In-Place Display on Sensory Data

• US 20100256456A1
• Filed: 08/28/2009
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Indian Institute of Science
• Original Assignee: Indian Institute of Science
• Inventors: Natarajan, Vijay
• Granted Patent: US 8,641,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0412 Low-profile patch shaped housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/02 Details of sensors specially adapted for in-vivo measurements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0233 Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0271 Thermal or temperature sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/046 in a matrix array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/026 Measuring blood flow A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/02 Means for indicating or recording specially adapted for thermometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/20 Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607

Abstract

A system for in-place visualization of sensed data is provided. The system includes a formable sheet comprising a display and sensors embedded within the sheet underneath the display. The display will display information relating to sensed data on a portion of the display corresponding to locations of the sensors located underneath the display. As a result, the display displays the information above or directly above the sensors that output data.

Claims

1. A method of in-place visualization of sensed data using a formable member, the formable member including a flexible display and sensors positioned underneath the flexible display, the method comprising:

receiving data from the sensors relating to measurements of an object being tested; and

displaying information relating to the measurements on portions of the flexible display corresponding to locations of the sensors positioned underneath the display that output the measurements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an exposed surface of the formable member includes the flexible display, and wherein the sensors are embedded within the formable member.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying information relating to the measurements on portions of the display corresponding to locations of the sensors positioned underneath the display that output the measurements comprises displaying information relating to the measurements on portions of the display located above a given sensor that output a given measurement.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each sensor is correlated with a portion of the display located above each sensor, and wherein displaying information relating to the measurements on portions of the display corresponding to locations of the sensors positioned underneath the display that output the measurements comprises displaying information on a portion of the display located above a sensor only if the sensor outputs a measurement.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wrapping the formable sheet over the object being tested;

receiving data from the sensors when the object undergoes testing; and

displaying information relating to the data on portions of the flexible display that are located above the sensors positioned underneath the flexible display that output the measurements.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sensors are in contact with the object being tested.

7. A system for in-place visualization of sensed data, comprising:

sensors for making measurements of an object being tested;

a display coupled to the sensors to display information relating to the measurements, the display coupled to the sensors so that the sensors are positioned underneath the display and so that the sensors are positioned between the object being tested and the display, the display displaying information relating to the measurements on portions of the display corresponding to locations of the sensors underneath the display that output the measurements.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein a given sensor outputs a first measurement, and wherein the display displays information relating to the first measurement on a portion of the display located above the given sensor.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein a given sensor outputs a first measurement, and wherein the display displays information relating to the first measurement on a portion of the display located directly above the given sensor.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein each sensor is correlated with a portion of the display located above each sensor, and wherein the display displays information on a portion of the display located above a sensor when the sensor outputs a measurement.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the display is a flexible display.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the display is an electrophoretic display.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the display is a flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the display comprises multiple display segments, wherein each display segment is a liquid crystal display (LCD).

15. The system of claim 7, further comprising a processor coupled to the sensors that receives the measurements and outputs instructions to the display indicating where on the display to display the information relating to the measurements.

16. The system of claim 7, further comprising an arm band enclosing at least a portion of the sensors and at least a portion of the display.

17. The system of claim 7, wherein the system is portable.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the sensors are positioned in rows and columns underneath the display, and wherein pixels of the display are located at intersections of a row and a column of the display, and wherein the display displays information relating to a measurement output by a given sensor at an intersection of a row and a column on the display that is substantially in line with a row and a column position of the given sensor.

19. The system of claim 7, wherein the sensors are positioned randomly underneath the display.

20. The system of claim 7, further comprising a formable sheet, wherein an exposed surface of the formable sheet includes the display, and wherein the sensors are embedded within the formable sheet so that the formable sheet encloses at least a portion of the sensors.

21. A system for in-place visualization of sensed data, comprising:

a formable member;

sensors embedded within the formable member so that the formable member encloses at least a portion of the sensors, the sensors for making measurements of an object being tested; and

a flexible display positioned within the formable member so that an exposed surface of the formable member includes the flexible display and so that the sensors are positioned underneath the flexible display, the flexible display coupled to the sensors to display information relating to the measurements on portions of the flexible display corresponding to locations of the sensors underneath the flexible display that output the measurements.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising a processor embedded within the formable member and coupled to the sensors, the processor for receiving the measurements and outputting instructions to the flexible display indicating where on the flexible display to display the information relating to the measurements.