MEDICAL CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20180271613A1
• Filed: 08/16/2016
• Published: 09/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: ITO, TOSHIKI, MITANI, TETSUYA, KIDO, CHIKAKO, YOSHIOKA, KEIICHI
• Application Number:
  US15/761,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20180271613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0005 combining images e.g. side-by-side, superimposed or tiled
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/371 with simultaneous use of two cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/25 User interfaces for surgical systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/00 Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges protective face masks A41D13/11; surgeon's or patient's gowns or dresses A41D13/12; devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body liquids A61M1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/37 Surgical systems with images on a monitor during operation
• 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 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/214 Specialised server platform, e.g. server located in an airplane, hotel, hospital arrangements specially adapted for local area broadcast systems H04H20/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234309 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home

Abstract

Provided is a medical control apparatus including: a processing unit configured to cause one or both of a first display region in which an object relating to an input source of an image is to be displayed and a second display region in which an object relating to an output destination of an image is to be displayed and a third display region in which an object for controlling the input source or the output destination is to be displayed, to be displayed in one screen.

Claims

1. A medical control apparatus comprising:

a processing unit configured to cause one or both of a first display region in which an object relating to an input source of an image is to be displayed and a second display region in which an object relating to an output destination of an image is to be displayed and a third display region in which an object for controlling the input source or the output destination is to be displayed, to be displayed in one screen.

2. The medical control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where both the first display region and the second display region, and the third display region are displayed in one screen,

the processing unit

causes an object relating to the output destination at which an image of the input source is able to be displayed, to be displayed in the second display region, and

causes an object for controlling the input source to be displayed in the third display region.

3. The medical control apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the processing unit causes the output destination at which the image of the input source is to be displayed to be specified on a basis of manipulation with respect to the second display region, the output destination being selected through manipulation with respect to the second display region.

4. The medical control apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the processing unit causes the output destination at which an image corresponding to part of the image of the input source selected through manipulation with respect to the first display region to be further specified on a basis of manipulation with respect to the first display region and manipulation with respect to the second display region, the output destination being selected through manipulation with respect to the second display region.

5. The medical control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where the first display region and the third display region are caused to be displayed in one screen,

the processing unit causes

an object relating to the input source which is able to cause an image to be displayed at the output destination or an object relating to the input source which is able to cause an image to be recorded in the output destination, to be displayed in the first display region, and

causes an object for controlling the output destination to be displayed in the third display region.

6. The medical control apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein, in a case where the output destination has a function of being capable of providing a plurality of display regions in which images are able to be displayed independently, in one screen,

the processing unit causes an object for controlling display in one or more display regions among the display regions at the output destination to be displayed in the third display region.

7. The medical control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where the second display region and the third display region are displayed in one screen,

the processing unit causes

an object relating to an output destination at which an image of the input destination is able to be displayed, to be displayed in the second display region, and

causes an object for controlling the input source to be displayed in the third display region.

8. The medical control apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the processing unit causes a thumbnail image of an image displayed on a display screen of the output destination to be displayed in the second display region.

9. The medical control apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the thumbnail image is a moving image.

10. A control method to be executed by a medical control apparatus, the method comprising:

a step of causing one or both of a first display region in which an object relating to an input source of an image is to be displayed and a second display region in which an object relating to an output destination of an image is to be displayed, and a third display region in which an object for controlling the input source or the output destination is to be displayed, to be displayed in one screen.

11. A program for causing a computer to implement a function of causing one or both of a first display region in which an object relating to an input source of an image is to be displayed and a second display region in which an object relating to an output destination of an image is to be displayed, and a third display region in which an object for controlling the input source or the output destination is to be displayed, to be displayed in one screen.

12. A medical control system comprising:

an apparatus which serves as an input source of an image;

an apparatus which serves as an output destination of an image; and

a medical control apparatus,

wherein the medical control apparatus includes a processing unit configured to cause one or both of a first display region in which an object relating to the input source is to be displayed and a second display region in which an object relating to the output destination is to be displayed, and a third display region in which an object for controlling the input source or the output destination is to be displayed, to be displayed in one screen.