Method of deriving a graphical representation of domain-specific display objects on an external display

• US 8,872,844 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2007
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Greiner, Harald, Tessel, Uli, Hassing, Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Tung, Kee M
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHEN, FRANK S
• Application Number:
  US12/279,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20090043175A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,818 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Technique for deriving a graphical representation of domain-specific display-objects on an external display (13) within a patient-monitoring system (1), in which only a small amount of data has to be transmitted to the external display device (3) and at the same time the user of the external display (13) gets the same “look and feel” as he is used to from the built-in display (12) of a patient monitor (2).

Claims

1. A method of deriving a graphical representation of domain-specific display objects on an external display within a patient-monitoring system, comprising the steps of:

processing monitoring data and generating communication data from the monitoring data with a first display management device, which is included in a patient monitor, wherein the communication data includes logical data from which is derived a graphical representation of domain specific display objects on the external display,

transmitting the generated communication data to an external display device, which is connectable to the patient monitor, via a communication link,

processing the transmitted communication data and generating imaging information from the communication data with a second display management device, which is included in the external display device, and

deriving a graphical representation of domain-specific display objects on the external display from the generated imaging information,

wherein the logical data from which the graphical representation of domain specific display objects is derived for display on the external display optimizes and changes a layout of objects within an available display screen surface of the external display.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein no communication data is transmitted to the external display device if the monitoring data does not change.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein graphical support data is included into the communication data.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second display management device utilizes the same display manager software as the first display management device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further including:

generating first imaging information from the communication data with the first display management device which is displayed on a display of the patient monitor; and

generating second imaging information from the communication data with the second display management device which is displayed on a display of the external display.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the communication data does not include monitoring data or imaging information.

7. A patient monitoring system, comprising:

a patient monitor which includes a first display management device configured to process monitoring data and generate communication data from the monitoring data, wherein the communication data includes logical data necessary for deriving a graphical representation of domain-specific display objects on an external display, and

an external display device, connectable to the patient monitor via a communication link that is configured to transmit the communication data, which external display device includes a second display management device configured to process the transmitted communication data and generate imaging information from the communication data so as to derive a graphical representation of domain-specific display objects on the external display from the generated imaging information,

wherein the logical data necessary for deriving a graphical representation of domain specific display objects on the external display optimizes a layout of objects within an available display screen surface of the external display;

wherein the external device displays a different layout of objects from the patient monitor.

8. The patient monitoring system as claimed in claim 7, wherein a second patient monitor serves as the external display device.

9. The patient monitoring system as claimed in claim 7, wherein first and second display management devices are identical.

10. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first display management device includes:

a first display controller which generates first imaging information from the communication data, the first imaging information being displayed on the patient monitor; and

the second display management device includes;

a second display controller which generates second imaging information from the communication data, the second imaging information being displayed on the external display.

11. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second display management device utilizes the same display manager software as the first display management device.

12. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the communication data does not include monitoring data or imaging information.

13. A patient monitoring system, the system comprising:

a patient monitor including;

a measurement interface configured to generate monitoring data from one or more sensors;

a first display management device configured to generate communication data from the monitoring data, the communication data including logical data which is processed internally within the first display management device to derive a first graphical representation of domain specific display objects;

a first display device configured to display the first graphical representation of domain specific display objects; and

a first communication device configured to transmit the communication data to an external display device;

the external display device including;

a second communication device configured to receive the communication data from the first communication device of the patient monitor;

a second display management device configured to derive a second graphical representation of domain specific display objects from the logical data within the communication data; and

a second display device configured to display the second graphical representation of domain specific display objects;

wherein the second graphical representation includes a different layout of objects from first graphical representation.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first and second display management devices are identical.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the logical data optimizes a layout of objects within an available display screen surface of at least the first and second display devices.

16. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the communication data does not include monitoring data or imaging information.