CLOCK-WISE REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION

• US 20120320079A1
• Filed: 04/18/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: FEDDES, Bastiaan
• Granted Patent: US 8,994,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/593
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications

Abstract

A system intuitively displays medical data of a patient. The system includes a display and one or more processors. The processors are programmed to receive medical data for the patient. The medical data includes one or more medical values for one or more parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient. The processors are further programmed to display a clock-like face on the display and display the medical values on the display overlaid on the clock-like face. Time for a medical value is represented as a position around a center of the clock-like face, and magnitude for a medical value is represented as deviation from the center of the clock-like face.

Claims

1. A system for intuitively displaying medical data of a patient, said system comprising:

a display; and

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one or more processors programmed to;

receive medical data for the patient, the medical data including one or more medical values for one or more parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient; and

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display the medical values on the display in which time is represented around a center and magnitude for a value is represented as deviation from the center.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display includes time markers peripherally around the display.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the display is divided circumferentially into temporal segments.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the processors are further programmed to:

group the medical values into a plurality of groups based on parameter and/or time period, wherein the medical values are displayed so as to uniquely identify the groups.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the processors are further programmed to:

segment the display into a concentric segment for each of the groups, wherein the medical values are displayed in their respective concentric segment.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein the medical values are displayed on the display as markers or traces, the markers or traces uniquely identifying corresponding groups for the medical values.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the processors are further programmed to:

divide the display into a plurality of concentric rings, wherein the backgrounds for the concentric rings are varied uniquely to differentiate between the concentric rings.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display of the medical values includes at least one of:

color coding markers or traces to indicate day or night;

shrinking the markers or traces to indicate more distant times; and

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fading the markers or traces to indicate more distant times.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein a most received value is displayed on the display as a marker or a leading end of a trace.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the processors are further programmed to:

generate a trend prediction from the medical values, wherein the marker indicates the trend prediction.

11. A method for intuitively displaying medical data of a patient, said method comprising:

receiving medical data for the patient, the medical data including one or more medical values for one or more parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient; and

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displaying the medical values on a display in which time is represented around a center and magnitude for a value is represented as deviation from the center.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the display includes time markers peripherally around the display.

13. The method according to claim 11, further including:

displaying medical values representing a plurality of patient parameters concurrently on the display.

14. The method according to claim 11, further including:

grouping the medical values into a plurality of groups based on parameter and/or time period, wherein the medical values are displayed so as to uniquely identify the groups.

15. The method according to claim 14, further including distinguishing the groups by at least one of:

segmenting the display into a concentric segment for each of the groups, wherein the medical values are displayed in their respective concentric segment;

color coding the different groups;

the medical values are displayed as markers or traces, the markers or traces uniquely identifying corresponding groups for the medical values.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the display of the medical values includes at least one of:

color coding markers or traces to indicate day or night;

shrinking the markers or traces to indicate more distant times; and

,

fading the markers or traces to indicate more distant times.

17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

generating a trend prediction from the medical values, wherein a most recent value is displayed as a marker, the marker indicating the trend prediction.

18. One or more processors programmed to perform the method according to claim 11.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying software which controls one or more processors to perform the method according to claim 11.

20. An intuitive display of medical data of a patient comprising:

a video display including;

a center; and

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medical data for the patient, the medical data including one or more medical values for one or more parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient, time for the medical values represented around the center and magnitude for the medical value represented as deviation from the center.