IP Library Granted Patent US 8,726,368
Granted Patent B2
US 8,726,368 · App. 13/251,854 · Granted May 13, 2014

Security management system, medical device and method for managing security

Inventors: Naoki Oowaki (Otawara, JP); Fumiaki Teshima (Nasushiobara, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,726,368
App. No.
13/251,854
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A security management system, comprising: an authentication unit for authenticating an operator of an operating terminal in order to determine whether the operator is permitted to log in or release a lock; a current operator information inquiry unit for inquiring for login status information and current operator information; an authority information inquiry unit for inquiring for authority information regarding the operator and that regarding the current operator; a lock unit for detecting an event, where a predetermined lock condition is satisfied, in the login status to allow the operating terminal to change to a lock status, and for allowing the operating terminal to change to an operable status in response to a login instruction or an instruction for a release; and a lock control unit for transmitting the instruction for a release to the lock unit when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (18)

1. A medical device having an operating terminal that includes an input device and a display device, comprising:

a recognition unit configured to recognize an emergency when an interactive emergency button displayed on the display device is pushed by an operator by use of the input device; and

a releasing unit configured to release a screen lock of the operating terminal in case of the emergency, wherein the screen lock restricts access to functionality of the operating terminal, so that an examination of an object is executed by input from the input unit, in case of the emergency.

2. The medical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the recognition unit is configured to recognize login input by the operator by use of the input device or the emergency, and

the releasing unit is configured to release all of the screen lock of the operating terminal in case of the login, and to release a part of the screen lock of the operating terminal in case of the emergency.

3. The medical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a requiring unit configured to require an input about a name of the operator who will push the emergency button; and

a registering unit configured to register the input name in response to the emergency button being pushed.

4. A control method of a medical device having an operating terminal that includes an input device and a display device, comprising:

recognizing an emergency when an interactive emergency button displayed on the display device is pushed by an operator by use of the input device; and

releasing a screen lock of the operating terminal in case of the emergency, wherein the screen lock restricts access to functionality of the operating terminal, so that the medical device is controlled so as to execute an examination of an object by input from the input device, in case of the emergency.

5. The control method according to claim 4 , wherein

the recognizing recognizes login input by the operator by use of the input device or the emergency, and

the releasing releases all of the screen lock of the operating terminal in case of the login, and releases a part of the screen lock of the operating terminal in case of the emergency.

6. The control method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

requiring an input about a name of the operator who will push the emergency button; and

registering the input name in response to the emergency button being pushed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038891/0693 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-336347 · Nov 19, 2004 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 11281587 · Nov 18, 2005
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