Method and system for operating a dental operating chair connected to a computer
First Claim
1. A system for operating a dental chair operatively connected to a computer provided separate from a dental chair control unit, comprising, one of actuating elements and status indicators disposed on the dental chair,a computer interface, via which information is transmitted in the form of function codes from the dental chair control unit to the computer by way of the actuating elements,and a storage area in the computer, in which actions assigned to at least one function code are stored,wherein the computer has software capable of managing said at least one function code and by means of which the actions assigned to said at least one function code in a saved configuration file in the storage area is initiated, functions of the software being carried out in a running PC application,and wherein the assignment of said at least one function code associated with the actuating elements or status indicators on the dental chair to prescribed actions are capable of being configured by modifying the configuration file for the software.
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Abstract
A method and a system for operating a dental operating chair connected to a computer, comprising operating elements and/or state indicators arranged on the dental operating chair, an interface via which the information is transmitted from the dental operating chair to the computer, in the form of function codes, by the operating elements and/or state indicators, and a memory region on the computer, in which at least one action associated with a function code is stored. To adapt the operating elements or the operating surface, software for managing the function codes is provided on the computer, by which the action associated with the function codes and stored in a configuration file is initiated. The allocation of the function codes of the operating elements and/or the state indicators of the dental operating chair to the PC actions can be configured by changing the configuration file.
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1. A system for operating a dental chair operatively connected to a computer provided separate from a dental chair control unit, comprising, one of actuating elements and status indicators disposed on the dental chair,
a computer interface, via which information is transmitted in the form of function codes from the dental chair control unit to the computer by way of the actuating elements, and a storage area in the computer, in which actions assigned to at least one function code are stored, wherein the computer has software capable of managing said at least one function code and by means of which the actions assigned to said at least one function code in a saved configuration file in the storage area is initiated, functions of the software being carried out in a running PC application, and wherein the assignment of said at least one function code associated with the actuating elements or status indicators on the dental chair to prescribed actions are capable of being configured by modifying the configuration file for the software.
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6. A method of controlling a dental chair operatively connected to a computer provided separate from a dental chair control unit, comprising the steps of:
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actuating one of an actuating element and a status indicator disposed on the dental chair, and generating information thereon at the dental chair; transmitting the information in the form of at least one function code from the dental chair to the computer; comparing the information in the form of said at least one function code with a configuration file in a storage area in the computer; and carrying out an action assigned to predetermined information stored in a configuration file; wherein the comparison of the information is taken over by software managing said assignment and independent of the PC applications used, by means of which the action is carried out, by opening or closing of a PC application, and wherein the assignment of said at least one function code of the status indicator or actuating element on the dental chair to the action is specified and is configured by modifying the configuration file. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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