Clock-wise representation of information

• US 8,994,733 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2012
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Feddes, Baastian
• Primary Examiner(s): Tseng, Charles
• Application Number:
  US13/449,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20120320079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,077 Days
• Field of Search: 345440-443
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications

Abstract

A system intuitively displays medical data of a patient. The system includes a display and one or more processors. The processors are programmed to receive medical data for the patient. The medical data includes one or more medical values for one or more parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient. The processors are further programmed to display a clock-like face on the display and display the medical values on the display overlaid on the clock-like face. Time for a medical value is represented as a position around a center of the clock-like face, and magnitude for a medical value is represented as deviation from the center of the clock-like face.

Claims

1. A system for intuitively displaying medical data of a patient, said system comprising:

a display; and

,

one or more processors programmed to;

receive medical data for the patient, the medical data including one or more medical values for one or more parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient;

display the medical values on the display in which time is represented around a center and magnitude for a value is represented as deviation from the center;

group the medical values into a plurality of groups based on parameter and/or time period, wherein the medical values are displayed so as to uniquely identify the groups; and

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segment the display into a concentric ring for each of the groups, wherein the medical values are displayed only in their respective concentric ring and the concentric rings are not overlapping.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display includes time markers peripherally around the display.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the display is divided circumferentially into temporal segments.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the medical values are displayed on the display as markers or traces, the markers or traces uniquely identifying corresponding groups for the medical values.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the backgrounds for the concentric rings are varied uniquely to differentiate between the concentric rings.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display of the medical values encircles the center multiple times and includes at least one of:

color coding markers or traces representing the medical values to indicate day or night;

shrinking the markers or traces to indicate more distant times; and

,

fading the markers or traces to indicate more distant times.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein a most recent value is displayed on the display as a marker or a leading end of a trace.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the processors are further programmed to:

generate a trend prediction from the medical values, wherein the marker indicates the trend prediction.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more medical values are for a plurality of 12-hour time periods, and wherein the groups include a group for each unique combination of parameter and time period.

10. The system according to claim 4, wherein the markers or traces are color coded to indicate whether corresponding medical values were captured during the day or at night.

11. A method for intuitively displaying medical data of a patient, said method comprising:

receiving by one or more processors medical data for the patient, the medical data including one or more medical values for a plurality of parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient and for a plurality of time periods;

displaying a clock face on a display;

grouping by the one or more processors the medical values into a plurality of groups based on parameter and time period, wherein the groups include a group for each unique combination of parameter and time period;

segmenting by the one or more processors the clock face into a concentric ring for each of the parameters; and

displaying by the one or more processors the medical values on the clock face in which time is represented around a center and magnitude for a value is represented as deviation from the center, wherein the medical values are displayed so as to uniquely identify the groups, and wherein the medical values are displayed only in their respective concentric ring and the concentric rings are not overlapping.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the display includes time markers peripherally around the display.

13. The method according to claim 11, further including:

displaying medical values representing a plurality of patient parameters concurrently on the display.

14. The method according to claim 11, further including:

grouping the medical values into a plurality of groups based on parameter and/or time period, wherein the medical values are displayed so as to uniquely identify the groups.

15. The method according to claim 14, further including distinguishing the groups by at least one of:

color coding the different groups; and

displaying the medical values as markers or traces, the markers or traces uniquely identifying corresponding groups for the medical values.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the display of the medical values encircles the center multiple times and includes at least one of:

color coding markers or traces representing the medical values to indicate day or night;

shrinking the markers or traces to indicate more distant times; and

,

fading the markers or traces to indicate more distant times.

17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

generating a trend prediction from the medical values, wherein a most recent value is displayed as a marker, the marker indicating the trend prediction.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of time periods include a plurality of 12-hour time periods.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying software which controls one or more processors to perform the method according to claim 11.