US 12,405,724 B2
Systems and methods for a touchscreen interface with spin wheel widget
Godwin Christopher Selvi, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/819,505.
Prior Publication US 2024/0053884 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a touchscreen display;
a com wheel comprising a rotary knob, a support connected to the rotary knob, a suction cup connected to an enlarged end section of the support, and a plurality of pins configured to interface with the touchscreen display, wherein the plurality of pins comprises a first pin supported on the rotary knob and configured to indicate a rotational position of the com wheel, a second pin supported on the enlarged end section of the support and configured to indicate a translational position of the com wheel, and a third pin configured to indicate an axial position of the com wheel, wherein the first pin is configured to rotate with the com wheel, and wherein the rotary knob comprises a conductive ring electrically coupled to each of the plurality of pins; and
a computing device operably coupled to the touchscreen display and storing instructions in non-transitory computer memory that when executed, cause the computing device to:
detect touch inputs applied to the touchscreen display;
determine that a source of the touch inputs is either the plurality of pins of the com-wheel or a hand-based input based on a relative arrangement of the touch inputs;
responsive to detecting the touch inputs and determining the plurality of pins of the com wheel as the source of the touch inputs, output a first graphical user interface (GUI) to the touchscreen display and orient the first GUI based on the relative arrangement of the touch inputs, wherein orienting the first GUI based on the relative arrangement of the touch inputs comprises setting a detent as a reference detent, the reference detent being positioned at a location of one of the plurality of pins of the com wheel; and
responsive to detecting the touch inputs and determining the hand-based input as the source of the touch inputs, output a second GUI to the touchscreen display and orient the second GUI based on the hand-based input, wherein a parameter of the first GUI is different than the second GUI.