Patent ID: 6793625
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: A61B,G09G

Abstract:
A system for concurrently displaying respective images representing real-time data and non-real-time data, comprising:a source of signals representing real-time data; a source of signals representing non-real-time data; a display device for displaying images; a processor, coupled to the real-time data source, the non-real-time data source and the display device, the processor: executing a windowing operating system controlling the operation of an application program for receiving non-real-time data and conditioning the display device to display an image representing the non-real-time data; and executing a real-time display process, for receiving the real-time data and conditioning the display device to display an image representing the real-time data concurrently with the display of the non-real-lime data; the execution of the real-time display process being independent of the execution of the operating system.