METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE

• US 20160349957A1
• Filed: 05/27/2016
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Jun-ki, PARK, Jun-sung
• Granted Patent: US 10,416,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• 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 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing

Abstract

A medical image displaying apparatus includes: a user interface configured to receive a user input with respect to an object that is movable; a display configured to display the object on a medical image in response to the user input; and a controller configured to move the object and change a velocity of the object based on a property of the object.

Claims

1. A medical image displaying apparatus comprising:

a user input receiver configured to receive a user input with respect to an object that is movable;

a display configured to display the object on a medical image including a graphical user interface (GUI) in response to the user input; and

a controller configured to move the object based on the user input and change a velocity of the object based on a property of the object.

2. The medical image displaying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the object is a cursor which is moved on a screen on which the medical image is displayed, and

the controller is configured to change the velocity of the cursor based on a cursor sensitivity information.

3. The medical image displaying apparatus of claim 2, wherein the cursor sensitivity information is determined based on a location of the GUI on the screen.

4. The medical image displaying apparatus of claim 3, wherein the GUI is one of a plurality of GUIs displayed on the medical image, and

the cursor sensitivity information is determined based on distances among the plurality of GUIs.

5. The medical image displaying apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to generate a new GUI, and update the cursor sensitivity information based on the location of the GUI and a location of the new GUI, with respect to one another.

6. The medical image displaying apparatus of claim 5, wherein each of the GUI and the new GUI has a first area surrounding the GUI and the new GUI, respectively,

a sensitivity of the cursor is preset, as the cursor sensitivity information, to a first value corresponding to the first area,

the controller is configured to increase the first value of the sensitivity of the cursor, when the first area of the GUI overlaps the first area of the new GUI, and

the controller is configured to use the preset first value of the sensitivity of the cursor when the first area of the GUI and the first area of the new GUI do not overlap.

7. The medical image displaying apparatus of claim 2, wherein the GUI is a property changing GUI configured to change a property of the medical image,

the user input receiver is configured to receive a user input for selecting the property changing GUI to change the property of the medical image, and

the controller is configured to change the property of the medical image to a different property value, based on the user input received via the property changing GUI.

8. The medical image displaying apparatus of claim 2, wherein the GUI is one of a plurality of GUIs displayed on the medical image,

the user input receiver is configured to receive a user input which inputs a key, and

the controller is configured to select at least one of the plurality of GUIs that is located in a moving direction, in which the cursor is moved, based on the moving direction of the cursor when the key is input.

9. A medical image displaying method comprising:

receiving a user input with respect to an object that is movable;

displaying and moving the object based on the user input, on a medical image including a graphical user interface (GUI); and

changing a velocity of the object based on a property of the object.

10. The medical image displaying method of claim 9, wherein the object is a cursor that is moved on a screen on which the medical image is displayed, and

the changing the velocity of the object comprises changing the velocity of the cursor based on a cursor sensitivity information.

11. The medical image displaying method of claim 10, wherein the cursor sensitivity information is determined based on a location of the GUI on the screen.

12. The medical image displaying method of claim 11, wherein the GUI is one of a plurality of GUIs displayed on the medical image, and

the cursor sensitivity information is determined based on distances among the plurality of GUIs with respect to one another.

13. The medical image displaying method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating a new GUI; and

updating the cursor sensitivity information based on the location of the GUI and a location of the new GUI.

14. The medical image displaying method of claim 13, wherein each of the GUI and the new GUI has a first area surrounding the GUI and the new GUI, respectively,

a sensitivity of the cursor is preset, as the cursor sensitivity information, to a first value corresponding to the first area, and

the updating the cursor sensitivity information comprises:

increasing the first value of the sensitivity of the cursor, when the first area of the GUI overlaps the first area of the new GUI; and

using the preset first value of the sensitivity of the cursor when the first area of the GUI and the first area of the new GUI do not overlap.

15. The medical image displaying method of claim 10, wherein the GUI is a property changing GUI configured to change a property of the medical image, and the method further comprises:

receiving a user input for selecting the property changing GUI to change the property of the medical image; and

changing the property of the medical image to a different property value, based on the user input received via the property changing GUI.

16. The medical image displaying method of claim 10, wherein the GUI is one of a plurality of GUIs displayed on the medical image, and the method further comprises:

receiving a user input which inputs a key; and

selecting one of the plurality of GUIs located on a moving direction, in which the cursor is moved, based on the moving direction of the cursor when the key is input.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program which, when executed by a computer system, causes the computer system to execute the method of claim 9.