Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Generic control system – apparatus or process – Having operator control interface
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-08
2008-01-08
Knight, Anthony (Department: 2121)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Generic control system, apparatus or process
Having operator control interface
C378S008000, C378S168000, C378S179000, C600S101000, C600S118000, C382S103000, C607S115000, C607S119000, C607S122000, C606S034000, C606S041000, C606S035000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07317954
ABSTRACT:
A virtual control panel controls the functionality of an electrosurgical generator in response to interrogating, preferably optically, an object, such as a user's finger, interacting with a control panel image as an act of control input over the functionality of the generator. The control panel image is presented, preferably by optical projection, on a display surface of a display surface structure. The control panel image may include, in addition to a contact control area where interaction with the object is interrogated, a display area where information describing the functionality of the generator is presented, preferably by optical projection. A virtual pad can be used with the virtual control panel to divide and separate control and display functionality.
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Chang Sunray
Conmed Corporation
Knight Anthony
Ley John R.
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