IN-PLACE DISPLAY ON SENSORY DATA

• US 20140128756A1
• Filed: 01/10/2014
• Published: 05/08/2014
• 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 9,603,531 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/504
• 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 to present sensor data, comprising:

sensing, by a sensor, a parameter that relates to an object being tested;

generating, by the sensor, a measurement based on the sensed parameter; and

in response to generation of the measurement by the sensor, displaying on a flexible display coupled to the sensor information that relates to the measurement on a portion of the flexible display corresponding to a location above the sensor;

wherein the displaying on the flexible display includes displaying a real-time pictorial gradient of the measurement that includes a first shade of a color to represent a first gradient of the measurement and a second shade of the color, different in shade than the first shade, to represent a second gradient of the measurement, wherein the second gradient includes a different value relative to a value of the first gradient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second shade is different in shade than the first shade by being lighter in shade than the first shade.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the different value relative to the value of the first gradient includes a decreased value relative to the value of the first gradient.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing the parameter includes at least one of sensing a change in temperature or sensing a change in blood flow of the object being tested.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes a first sensor, the parameter includes a first parameter, and the measurement includes a first measurement, the method further comprising:

sensing, by a second sensor, a second parameter that relates to the object being tested; and

generating, by the second sensor, a second measurement based on the second sensed parameter, the second measurement corresponding to a location, below the second sensor, that is different from a location below the first sensor.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the real-time pictorial gradient includes a first real-time pictorial gradient, and wherein the displaying on the flexible display further includes displaying a second real-time pictorial gradient of the first and second measurements.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor is in contact with the object being tested.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a processor to perform operations, comprising:

control a sensor to sense a parameter that relates to an object being tested;

control generation of a measurement based on the parameter sensed by the sensor; and

control a flexible display coupled to the sensor to display information that relates to the measurement on a portion of the flexible display corresponding to a location above the sensor;

wherein the displayed information includes a real-time pictorial gradient of the measurement that includes a first shade of a color to represent a first gradient of the measurement and a second shade of the color, different in shade than the first shade, to represent a second gradient of the measurement, wherein the second shade includes a different value relative to a value of the first gradient.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second shade is different in shade than the first shade by being lighter in shade than the first shade.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the different value relative to the value of the first gradient includes a decreased value relative to the value of the first gradient.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations to control the sensor to sense the parameter include operations to control the sensor to sense at least one of a change in temperature or a change in blood flow of the object being tested.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8,

wherein the sensor includes a first sensor, the parameter includes a first parameter, and the measurement includes a first measurement;

and

wherein the executable instructions, in response to execution, cause the processor to perform further operations, comprising;

control a second sensor to sense a second parameter that relates to an object being tested, and

control generation of a second measurement based on the second parameter sensed by the second sensor, the second measurement corresponding to a location, below the second sensor, that is different from a location below the first sensor.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12,

wherein the real-time pictorial gradient includes a first real-time pictorial gradient;

and

wherein the executable instructions, in response to execution, cause the processor to perform further operations, comprising;

control the flexible display to display a second real-time pictorial gradient of the first and second measurement.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a flexible display that includes a viewable portion; and

at least one sensor positioned underneath the flexible display and configured to sense at least one parameter of an object being tested,

wherein a first location of the at least one sensor corresponds to a second location within the viewable portion that lies at least partially directly above the first location, and

wherein the flexible display is configured to display information in the second location within the viewable portion that pertains to the at least one parameter that is sensed by the at least one sensor.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the at least one sensor is further configured to generate a measurement based on the sensed at least one parameter, and wherein the displayed information represents the measurement.

16. The apparatus of claim 15,

wherein the displayed information includes a real-time pictorial gradient of the measurement that includes a first shade of a color to represent a first gradient of the measurement and a second shade of the color, different in shade than the first shade, to represent a second gradient of the measurement;

and

wherein the second gradient includes a different value relative to a value of the first gradient.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the second shade is different in shade than the first shade by being lighter in shade than the first shade.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the different value relative to the value of the first gradient includes a decreased value relative to the value of the first gradient.

19. The apparatus of claim 16,

wherein the at least one parameter includes a first parameter and a second parameter, the measurement includes a first measurement, and the real-time pictorial gradient includes a first real-time pictorial gradient;

and

wherein the at least one sensor is further configured to;

sense the second parameter of the object being tested, and

generate a second measurement based on the second sensed parameter, the second measurement corresponding to a location different from the first location; and

wherein the flexible display is configured to further display a second real-time pictorial gradient of the first and second measurements.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of a change in temperature or a change in blood flow of the object being tested.