User interface devices for electrophysiology lab diagnostic and therapeutic equipment
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Abstract
In an electrophysiology (EP) lab, a bedside interface device allows an EP physician to directly control various diagnostic and therapeutic systems, including an electro-anatomic mapping system. The bedside interface device can include a computer with wireless communication capability as well as a touch-responsive display panel and voice recognition. The bedside interface device can also be a hand-graspable wireless remote control device that is configured to detect motions or gestures made with the remote control by the physician, allowing the physician to directly interact with the mapping system. The bedside interface device can also be a motion capture camera configured to determine motion patterns of the physician'"'"'s arms, legs, trunk, face and the like, which are defined in advance to correspond to commands for the mapping system. The bedside interface device may also include voice recognition capabilities to allow a physician to directly issue verbal commands to the mapping system.
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38 Claims
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21. A device for allowing a user to communicate with a plurality of electrophysiological systems, comprising:
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an electronic control unit, a display panel, and a microphone; user interface logic stored in a memory configured to be executed by said electronic control unit and configured to display on said display panel a user interface which includes a first group of buttons corresponding to a plurality of electrophysiological (EP) diagnostic and therapeutic systems; and voice recognition logic stored in said memory configured to be executed by said electronic control unit and configured to analyze user speech input captured by said microphone to identify a user-spoken command; wherein said user interface logic is configured to allow the user to select one button from said first group of buttons according to said identified command to thereby select a corresponding one of said plurality of EP systems and to present, in response to said user selection, an application-specific user interface on said display panel that enables access to and control of said one user-selected EP system while maintaining said display of said first group of buttons; wherein said user interface logic is further configured to allow the user to interact with said application-specific user interface, said voice recognition logic being configured to identify a further spoken command with respect to said application-specific user interface wherein said electronic control unit is configured to communicate said further spoken command to the user-selected one EP system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A device for allowing a user to communicate with a plurality of electrophysiological systems, comprising:
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an electronic control unit, a touch-responsive display panel, and a microphone; user interface logic stored in a memory configured to be executed by said electronic control unit and configured to display on said display panel a user interface which includes a common interface comprising a first group of buttons corresponding to a plurality of electrophysiological (EP) diagnostic and therapeutic systems, said user interface logic is further configured to receive from the user a user touch input from said touch-responsive display panel; voice recognition logic stored in said memory configured to be executed by said electronic control unit and configured to analyze user speech input captured by said microphone to identify a user-spoken command; wherein said user interface logic is configured to allow the user to select one button from said common interface using one of (i) said user interface logic according to said user touch, and (ii) said voice recognition logic according to said identified user-spoken command, to thereby select a corresponding one of said plurality of EP systems and to present, in response to said user selection, an application-specific user interface on said display panel that enables access to and control of said one user-selected EP system while maintaining said display of said common interface; wherein said user interface logic is further configured to allow the user to interact with said application-specific user interface, said voice recognition logic being configured to identify a further spoken command with respect to said application-specific user interface wherein said electronic control unit is configured to communicate said further spoken command to the user-selected one EP system.
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38. A device for allowing a user to communicate with a plurality of electrophysiological systems, comprising:
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an electronic control unit coupled to a memory; a microphone; an input means for acquiring a user input comprising a display panel; user interface logic stored in said memory configured to be executed by said electronic control unit and configured to display on said display panel a user interface which includes a first group of buttons corresponding to a plurality of electrophysiological (EP) diagnostic and therapeutic systems; and voice recognition logic stored in said memory configured to be executed by said electronic control unit and configured to analyze user speech input captured by said microphone to identify a user-spoken command; wherein said user interface logic is configured to allow the user to select one button from said first group of buttons according to said identified command to thereby select a corresponding one of said plurality of EP systems and to present, in response to said user selection, an application-specific user interface on said display panel that enables access to and control of said one user-selected EP system while maintaining said display of said first group of buttons; wherein said user interface logic is further configured to allow the user to interact with said application-specific user interface and obtain a further command taken with respect to said application-specific user interface, and wherein said electronic control unit is configured to communicate said further command to said user-selected one EP system.
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