US 12,127,891 B2
Medical control system and method that uses packetized data to convey medical video information
Toshiki Ito, Kanagawa (JP); Tetsuya Mitani, Tokyo (JP); Chikako Kido, Kanagawa (JP); and Keiichi Yoshioka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/507,904.
Application 17/507,904 is a continuation of application No. 16/904,589, filed on Jun. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,197,736.
Application 16/904,589 is a continuation of application No. 15/761,325, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2016/073901, filed on Aug. 16, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-196415 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039905 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 90/37 (2016.02) [A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.02); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/08 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A medical imaging control system comprising:
source-side IP (internet protocol) converter circuitry that converts a medical image obtained from a source device into packet data and transmits the packet data over an IP network;
output-side IP converter circuitry that converts the packet data received via the IP network into image data of an output image; and
a controller coupled to the source-side IP converter circuitry and the output-side IP converter circuitry via the IP network, the controller including display control circuitry configured to:
control a display controller to present, on a display, a graphical user interface that includes a selectable source tab and a selectable display tab so as to provide user control on which output device to display the output image,
in response to selection of the selectable source tab, the display control circuitry causes the graphical user interface to list a plurality of first objects that includes a thumbnail image of the medical image from the source device and a status related to the source device on the display,
in response to selection of the selectable display tab, the display control circuitry causes the graphical user interface to list a plurality of second objects that includes a thumbnail image of each output device on the display,
in response to a selection of the thumbnail image of the medical image as a selected first object from the plurality of first objects listed on the display, the display control circuitry causes the graphical user interface to display, on the display, a first control screen for controlling the output image from the source device related to the selected first object, the first control screen including a first region that displays the selected first object, and a second region that displays at least a portion of the plurality of second objects to be selected to receive the output image from the source device,
in response to manipulation of an object from the portion of the plurality of second objects displayed in the second region of the first control screen, an output device is selected to receive the output image,
in response to manipulation of the selected first object in the first region of the first control screen, further specify a portion of the output image and, in response to manipulation of another object from the portion of the plurality of second objects displayed in the second region, another output device is selected to receive the specified portion of the output image, and
in response to a selection of an object as a selected second object from the plurality of second objects listed on the display, the display control circuitry causes the graphical user interface to display, on the display, a second control screen for controlling how the output image is displayed on the output device corresponding to the selected second object, the second control screen including a first region that displays the selected second object, and a second region that displays at least a portion of the plurality of first objects to be selected to provide an image to the output device corresponding to the selected second object.