JP2010230399A - Touch screen device and automatic analyzer - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to notify the operator by managing the cleaning state such as disinfection, and to notify the operator of the degree of contamination of the device so as to prompt the operator to perform disinfection work or to call attention to touching the device. It is to provide a touch screen device and an automatic analyzer that can be used.
In an automatic analyzer that measures a mixed solution of a test sample and a reagent collected from a test sample stored in a sample container, a touch screen has a plurality of input operations for the measurement. It has a touch switch on the screen. When the operator touches the screen of the touch screen, the position detector 31 detects the position. The detected position and the number of times of touching the screen are stored in the storage unit 33. When the number of times exceeds the predetermined number, the control unit 32 causes the display 24 to prompt the operator to clean the screen. Display a message.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a touch screen device and an automatic analyzer, and more particularly, to an automatic analyzer for analyzing a component in a body such as blood and urine using a touch screen device to determine a component concentration and a qualitative determination. Is.

  The automatic analyzer dispenses a test sample such as blood or urine collected from the subject and a reagent into a reaction container according to the item to be examined (measurement item), and a mixture of the test sample and the reagent. The concentration and activity of various components in the test sample are measured by measuring the amount of light transmission of changes in color tone and the like caused by the above reaction. The automatic analyzer includes a display device and an input device for inputting an instruction to start measurement, inputting measurement conditions, displaying and processing measurement results, and instructing maintenance work. Usually, these display devices include display devices such as CRT and LCD, and input devices include a keyboard and a mouse.

  In recent years, an increasing number of display devices are provided with a touch screen capable of giving an operation instruction by touching the display device for ease of work. There are many standing work, and there are a lot of specimens and voucher processing of the result, and it is possible to operate by simply touching the instruction button displayed on the screen. It leads to improvement.

  In addition, the risk of infection has been emphasized in the handling of specimens, including nosocomial infections. For this reason, wearing gloves, operating equipment, disinfecting the environment, and cleaning are important tasks for preventing infection and preventing diffusion.

  Since inspectors often touch specimens for work, they take preventive measures such as wearing gloves. However, since the hand or glove is touched with the inspection device, the input part of the inspection device and the like are contaminated with dirt and infectious substances. For this reason, regular disinfection and cleaning are performed in an examination room.

JP 2001-92520 A

  As mentioned above, regular disinfection has been carried out in the past, but disinfecting it even if it has been forgotten or has been in operation can be a wasteful operation. . Further, in many cases, the disinfecting liquid may cause a considerable damage to electronic devices such as a touch screen, and therefore it is important to perform the disinfecting work as many times as necessary.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to notify the operator by managing the cleaning state such as disinfection and to notify the operator of the degree of contamination of the apparatus. It is an object of the present invention to provide a touch screen device and an automatic analyzer that can prompt a cleaning operation or call attention when touching the device.

  That is, the present invention is a touch screen device having a plurality of touch switches on a screen, a position detection unit for detecting a position where an operator touches the screen, and the position detected by the position detection unit. A storage unit that stores the position where the operator touches the screen and the number of times the operator touches the screen, and the number of times that the operator touches the screen stored in the storage unit exceeds a predetermined number, the operator is A control unit that controls to display a caution message on the screen so as to prompt the user to clean the screen.

  Further, the present invention provides an automatic analyzer for measuring a mixed solution of a sample and a reagent collected from a sample contained in a sample container, and displays a plurality of touch switches for performing an input operation for the measurement. A touch screen formed on the touch panel; a position detection unit that detects a position at which an operator touches the screen of the touch screen; a position at which the operator detected by the position detection unit touches the screen; and A storage unit that stores the number of times the screen has been touched, and a screen that is configured to prompt the operator to clean the screen when the number of times that the screen stored in the storage unit has exceeded a predetermined number of times. And a control unit that controls to display a caution message.

  According to the present invention, the cleaning state such as sterilization is managed and notified to the operator, the degree of contamination of the device can be notified, the operator is encouraged to perform sterilization work, and attention is required when touching the device. It is to provide a touch screen device and an automatic analyzer that can be aroused.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the automatic analyzer in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the console part of the automatic analyzer of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the example of a display and a touch screen. (A) is the functional block diagram which showed the structure of the touch screen apparatus in 1st Embodiment of this invention, (b) showed the structure of the touch screen apparatus in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the cleaning notification of the touch screen in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a figure showing an example of a touch position by an operator on a touch screen, and (b) is a figure showing an example of a position touched by the operator for each area by dividing the touch screen into four. It is the figure which showed the example of a display of the message which urges cleaning. It is the figure which showed the example of the screen of the touch screen 30 in which the location touched was displayed according to the color. It is the figure which showed the example of a display of the touch switch of the touch screen apparatus in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the cleaning notification of the touch screen in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of the automatic analyzer according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a console portion of the automatic analyzer of FIG.

  The automatic analyzer 1 includes an analysis unit 10 and a console unit 20. The analysis unit 10 measures standard samples of items to be examined, and test samples collected from the samples, and generates standard data and test data. On the other hand, the console unit 20 measures the test sample, generates authentication data for identifying the subject, controls the analysis unit 10, and outputs standard data and test data output from the analysis unit 10. A personal computer (PC) main body 22 having functions for processing and generating a calibration curve for each item and generating analysis data is provided.

  In the following description, since the general configuration and operation in the analysis unit 10 and the console unit 20 are well known, the description thereof will be omitted here, and the touch screen cleaning notification described later will be described. explain.

  The console unit 20 includes a rack 21 on which the entire apparatus is mounted, a personal computer main body 22 mounted on the rack 21, a keyboard 23 as an input device, a display 24 as a display device, and a printer 25 as an output device. It is comprised.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the display 24 has a touch screen 30 attached to the surface thereof. The touch screen 30 is transparent, and the content displayed on the screen of the display 24 can be seen through the touch screen 30.

  FIG. 4A is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a touch screen device including such a touch screen 30.

  The touch screen device includes a touch screen 30 attached to the front surface of the display 24, a position detection unit 31, a control unit 32, a storage unit 33, and a display processing unit 34. Here, the position detection unit 31, the control unit 32, the storage unit 33, and the display processing unit 34 are included in the personal computer 22.

  In such a configuration, information on the place touched on the touch screen 30 is detected by the position detection unit 31 as a coordinate value on the display, and sent from the touch screen 30 into the personal computer 22. Normally, the coordinate data detected here is sent to the control unit 32, and the control unit 32 identifies the operation target displayed on the display 24, and determines that the operation is input. The operation is performed. For example, if the position is the start button, the operation is started.

  The coordinate data is stored in the storage unit 33. This coordinate data is stored so that the operator can know which position on the touch screen 30 is touched. In addition to the coordinate data, the number of times the operator touched is stored. In the display processing unit 34, an image corresponding to the input operation specified by the control unit 32 is processed, and the display 24 displays the image.

  Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5, the operation of the touch screen cleaning notification in the present embodiment will be described.

  The control operation in this flowchart is mainly performed by a command from the control unit 32.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the operator operates the touch screen 30 on the display 24 of the automatic analyzer 1. Then, in step S1, a position 41 touched by the operator on the touch screen 30 is detected by the position detection unit 31 and converted into coordinate data. In step S <b> 2, the converted coordinate position is stored in the storage unit 33.

  In this way, the process of accumulating and storing the number of times the operator has touched is the simplest method, and only a storage area corresponding to the maximum number needs to be used. For example, if it is 1 word (16 bits), it may be a 2-byte area, and this can record 65,534 touches. In this case, the 65th and 535th times are regarded as overflow, and no further accumulation is performed.

  Next, in step S3, it is determined whether or not the number of times the operator has touched the touch screen 30 has exceeded a specified number. This specified number of times is set in advance, for example, 100 times. If the number of touches is less than 100, the process proceeds to step S1, and the above-described processing operation is repeated until the number of touches reaches 100.

  If the number of touches on the touch screen 30 reaches 100, the process proceeds to step S4, and a message for prompting cleaning as shown in FIG. By this message, the operator can know that the touch screen 30 needs to be cleaned such as disinfection. Note that this message may remain displayed on the display until the cleaning operation is performed.

  Actually, there are cases where cleaning is not necessary when the number of touches on the touch screen 30 is 100. Therefore, the above-mentioned message is captured as an alert, and the operator can check the state of the touch screen 30 and perform the cleaning work. Like that. In this case, the number of times (specified value) that requires the next cleaning work may be reset.

  Further, when the disinfection work is performed, the fact is input by an input device such as a keyboard 23 or a mouse (not shown) so that it can be stored in the storage unit 33. Then, when the apparatus is started up or periodically, the presence / absence of disinfection may be displayed on the display 24 to notify the contamination status of the apparatus.

  In this way, the operator can know when the cleaning is necessary even if the operator does not remember the cleaning time, so that the cleaning work can be surely performed only when necessary, and wasteful work can be performed. Disappears.

(First modification)
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the number of times the operator touches the touch screen 30 is simply stored is described, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6B, the screen display may be divided for each area and the touched portion may be recorded in area units. In this example, the screen display is divided into four areas (Area 1 to 4) 30a, 30b, 30c, and 30d.

  In such a case, the control unit 32 determines which coordinate on the screen the position touched by the operator is, and which area the coordinate belongs to, and the number of times touched for each area is determined. Accumulated and stored. And it is determined for every area whether the frequency | count of having touched the touch screen 30 exceeded the regulation value. Therefore, for example, even if the number of touches in area 1 reaches 100 times, if the other areas 2 to 4 are less than 100 times, a message is displayed so as to prompt the cleaning of only the screen portion of area 1. That's fine.

  In this way, it is only necessary to sterilize only the frequently used area, and it is not necessary to perform work on the area that does not require sterilization yet, which leads to extending the life of the touch screen.

  Of course, the division of the area on the screen is not limited to four divisions, and can be finely set such as nine divisions and sixteen divisions. In addition, area division is not fixed, and the number of divisions can be switched between a plurality of areas including one.

(Second modification)
In the first embodiment and the first modification described above, the position and the number of times the operator touches the touch screen 30 are stored, and when the number reaches the specified value, the touch screen 30 is cleaned by displaying a message. Is encouraged. However, not only notification by message display but also notification by other methods may be used.

  In the second modified example, the display color on the screen is notified according to the number of times the operator touches the touch screen 30.

  For example, FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the screen of the touch screen 30 in which the touched portion is displayed in different colors.

  In this case, for example, it can be determined that the lightly colored area 42c is touched the least and the darkest area 42b is touched most frequently (the frequency is high), and the areas 42a and 42d Equivalent to. When the touched area becomes a color representing a predetermined warning (for example, red), this color can be used as a message for prompting the cleaning work. At this time, as in the first embodiment described above, a message may be displayed for further notification.

  If it does in this way, it can be judged whether cleaning is required by the color of a touch screen. In addition, since the touched portion is displayed as it is in the area, it is possible to know the area that really needs cleaning.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In the first embodiment described above, the number of times the touch screen is used is stored to facilitate cleaning. However, in the second embodiment, a frequently used place changes the position of the operation target to be displayed. I am doing so.

  In the second embodiment, the basic configuration of the automatic analyzer and the touch screen device is the same as that of the first embodiment described above. The same reference numerals are assigned, illustrations and descriptions thereof are omitted, and only different portions will be described.

  For example, it is assumed that touch switches 45a, 45b, and 45c are displayed on the touch screen 30 as shown in FIG. If the same touch switch, for example 45a, is touched by the operator, as shown in FIG. 9B, the first display position indicated by the solid line gradually moves to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line. To be displayed.

  FIG. 4B is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a touch screen device including such a touch screen 30.

  The touch screen device according to the second embodiment includes a touch screen 30 attached to the front surface of the display 24, a position detection unit 31, a control unit 32, a storage unit 33, a display processing unit 34, and a display position shift. And a portion 35. Here, the position detection unit 31, the control unit 32, the storage unit 33, the display processing unit 34, and the display position shift unit 35 are included in the personal computer 22.

  In such a configuration, the coordinate data stored in the storage unit 33 is stored so that the operator can touch which position on the touch screen 30 is touched. In addition to the coordinate data, the number of times the operator touched is stored. Then, the display position shift unit 35 moves the display position of the touch switch on the touch screen 30 corresponding to the coordinate position stored in the storage unit 33 in a predetermined direction. For example, a predetermined distance is shifted to the left from the original position. In the display processing unit 34, the touch switch is displayed at the shifted position on the touch screen 30.

  Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the operation of the touch screen cleaning notification in the present embodiment will be described.

  The control operation in this flowchart is mainly performed by a command from the control unit 32.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the operator operates the touch screen 30 on the display 24 of the automatic analyzer 1. Then, in step S <b> 11, a position 41 touched by the operator on the touch screen 30 is detected by the position detection unit 31. Next, in steps S12 and S13, it is detected which of the switches a, b, and c (touch switches 45a, 45b, and 45c) has been operated.

  Here, if the operated touch switch is the switch a (touch switch 45a), the process proceeds to step S14, where the detected coordinate position is converted into coordinate data and the number of times touched is stored in the storage unit. 33. Similarly, when the operated touch switch is the switch b (touch switch 45b), the process proceeds to step S15, where the detected coordinate position is converted into coordinate data and the number of touches is stored in the storage unit. 33. If the operated touch switch is the switch c (touch switch 45c), the process proceeds to step S16, where the detected coordinate position is converted into coordinate data, and the number of touches is stored in the storage unit 33. Is remembered.

  In step S17, it is determined whether or not the number of times the operator has touched the touch switch 45a has exceeded a specified number. This specified number of times is set in advance, for example, 100 times. Here, if less than 100 times, the process proceeds to step S18, and the display position of the touch switch 45a is shifted by a predetermined amount. For example, the shift is made so that the image is displayed 2 mm to the left of the initial display position. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S17, the above-described processing operation is repeated until the touch switch 45a is touched 100 times. If the number of touches on the touch switch 456a reaches 100, the process proceeds from step S17 to step S19, and a message for prompting cleaning of the touch switch 45a is displayed on the display 24. By this message, the operator can know that cleaning work such as disinfection is necessary for the part of the touch switch 45a. Note that this message may remain displayed on the display until the cleaning operation is performed.

  Actually, there are cases where cleaning is not necessary when the number of times the touch switch 45a is touched 100 times. Therefore, the above-mentioned message is captured as an alert, and the operator can perform the cleaning work after confirming the state of the touch switch 45a. Like that. In this case, the number of times (specified value) that requires the next cleaning work may be reset.

  Similarly, in step S20, it is determined whether or not the number of times the operator has touched the touch switch 45b has exceeded a specified number (100 times). Here, if less than 100 times, the process proceeds to step S21, and the display position of the touch switch 45b is shifted by a predetermined amount. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S20, the above-described processing operation is repeated until the number of times the touch switch 45b is touched reaches 100 times. If the number of times the touch switch 45b has been touched reaches 100 times, the process proceeds from step S20 to step S22, and a message that prompts the touch switch 45b to be cleaned is displayed on the display 24. By this message, the operator can know that cleaning work such as disinfection is necessary for the part of the touch switch 45b.

  In step S23, it is determined whether or not the number of times the operator has touched the touch switch 45c has exceeded a specified number (100 times). Here, if less than 100 times, the process proceeds to step S24, and the display position of the touch switch 45c is shifted by a predetermined amount. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S23, the above-described processing operation is repeated until the number of times the touch switch 45c is touched reaches 100 times. If the number of times the touch switch 45c has been touched reaches 100 times, the process proceeds from step S23 to step S25, and a message for urging the touch switch 45c to be cleaned is displayed on the display 24. By this message, the operator can know that cleaning work such as disinfection is necessary for the part of the touch switch 45c.

  In any of the touch switches 45a to 45c, when the number of touches reaches the specified number, a message for prompting cleaning is displayed and the display position of the touch switch returns to the initial position. It is controlled.

  In this way, the operator can know when the cleaning is necessary even if the operator does not remember the cleaning time, so that the cleaning work can be surely performed only when necessary, and wasteful work can be performed. Disappears. It is also possible to know when the cleaning is required by the display position of the touch switch.

  Furthermore, in a place where the operator touches frequently, the touch frequency of the place is lowered by changing the position of the touch switch that is the operation target displayed at the place, thereby extending the life of the touch screen. be able to.

  In this embodiment, the position of the touch switch touched by the operator has been described as being gradually shifted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the display position is changed within a range that can be operated by the operator. It may be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the touch screen device used in the automatic analyzer has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any device using a touch screen device can be applied. .

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention other than embodiment mentioned above, this invention can be variously modified.

  Further, the above-described embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the column of the effect of the invention Can be obtained as an invention.

  According to the present invention, the cleaning state such as sterilization is managed and notified to the operator, the degree of contamination of the device can be notified, the operator is encouraged to perform sterilization work, and attention is required when touching the device. A touch screen device and an automatic analyzer that can be aroused are obtained.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic analyzer, 10 ... Analysis part, 20 ... Console part, 21 ... Rack, 22 ... Personal computer (PC) main body, 23 ... Keyboard, 24 ... Display, 25 ... Printer, 30 ... Touch screen, 31 ... Position detection 32, control unit, 33, storage unit, 34, display processing unit, 35, display position shift unit, 45a, 45b, 45c, touch switch.

Claims (10)

A touch screen device having a plurality of touch switches on a screen,
A position detection unit that detects a position where the operator touches the screen;
A storage unit for storing the position of the operator touching the screen detected by the position detection unit and the number of times of touching the screen;
A control unit that controls to display a caution message on the screen so as to prompt the operator to clean the screen when the number of touches of the screen stored in the storage unit exceeds a predetermined number; ,
A touch screen device comprising: The storage unit divides the screen into predetermined areas, stores the position where the operator touches the screen and the number of times the screen is touched for each area,
When the number of times of touching the screen for each area stored in the storage unit exceeds a predetermined number of times, the control unit displays on the screen to prompt the operator to clean the area touched by the screen. The touch screen device according to claim 1, wherein the touch screen device is controlled to display a caution message.   The control unit controls the display so that the color of the position where the operator touches the screen is changed according to the number of times the user touches the screen stored in the storage unit. Item 4. The touch screen device according to Item 1. A display position shift unit for shifting the display position of the touch switch on the screen;
The touch according to claim 2, wherein the control unit controls the display position shift unit to shift the display position of the touch switch according to the number of times the operator touches the touch switch. Screen device. It further comprises an input unit for inputting that the operator has performed the cleaning work,
The control unit controls to display a notification that the cleaning operation input by the input unit has been performed on the screen when the apparatus is started or periodically. 4. The touch screen device according to any one of 3 above. In an automatic analyzer for measuring a mixed solution of a test sample and a reagent collected from a sample stored in a sample container,
A touch screen having a plurality of touch switches on the screen for performing an input operation for the measurement;
A position detection unit for detecting a position where an operator touches the screen of the touch screen;
A storage unit for storing the position of the operator touching the screen detected by the position detection unit and the number of times of touching the screen;
A control unit that controls to display a caution message on the screen so as to prompt the operator to clean the screen when the number of touches of the screen stored in the storage unit exceeds a predetermined number; ,
The automatic analyzer characterized by comprising. The storage unit divides the screen into predetermined areas, stores the position where the operator touches the screen and the number of times the screen is touched for each area,
When the number of times of touching the screen for each area stored in the storage unit exceeds a predetermined number of times, the control unit displays on the screen to prompt the operator to clean the area touched by the screen. The automatic analyzer according to claim 6, wherein the automatic analyzer is controlled to display a caution message.   The control unit controls the display so that the color of the position where the operator touches the screen is changed according to the number of times the user touches the screen stored in the storage unit. Item 7. The automatic analyzer according to Item 6. A display position shift unit for shifting the display position of the touch switch on the screen;
The automatic control according to claim 7, wherein the control unit controls the display position shift unit to shift the display position of the touch switch according to the number of times the operator touches the touch switch. Analysis equipment. It further comprises an input unit for inputting that the operator has performed the cleaning work,
The control unit controls to display on the screen a notification that the cleaning operation input by the input unit has been performed, when the apparatus is activated or periodically. 9. The automatic analyzer according to any one of items 8.

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