Medical image display apparatus and method of providing user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9946841-B2
Application number	US-201514956508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2015
Priority date	May 26, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A medical image display apparatus including a touch screen configured to display a medical image and receive input from a user; and a controller configured to acquire first information about a first region of the touch screen, the first region corresponding to a touch range of a finger of the user, to select, based on the first information, a first user interface from among a plurality of user interfaces related to the medical image, the first user interface corresponding to a size of the first region, and to control the touch screen to display the selected first user interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medical image display apparatus comprising:
a touch screen configured to display a medical image and receive input from a user;
sensors configured to detect motion information of the medical image display apparatus; and
a controller configured to:
in response to determining that the medical image display apparatus is moving based on the detected motion information, acquire first information about a first region of the touch screen, the first region corresponding to a touch range of a finger of the user,
select, based on the first information, a first user interface from among a plurality of user interfaces related to the medical image, the first user interface corresponding to a size of the first region, and
control the touch screen to display the selected first user interface.

2. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive identification (ID) information corresponding to the user, and to acquire the first information by retrieving information about a finger-touchable range corresponding to the received ID information from a memory.

3. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen is further configured to display a guide image and to receive a touch gesture from the finger, the touch gesture corresponding to the guide image, and wherein the controller is further configured to acquire the first information by analyzing the received touch gesture.

4. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen is further configured to detect a swipe touch of the finger, and the controller is further configured to obtain a swipe speed at which the detected swipe touch moves, and to acquire the first information by determining a distance on the touch screen between a reference point and a point at which the swipe speed corresponds to a threshold speed.

5. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to acquire the first information by determining at least one from among a maximum finger-touchable distance, a maximum angle formed between a first line connecting a reference point to a first point and a second line connecting the reference point to a second point, the first point and the second point being touchable by the finger, and a maximum area of a finger-touchable region.

6. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the first user interface from among the plurality of user interfaces based on a result of comparing the size of the first region to a threshold size.

7. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select at least one function from among a plurality of functions provided by the medical image display apparatus in relation to the medical image, the at least one function corresponding to the size of the first region, and to select the first user interface based on the selected at least one function.

8. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select a first type of touch gesture from among a plurality of types of touch gestures, the first type of touch gesture corresponding to the size of the first region, and to select the first user interface based on the selected first type of touch gesture.

9. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the first user interface from among the plurality of user interfaces based on at least one from among a direction in which the medical image display apparatus displays content and a side of the medical image display apparatus at which a hand of the user is located.

10. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the touch screen to display the first user interface including a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of parameters related to the medical image, and, in response to the touch screen receiving a touch gesture selecting a first icon from among the plurality of icons, to display in the first region a second user interface for adjusting a first parameter from among the plurality of parameters, the first parameter corresponding to the first icon.

11. The medical image display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second user interface comprises a plurality of sections corresponding to a plurality of values, the plurality of sections being displayed so that the plurality of values increase along a certain direction, and in response to the touch screen receiving a touch gesture performed by moving the finger from a first section from among the plurality of sections to a second section from among the plurality of sections, the controller is further configured to change the first parameter from a first value corresponding to the first section to a second value corresponding to the second section.

12. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the touch screen to display the first user interface including a first icon, and in response to the touch screen receiving a predetermined first touch gesture corresponding to the first icon, to control an ultrasound probe to transmit ultrasound signals to an object at predetermined time intervals and to receive echo signals from the object.

13. The medical image display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the touch screen to display the medical image in a second region of the touch screen, and in response to the touch screen receiving a predetermined second touch gesture corresponding to the first icon, the controller is further configured to reduce the medical image into a reduced medical image, to control the touch screen to display the reduced medical image in a third region of the touch screen, and to control a memory to store the medical image.

14. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the touch screen to display the first user interface including a first icon,
in response to the touch screen receiving a predetermined first touch gesture corresponding to the first icon, select a first parameter from among a plurality of parameters related to the medical image, and
in response to the touch screen receiving a predetermined second touch gesture corresponding to the first icon, change the selected parameter based on a direction of the predetermined second touch gesture.

15. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen is further configured to display the selected first user interface at a position determined based on a position of at least one from among a hand or the finger of the user.

16. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen is further configured to change a first position at which the medical image is displayed based on a second position at which the selected first user interface is displayed, the first position and the second position being determined so that the selected first user interface and the medical image do not overlap each other.

17. The medical image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to acquire information about a contact area of the finger of the user, and to select the first user interface based on the contact area, wherein the first user interface includes at least one icon having an icon size corresponding to the contact area.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jun Yoon-Woo
• Kim Ji-Woo
• Seo Jin-Gyu
• Lee Min-Ju
• Lee Seung-Ju
• Yim Jin-Ho

Classifications

• A61B8/462

  characterised by constructional features of the display · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F2200/1637

  Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer · CPC title

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title