PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITOR TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE

• US 20160103598A1
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Inventors: Al-Ali, Ammar, Muhsin, Bilal, Indorf, Keith
• Granted Patent: US 10,503,379 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A physiological monitor touchscreen interface presents interface constructs on a touchscreen display that are particularly adapted to finger gestures so to change at least one of a physiological monitor operating characteristic and a physiological touchscreen display characteristic.

Claims

1. A physiological monitor touchscreen interface presents interface constructs on a touchscreen display that are particularly adapted to finger gestures so to change at least one of a physiological monitor operating characteristic and a physiological touchscreen display characteristic, the physiological monitor touchscreen interface comprising:

a first interface construct operable to select a menu item from a touchscreen display; and

a second interface construct operable to define values for the selected menu item.

2. The physiological monitor touchscreen interface according to claim 1 wherein the first interface construct comprises:

a first scroller that presents a rotating set of the menu items in a touchscreen display area; and

a second scroller that presents a rotating set of thumbnails in a display well;

wherein the thumbnails reference the menu items and the thumbnails rotate with the menu items.

3. The physiological monitor touchscreen interface according to claim 2 wherein the first scroller presents a rotating set of second level menu items upon selection of the menu item.

4. The physiological monitor touchscreen interface according to claim 3 wherein the second interface construct is a slider for selecting limits for one of the second level menu items.

5. The physiological monitor touchscreen interface according to claim 4 further comprising a spinner used in conjunction with the slider for making a first gross limit selection with the slider followed by a finer limit selection with the spinner.

6. The physiological monitor touchscreen interface according to claim 5 wherein the touchscreen display further comprises:

a parameter area for displaying parameter values in a full presentation format; and

a parameter well area for displaying parameter values in a abbreviated presentation format; and

the full presentation format being a larger font that the abbreviated presentation format.

7. The physiological monitor touchscreen interface according to claim 6 further comprising a dynamic space allocation for the parameters values presented in the parameter area such that the more parameters in the parameter area and, accordingly, the fewer parameters in the parameter well area, the larger the display font for the parameters in the parameter area.

8. A physiological monitor touchscreen interface method for customizing a physiological monitor comprising:

defining a virtually rotating menu scroller;

flicking a first icon on the menu scroller so as to spin the rotating menu; and

touching a second icon on the menu scroller so as to open a corresponding menu selection.

9. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 8 further comprising:

synchronizing a thumbnail scroller with the menu scroller; and

touching a thumbnail within the thumbnail scroller so as to open a menu selection.

10. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 9 further comprising touching and moving a slider so as to set a parameter value.

11. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 10 further comprising opening a spinner so as to refine the parameter value.

12. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 11 wherein opening the spinner comprises opening a first tier of the spinner to define a first parameter limit.

13. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 12 wherein opening the spinner comprises opening a second tier of the spinner to define a second parameter limit.

14. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 13 further comprising scaling a plurality of parameters within a parameter display area by moving at least one of the parameters between the parameter display area and a parameter well area.

15. A physiological monitor touchscreen interface comprising a first scroller means for virtually rotating a plurality of menu items under finger control across a parameter display area of a touchscreen display.

16. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 15 further comprising:

a second scroller means for virtually rotating a plurality of thumbnail means within a parameter well area of the touchscreen display;

the second scroller means rotating in response to the first scroller means.

17. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 16 further comprising a slider means for grossly defining values for selected one of the menu items.

18. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 17 further comprising a spinner means for finely defining values for the selected one of the menu items, where the spinner means is used in conjunction with the slider means.

19. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 18 further comprising a scalable means for increasing the size of displayed parameters according to the number of displayed parameters.

20. The physiological monitor interface method according to claim 19 further comprising a parameter well means for removing parameters from a parameter display area so as to increase the size of the displayed parameters.