1. A system for intuitively displaying medical data of a patient, said system comprising:
a display; and,
one or more processors programmed to:
receive medical data for the patient, the medical data including one or more medical values for one or more parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient;
display the medical values on the display in which time is represented around a center and magnitude for a value is represented as deviation from the center;
group the medical values into a plurality of groups based on parameter andor time period, wherein the medical values are displayed so as to uniquely identify the groups; and,
segment the display into a concentric ring for each of the groups, wherein the medical values are displayed only in their respective concentric ring and the concentric rings are not overlapping.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display includes time markers peripherally around the display.
3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the display is divided circumferentially into temporal segments.
4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the medical values are displayed on the display as markers or traces, the markers or traces uniquely identifying corresponding groups for the medical values.
5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the backgrounds for the concentric rings are varied uniquely to differentiate between the concentric rings.
6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display of the medical values encircles the center multiple times and includes at least one of:
color coding markers or traces representing the medical values to indicate day or night;
shrinking the markers or traces to indicate more distant times; and,
fading the markers or traces to indicate more distant times.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein a most recent value is displayed on the display as a marker or a leading end of a trace.
8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the processors are further programmed to:
generate a trend prediction from the medical values, wherein the marker indicates the trend prediction.
9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more medical values are for a plurality of 12-hour time periods, and wherein the groups include a group for each unique combination of parameter and time period.
10. The system according to claim 4, wherein the markers or traces are color coded to indicate whether corresponding medical values were captured during the day or at night.
11. A method for intuitively displaying medical data of a patient, said method comprising:
receiving by one or more processors medical data for the patient, the medical data including one or more medical values for a plurality of parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient and for a plurality of time periods;
displaying a clock face on a display;
grouping by the one or more processors the medical values into a plurality of groups based on parameter and time period, wherein the groups include a group for each unique combination of parameter and time period;
segmenting by the one or more processors the clock face into a concentric ring for each of the parameters; and
displaying by the one or more processors the medical values on the clock face in which time is represented around a center and magnitude for a value is represented as deviation from the center, wherein the medical values are displayed so as to uniquely identify the groups, and wherein the medical values are displayed only in their respective concentric ring and the concentric rings are not overlapping.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the display includes time markers peripherally around the display.
13. The method according to claim 11, further including:
displaying medical values representing a plurality of patient parameters concurrently on the display.
14. The method according to claim 11, further including:
grouping the medical values into a plurality of groups based on parameter andor time period, wherein the medical values are displayed so as to uniquely identify the groups.
15. The method according to claim 14, further including distinguishing the groups by at least one of:
color coding the different groups; and
displaying the medical values as markers or traces, the markers or traces uniquely identifying corresponding groups for the medical values.
16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the display of the medical values encircles the center multiple times and includes at least one of:
color coding markers or traces representing the medical values to indicate day or night;
shrinking the markers or traces to indicate more distant times; and,
fading the markers or traces to indicate more distant times.
17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:
generating a trend prediction from the medical values, wherein a most recent value is displayed as a marker, the marker indicating the trend prediction.
18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of time periods include a plurality of 12-hour time periods.
19. A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying software which controls one or more processors to perform the method according to claim 11.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-16. (canceled)
17. An elevator system, comprising:
at least one hall call fixture that is useable by a passenger to place a hall call;
a first controller that communicates directly with the hall call fixture to directly receive a hall call signal that indicates a passenger’s desire to board an elevator car at a particular landing, the first controller is associated with at least one elevator car for assigning a hall call request to the at least one elevator car;
at least one destination entry device that is useable by a passenger to enter a destination request;
a second controller that communicates directly with the destination entry device to directly receive a destination request that indicates a passenger’s desire to be carried to a particular level, the destination request originating outside of an elevator car, the second controller is associated with at least one elevator car for assigning a destination request to the at least one elevator car, the second controller is configured to determine whether a selected condition will be satisfied if a received destination request is serviced by an elevator car associated with the second controller and to handle the received destination request if the condition will be satisfied; and
a cross dispatcher that is configured to communicate with the second controller to receive an indication of the destination request from the second controller if the condition will not be satisfied and to handle the destination request by providing an indication of a hall call signal corresponding to the received destination request to the first controller.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the destination entry device comprises an interface for communicating information to the passenger and wherein the interface provides an indication of an assigned elevator car that will service the destination request.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the interface provides an indication that the passenger will have to enter the desired destination level upon entering the assigned elevator car when the assigned elevator car is associated with the first controller.
20. The system of claim 17, wherein the second controller uses information regarding hail calls assigned to the at least one elevator car associated with the first controller when determining whether to provide the received destination request to the cross dispatcher.
21. The system of claim 20, wherein the first controller provides an indication of hall calls assigned to the at least one elevator car associated with the first controller to the cross dispatcher.
22. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected condition comprises the destination request being serviced within a specified time.
23. The system of claim 22, wherein the specified time comprises an amount of time that the passenger will wait for an elevator car to arrive to receive the passenger.
24. A method of controlling elevator car assignments in an elevator system having a first controller configured to recognize a hall call signal from a hall call fixture that indicates a passenger’s desire to board an elevator car at a particular landing and to assign a hall call request to an elevator car and a second controller configured to recognize a destination request from a destination entry device that indicates a passenger’s desire to be carried to a particular level and to assign the destination request to an elevator car, the destination request originating outside of an elevator car, the method comprising the steps of:
communicating any hall call signal from the hall call fixture directly to the first controller;
communicating any destination request from the destination entry device directly to the second controller;
using the second controller for determining whether a selected condition will be satisfied if a received destination request is serviced by an elevator car associated with the second controller;
handling the received destination request by the second controller if the selected condition will be satisfied, and
otherwise communicating an indication of the destination request to a cross dispatcher and providing an indication of a hall call signal corresponding to the received destination request from the cross dispatcher to the first controller if the selected condition will not be satisfied.
25. The method of claim 24, comprising providing an indication of an assigned elevator car that will service the destination request to the passenger.
26. The method of claim 25, comprising providing an indication that the passenger will have to enter the desired destination level upon entering the assigned elevator car when the assigned elevator car is associated with the first controller.
27. The method of claim 17, comprising
using information regarding hall calls assigned to any elevator cars associated with the first controller when determining whether to provide the received destination request to the cross dispatcher.
28. The method of claim 24, wherein the selected condition comprises the destination request being serviced within a specified time.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the specified time comprises an amount of time that the passenger will wait for an elevator car to arrive to receive the passenger.