Patent ID: 9696893
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,G16H

Claim:
1. An apparatus including at least one processor for controlling a plurality of laser sources, comprising: a controller executed in the processor coupled to the plurality of laser sources, the controller configured to individually control a power output of each of the laser sources independently, based at least in part on an input received from a user through a user interface; a computer-human interface display device displaying the user interface comprising a user interface region including user-selectable preset programs with output powers tailored for performing specific procedures, the user interface region configured and arranged to display one or more parameters of the system and to receive the input comprising the user's interaction with at least a portion of the user interface region; and a master controller executed in the processor and rendered on the user interface region, the master controller comprising a user-adjustable element of the user interface region configured as a virtual interface to the controller wherein based at least in part on the user's interaction with the master controller, the controller is configured and arranged to adjust at least one of the parameters and control an update to at least a portion of the user interface region indicating a resulting operational status of the system, the update including a display of at least one of the parameters and at least one resulting operational status of the system; and wherein the display of at least one of the parameters is adjusted automatically based at least in part on at least one of the user's selection of preset programs and interaction with the master controller; a pie graph configured to display the total output power of the plurality of the laser sources, the pie graph including a radius that indicates the total output power and a plurality of sectors that indicate percentages of the total output power contributed by each of the plurality of the laser sources; wherein the pie graph and controller are configured such that: a) changing the radius of the pie graph changes the total output power of the plurality of the electromagnetic energy sources; and b) changing the one of the radius or the sector of the plurality of the sectors changes a percentage of the total output power contributed by one or more of the plurality of the laser sources and adjusts the power output of at least one of the plurality of the laser sources relative at least another of the plurality of the laser sources.