Patent ID: 8274532

Claim:
A system for adaptively orienting a display image on a device for presenting data acquired via one or more cables carrying physiological data connected to a particular side of said device, comprising: at least one connector positioned on said particular side of said device for connection of the one or more cables; a sensor for detecting orientation of said device and providing a device orientation representative signal indicating whether said device is in a first orientation or a second orientation substantially different to said first orientation, said sensor detecting a change in orientation of said device between said first orientation and said second orientation to enable substantially direct routing of said one or more cables; a display screen for presenting display images on said device; a plurality of user selectable physical buttons positioned on opposing sides of said display screen; a display generator for automatically generating a display image on said display screen oriented to be upright in said first and second orientations of said device, in response to said orientation representative signal; and a command processor for adaptively selecting functions assigned to each of said plurality of user selectable physical buttons, said buttons and associated labels are maintained in a same configuration where, in both said first and second orientations, a button in a same relative location with respect to said display image is associated with a same label and function in response to said orientation representative signal.