icon within a user interface of a client device coupled to a server over a network;

selecting, at the client device, information to be executed by the server based on a plurality of pieces of information, each of the plurality of pieces of information being allocated to a corresponding face of the plurality of faces; and

executing the selected information at the server.

20. The information processing method according to claim 19, further comprising switching the plurality of faces of the 3D polyhedron icon in horizontal and vertical directions using the client device.