MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20150130830A1
• Filed: 10/10/2014
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: NAGASAKI, Shintaro, ARAKI, Yukari, HATTA, Akira, NONOYAMA, Masaaki
• Application Number:
  US14/512,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20150130830A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/592
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/163 by tracking eye movement, gaze, or pupil change
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4809 Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4812 Detecting sleep stages or cycles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/62 Semi-transparency
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 : Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 : related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 : Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 : Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 : characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 : for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 : ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 : relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 : relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A measurement information display system includes a measuring apparatus that measures biological and/or behavioral information of a user, and the measurement information display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display unit with a screen; a communication unit that communications with the measuring apparatus to acquire the information, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, where the graphs represent the information. The graphs include a first graph located on a first portion of the screen and a second graph located on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.

Claims

1. A measurement information display apparatus comprising:

a display unit comprising a screen; and

a display control unit configured to acquire information indicative of at least one of a biology and a behavior of a user, and further configured to cause the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, wherein the graphs represent the information;

wherein the plurality of graphs comprises a first graph disposed on a first portion of the screen and a second graph disposed on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.

2. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen generally defines a first plane, wherein the plurality of graphs defines an array that is transverse to the first plane.

3. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the array defines a polygon in a second plane transverse to the first plane.

4. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when a user inputs a moving operation for moving the second graph in a direction toward the first portion of the screen, the display control unit rotates the array in the direction, wherein rotating the array in the direction comprises moving the second graph to the first portion of the screen and moving the first graph to a third portion of the screen in the direction.

5. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first graph is generally disposed in the first plane and the second graph is generally disposed parallel to but set back from the plane.

6. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second graph is displayed at a transparency higher than a transparency of the first graph.

7. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second graph is displayed in a lighter color than a color of the first graph.

8. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second portion of the screen is smaller than the first portion of the screen.

9. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the graphs are doughnut graphs.

10. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first portion of the screen comprises the first graph and a numerical value indicative of the information.

11. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen further comprises a third portion of the screen, wherein numerical values corresponding to the information indicated by the first graph are displayed on the third portion of the screen.

12. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of graphs further comprises a third graph, and wherein the first graph is larger than both the second graph and the third graph.

13. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a user inputs a moving operation for moving the second graph in a direction toward the first portion of the screen, the display control unit moves the second graph to the first portion of the screen.

14. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the screen further comprises a third portion, and when the user inputs the moving operation, the first graph is moved to the third portion.

15. A measurement information display system comprising:

a measuring apparatus configured to measure information indicative of at least one of a biology and a behavior of a user; and

a measurement information display apparatus comprising;

a display unit comprising a screen;

a communication unit configured to communicate with the measuring apparatus and acquire the information, and

a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, wherein the graphs represent the information;

wherein the plurality of graphs comprises a first graph disposed on a first portion of the screen and a second graph disposed on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.

16. The measurement information display system according to claim 15, wherein the screen generally defines a first plane, wherein the plurality of graphs defines an array that is transverse to the first plane.

17. The measurement information display system according to claim 16, wherein the array defines a polygon in a second plane transverse to the first plane.

18. The measurement information display system according to claim 17, wherein when a user inputs a moving operation for moving the second graph in a direction toward the first portion of the screen, the display control unit rotates the array in the direction, wherein rotating the array in the direction comprises moving the second graph to the first portion of the screen and moving the first graph to a third portion of the screen in the direction.

19. The measurement information display system according to claim 16, wherein the first graph is generally disposed in the first plane and the second graph is generally disposed parallel to but set back from the plane.

20. The measurement information display system according to claim 15, wherein the information is updated from the measuring apparatus, and wherein the display control unit updates contents of the plurality of graphs on the basis of the updated information.

21. A measurement information display method comprising:

acquiring data indicative of at least one of a biology and a behavior of a user;

generating a plurality of items of information on the basis of the data;

generating a plurality of graphs, wherein each graph represents at least one of the items of information; and

displaying the plurality of graphs on a screen;

wherein the plurality of graphs comprises a first graph disposed on a first portion of the screen and a second graph disposed on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.

22. The measurement information display method according to claim 21, wherein the screen generally defines a first plane, wherein the plurality of graphs defines an array that is transverse to the first plane.

23. The measurement information display method according to claim 22, wherein the array defines a polygon in a second plane transverse to the first plane.

24. The measurement information display method according to claim 23, further comprising, when a user inputs a moving operation for moving the second graph in a direction toward the first portion of the screen, rotating the array in the direction, wherein rotating the array in the direction comprises moving the second graph to the first portion of the screen and moving the first graph to a third portion of the screen in the direction.

25. The measurement information display method according to claim 22, wherein the first graph is generally disposed in the first plane and the second graph is generally disposed parallel to but set back from the plane.