Control panel for an electronic device

• US 4,220,999 A
• Filed: 07/17/1978
• Issued: 09/02/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Contraves AG
• Original Assignee: Contraves AG
• Inventors: Richter, Harald, Reichlin, Anton, Paluschinski, Hans
• Primary Examiner(s): Wise, Edward J.
• Application Number:
  US05/925,477
• Time in Patent Office: 778 Days
• Field of Search: 364/413-417, 364/514, 364/518, 364/900, 340/716, 340/718
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A control panel or console for an electronic device which contains a digital process control computer into which there should be fed a predetermined number of data records. At the control panel there are arranged digital display elements, the number of which is equal to the number of data records. An unambiguous correlation exists between these display elements and the data records. Additionally, a further digital display element and a device for the data input are arranged at the control panel and between which there prevails an unambiguous correlation for the purpose of displaying the last infed data record. The invention is preferably used for directing an electro-medical device or piece of equipment and generally for directing a work process controlled by the process control computer.

Claims

1. In a control panel for an electronic device for use in medical applications, in particular an electro-medical device equipped with a digital process computer which controls a work process as a function of a predetermined number of data records which are to be infed, a device for the infeed of the data records and digital display elements for the data records, an additional display element correlated to the last infed data record which has been infed by the device for the infeed of the data records, the improvement which comprises:

said digital display elements being present in the same number as the number of data records;

each data record being unambiguously correlated to a respective predetermined digital display element; and

said additional display element constituting a check display for enabling checking of each infed data record before such data record is transferred to its correlated predetermined digital display element.

3. The control panel as defined in claim 1, wherein:

said digital display elements are arranged in a consecutive display sequence corresponding to the sequence of the contemplated process steps of the work process.

4. The control panel as defined in claim 1, wherein:

said digital display elements are spatially arranged to provide clearly discernible separate viewing fields.

2. A control panel for an electronic device for use in medical applications, for instance an electro-medical device, comprising:

means for the infeed of data records;

digital display elements for the data records;

an additional display element constituting a check display correlated to the last infed data record which has been enfed by the device for the infeed of the data records;

said digital display elements being present in the same number as the number of data records;

each data record being unambiguously correlated to a respective predetermined digital display element; and

said additional display element constituting a check display for enabling checking of each infed data record before such data record is transferred to its correlated predetermined digital display element.