Patent · US Expired

Medical monitoring system with softkey control

US5189609A · kind A · utility

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4Claims

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Assignee

Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 1991
Grant date	Feb 23, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 27, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/04895
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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