Device with Display and Control

• US 20080180268A1
• Filed: 09/13/2006
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Sigrist, Reto, Friedli, Kurt, Etter, Philip, Lindegger, Stefan, Nissels, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 7,595,726 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/693.5
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/215 Tilt detection, e.g. for warning or shut-off
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/586 Ergonomic details therefor, e.g. specific ergonomics for left or right-handed users
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body

Abstract

A device including a display for displaying operational and/or functional parameters of the device and a control unit with at least one control element for controlling the display and/or device, wherein the display is at least partly rotatable with respect to the device, and/or wherein the position of the at least one control element is modifiable or changeable with respect to the device. In some embodiments, the control functions of at least two control elements of the device are interchangeable. In some embodiments, the display is provided by data sent to the display at intervals, whereby the display is updated. In embodiments in which several display parts are rotatable, data is processed by a processing module prior to being sent to the display. A method of display and/or display and control manipulation is encompassed.

Claims

1. A device comprising a display for displaying at least operational and functional parameters of the device and a control unit comprising at least one control element, wherein

the display is at least partially rotatable with respect to a housing of the device.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein a position of the at least one control element with respect to the housing can be changed.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein a function of the at least one control element can be changed.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises several control elements each with a different function, and at least two of the control elements are interchangeable in respect of their function, the respective position of these at least two control elements on the housing being fixed.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display is arranged on a display unit which is mechanically rotatable relative to the housing of the device.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit is formed at least partially by a control means which is mechanically movable relative to the housing of the device.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display is formed by several display parts on a display field, the display field being fixed on the housing of the device, at least one of the display parts being rotatable on the display field.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the at least one of the display parts is displaceable on the display field.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises at least two control elements and the arrangement of the control elements on the housing of the device is fixed, the control function of the at least two control elements is interchangeable.

11. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the display field is square.

12. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the display field is an electronic display field.

13. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotation at least of parts of the display, the changing or interchanging of control elements and the interchanging of control functions takes place manually or automatically.

14. The device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a sensor which measures the orientation of the device with respect to a reference system, and the rotation at least of parts of the display, the changing or interchanging of control elements and the interchanging of control functions takes place in accordance with the sensor measurement.

15. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit comprises a switch upon whose actuation the display is rotated, the position of the at least one control element is changed or the functions of control elements of the control unit are interchanged.

16. The device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the switch is arranged in a recessed position on the housing and is formed as a push-button.

17. The device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the switch is shaped and arranged on the housing, preferably recessed therein, in such a way that it can be actuated only by means of a thin actuating pin.

18. The device as claimed in claim 15, in which the switch is formed by a reset button upon whose actuation the display can be reset to an selected state.

19. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit comprises a dose-selector button which, for selecting a dose of a product to be administered by the device, executes a dosing movement relative to the housing, and, for administering the selected dose, executes a dispensing movement from a first position to a second position, in which case the rotation of the display or the change of position or function of the at least one control element takes place in the first position of the dose-selector button.

4. A device comprising a display for displaying at least operational and functional parameters of the device and a control unit comprising at least one control element, wherein at least one of a position of the at least one control element with respect to a housing of the device can be changed or a function of the at least one control element can be changed.

20. A method for rotating at least part of a display for operational or functional parameters of a device comprising a display field and a processing module, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a display on the display field by providing data, the data being sent at time intervals from a memory to the display field, the display thus being updated at the time intervals, and

rotating at least one part of the display, wherein

the data from the memory, before being sent to the display field, is processed by the processing module in accordance with the rotation.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the processing module processes the data for rotation on the basis of a manual input or a signal from a sensor for measuring the orientation of the device with respect to a reference system.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein, for the rotation of the display, lines of the display field are filled from bottom right to top left for a rotated orientation of the display instead of from top left to bottom right for a preceding orientation of the display.

23. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein, for the rotation of the display, the display field is filled column by column for a rotated orientation of the display instead of line by line for a preceding orientation of the display.