System and Method of Automatic Scaling of Clinical Data for Varied Display Size

• US 20120198341A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Pekarske, Matthew R., Palmer, Michael J., Bayer, Brian, Friedman, Bruce, Ylostalo, Antti, Meier, David
• Application Number:
  US13/015,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20120198341A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The system and method of the present application allows for the configurable display of a number of physiological parameters on a wide variety of display sizes, usually those displays that are smaller than the bedside monitor display. The system and method organizes data in a grid of displayable elements, each displayable element including a piece of information corresponding to a collected physiological parameter of a patient. Depending upon the size of the display, an appropriate number of displayable elements are organized in a grid on the display and the size of each grid on the display is configurable and adjustable by a user.

Claims

1. A system for scaling a plurality of displayed physiological data sets, the system comprising:

a first monitoring device including a first segmented graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the first segmented GUI includes a plurality of display elements, wherein each of the plurality of display elements is assigned and displays a set of collected physiological data from a patient; and

a second monitoring device in communication with the first monitoring device, the second monitoring device including a second segmented GUI, wherein the second segmented GUI has a smaller display area than the first segmented GUI and includes a corresponding display element for each of the plurality of display elements of the first segmented GUI, such that each of the corresponding display elements is assigned and displays the set of collected physiological data corresponding to the first segmented GUI,

wherein the size and orientation of each of the corresponding display elements is configurable with a user input.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user input includes a set of instructions entered by a user with an input device for configuring the size of any of the plurality of display elements.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user input includes the user configuring the size of any of the plurality of display elements with a touch screen of the second segmented GUI.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the size of any of the plurality of display elements is configured by moving any side of the display element.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the size of any of the plurality of display elements is configured by moving any corner of the display element.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein when the size of any of the plurality of display elements is configured by the user, the size of the remaining plurality of display elements automatically adjusts according to a predetermined algorithm.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of collected physiological data is divided into a parameter and control component, an alarm component and a waveform component, and further wherein each of the components are displayed in the corresponding display element when a resolution for each of the components is supported.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein any of the plurality of elements may be turned off or eliminated by a user input.

9. A method of scaling a plurality of physiological data sets for display, the method comprising:

collecting the plurality of physiological data sets from a patient with a data acquisition service;

dividing the plurality of physiological data sets into a parameter and control component, an alarm component and a waveform component;

checking each of the components with a display resolution assignment for a scaled display;

assigning a display element to each of the components;

sending the components to a display service;

reading the display resolution assignments with the display service; and

displaying the components in the assigned display element of the scaled display when the resolution is supported.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising configuring the size of any of the plurality of display elements with a user input.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the user input includes a set of instructions entered by a user with an input device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the user input includes the user utilizing a touch screen of the scaled display.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising configuring the size of any of the plurality of display elements by moving any side of the display element.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising configuring the size of any of the plurality of display elements by moving any corner of the display element.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein when the size of any of the plurality of display elements is configured by the user, the method further includes automatically adjusting the size of the remaining plurality of display elements according to a predetermined algorithm.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the checking step includes a resolution database including the display resolution assignment for the scaled display.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein a grid number database includes the display elements to be assigned to each of the components.

18. The method of claim 9, further comprising displaying an error message on the display when the resolution is not supported.

19. The method of claim 9, further comprising turning off any of the plurality of display elements with a user input.

20. A graphical user interface (GUI) for scaling and displaying a plurality of collected physiological data sets, the GUI comprising:

a plurality of display elements, wherein each of the plurality of display elements is assigned and displays a set of collected physiological data from a patient, wherein the size and orientation of each of the corresponding display elements is configurable with a user input,

wherein the user input includes the user configuring the size of any of the plurality of display elements with a touch screen of the GUI, and further wherein the size of any of the plurality of display elements is configured by moving any side of the display element or any corner of the display element, and further wherein when the size of any of the plurality of display elements is configured by the user, the size of the remaining plurality of display elements automatically adjusts according to a predetermined algorithm.