USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR A PERSONAL HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20100180238A1
• Filed: 08/03/2006
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Lanfermann, Gerd, Willmann, Richard Daniel, Brauers, Andreas
• Application Number:
  US12/063,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20100180238A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/865
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 4/00 Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body operating or control means for prostheses A61F2/48, A61F2/68
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/288 for artificial respiration or heart massage
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

The present invention relates to a user interface system for a personal healthcare environment. Furthermore the invention relates to a method of operating such a user interface system. In order to provide a user interface system which can easily be used by disabled users, a user interface system (1) is suggested, comprising a number of user interface components (2, 3, 4), and further comprising an adaptation module (5), said adaptation module (5) being adapted to carry out an automatic adaptation of at least one of the components (2, 3, 4) based on the disabilities of an individual user.

Claims

1. A user interface system (1) for a personal healthcare environment, comprising a number of user interface components (2, 3, 4), and further comprising an adaptation module (5), said adaptation module (5) being adapted to carry out an automatic adaptation of at least one of the components (2, 3, 4) based on the disabilities of an individual user.

2. A user interface system (1) as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a database module (6) adapted to provide user data to the adaptation module (5).

3. A user interface system (1) as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a performance module (7) adapted to measure the user'"'"'s individual operating performance and further adapted to provide the results of said measurements to the adaptation module (5).

4. A method of operating a user interface system (1) for a personal healthcare environment, said user interface system (1) comprising a number of user interface components (2, 3, 4), the method comprising the step of automatically adapting at least one of the components (2, 3, 4) based on the disabilities of an individual user.

5. A method as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the adaptation is carried out based on user data, which has been provided to the system (1) before and/or which has been retrieved by the system (1).

6. A method as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the adaptation is carried out based on the user'"'"'s operating performance.

7. A method as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the adaptation is carried out based on a change of the user'"'"'s operating performance.

8. A method as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the adaptation is carried out based on the user'"'"'s reaction to a previous adaptation of the user interface components (2, 3, 4).

9. A method as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that an adaptation is reversed if the operating performance of the user deteriorates.

10. A computer program for operating a user interface system (1) for a personal healthcare environment, said user interface system (1) comprising a number of user interface components (2, 3, 4), the program comprising computer instructions to automatically adapt at least one of the components (2, 3, 4) based on the disabilities of an individual user, when the computer program is executed in a computer.