Lab instrument status monitoring
AssigneeBeckman Coulter, Inc.
InventorsAdam Matthew Torres, Hernando Salas
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Abstract
A dashboard interface may be displayed on a lab instrument to provide aggregate status information from a plurality of other interfaces organized into a single interface. The aggregate status information may be viewed by a nearby user of the lab instrument, and selecting portions of the information via a touchscreen display will navigate directly to a subsequent interface that may be used to view additional information or make configuration changes relating to the selected information. The dashboard may be used as a screensaver on a lab instrument when the instrument is not in use, or may be navigated to by an active user of a lab instrument, or both.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- a) displaying an interface comprising an aggregate set of status data on a display coupled to a lab instrument when the lab instrument is locked or not operated by a user;
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- b) displaying a destination interface that is associated with a user selected status data of the aggregate set of status data on the display.
A system comprising one or more computers configured by computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to perform steps comprising:
- a) displaying an interface comprising an aggregate set of status data on a display coupled to a lab instrument when the lab instrument is locked or not operated by a user;
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- b) displaying a destination interface that is associated with a user selected status data of the aggregate set of status data on the display.
A lab instrument comprising:
- a) a display;
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- b) a means for aggregating from a plurality of interfaces and displaying, via the display and as a single interface, instrument status information that is traversable to subsequent interfaces, when the lab instrument is locked or not operated by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.