Patent · US Expired

Medical monitoring system interface

US5056059A · kind A · utility

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21References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P. · US

Inventors

Gerhard Tivig · Balingen, DE
Wilhelm Meier · Herrenberg, DE
Egon Pfeil · Aidlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 1990
Grant date	Oct 8, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S715/961
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input device, in particular for a medical monitoring system, comprises a keyboard, a screen and a control processor. The keyboard comprises various hardkeys enabling access to an object mode in which the user may enter an object to be manipulated. Once an object is selected, the device enters a task/action mode in which the user may define an action to be performed on the selected object.

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