阅读说明：本技术 用于容纳平板计算机单元的扩展坞 (Docking station for receiving tablet computer unit ) 是由 M·西欧莱克 D·迪德里希斯 R·阿赫莱特纳 钟国晨 于 2021-06-11 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及用于容纳平板计算机单元的扩展坞,其中扩展坞具有壳体和用于连接平板计算机单元与壳体的接口装置；其中壳体被构造用于形状配合地容纳接口装置；其中接口装置被构造为,使得在接口装置形状配合地容纳到壳体中时,平板计算机单元能够形状配合对接到接口装置处。(The present invention relates to a docking station for receiving a tablet computer unit, wherein the docking station has a housing and interface means for connecting the tablet computer unit with the housing; wherein the housing is configured for receiving the interface device in a form-fitting manner; wherein the interface device is designed in such a way that the tablet computer unit can be form-fittingly docked to the interface device when the interface device is received form-fittingly in the housing.)

1. A docking station (1) for accommodating a tablet computer unit (T):

-wherein said docking station (1) has a housing (D) and an interface device (S) for connecting said tablet computer unit (T) with said housing (D);

-wherein the housing (D) is configured for receiving the interface device (S) in a form-fitting manner;

-wherein the interface device (S) is configured such that the tablet computer unit (T) can be form-fittingly docked to the interface device (S) when the interface device (S) is form-fittingly accommodated into the housing (D).

2. Docking station (1) according to claim 1,

-wherein the housing (D) has an interface-side connection unit (DV);

-wherein said interface device (S) has a housing-side connection unit (SV);

-wherein a detachable connection can be formed by means of the interface-side connection unit (DV) of the housing (D) and the housing-side connection unit (SV) of the interface device (S), which prevents the interface device (S) from being removed from the housing (D) when the interface device (S) is received in a form-fitting manner in the housing (D).

3. Docking station (1) according to claim 1 or 2,

-wherein the interface device (S) has a housing side region (SF) which is arranged flat in an interface plane (SE);

-wherein the housing (D) has a holding frame (DF) which, when the interface (S) is received in the housing (D) in a form-fitting manner, fixes the interface (S) against displacement in the interface plane (SE) by means of a form-fitting connection with the housing-side region (SF) of the interface (S).

4. Docking station (1) according to any of claims 1 to 3,

-wherein the tablet computer unit (T) has one interface side connection unit (TN);

-wherein said interface device (S) has a panel-side connection unit (SN);

-wherein a detachable connection can be formed by means of the interface-side connection unit (TN) of the tablet computer unit (T) and the tablet-side connection unit (SN) of the interface device (S), which prevents the tablet computer unit (T) from being removed from the interface device (S) when the tablet computer unit (T) is form-fittingly docked thereto.

5. Docking station (1) according to claim 4,

-wherein said detachable connection preventing said tablet computer unit (T) from being removed from said interface device (S) comprises a magnetic connection.

6. Docking station (1) according to claim 4 or 5,

-wherein said detachable connection preventing said tablet computer unit (T) from being removed from said interface device (S) comprises a dovetail connection.

7. Docking station (1) according to any of claims 1 to 6,

-wherein said interface means (S) have an interface mark (SM);

-wherein said tablet computer unit (T) has a Tablet Marker (TM);

-wherein said interface mark (SM) and said Tablet Mark (TM) relate to the compatibility of said interface device (S) and said tablet computer unit (T) with each other.

8. Docking station (1) according to one of the claims 1 to 7, further having a charging module (C) for charging the tablet computer unit (T) with electrical energy,

-wherein the charging module (C) is detachably connected with the housing (D);

-wherein the interface device (S) is configured such that, when the interface device (S) is received in the housing (D) in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit (T) is docked to the interface device (S) in a form-fitting manner, electrical energy for charging the tablet computer unit (T) can be transmitted by means of the interface device (S) and/or through the interface device (S).

9. Docking station (1) according to claim 8,

-wherein the charging module (C) is configured for inductively charging the tablet computer unit (T) with electrical energy;

-wherein said interface device (S) has an energy transmission area (SCI) through which electrical energy can be transmitted substantially without loss when said interface device (S) is received with a form fit in said housing (D) and said tablet computer unit (T) is docked with a form fit to said interface device (S).

10. Docking station (1) according to claim 8,

-wherein the charging module (C) is configured for charging the tablet computer unit (T) with electrical energy in a contact-based manner;

-wherein the interface device (S) has a contact-based energy transmission unit (SC), wherein the electrical energy can be transmitted by means of the contact-based energy transmission unit (SC) when the interface device (S) is received in the housing (D) in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit (T) is docked in the interface device (S) in a form-fitting manner.

11. Docking station (1) according to one of the claims 1 to 10, further having a support means (L),

-wherein the support means (L) are removably connected with the housing (D);

-wherein the support means (L) are configured to support the housing (D) with respect to a substrate (U) and/or with respect to a wall (W).

12. Docking station (1) according to claim 11,

-wherein the support means (L) has a support base (LU) for placing the docking station (1) on the base (U);

-wherein the support base (LU) is configured to have a high mass such that it fixes the docking station (1) against displacement relative to the base (U) when the interface device (S) is received form-fittingly into the housing (D), the tablet computer unit (T) is docked form-fittingly to the interface device (S), and a force for removing the tablet computer unit (T) from the interface device (S) is exerted on the tablet computer unit (T).

13. Docking station (1) according to claim 11,

-wherein the support means (L) has a wall holder (LW) for mounting the docking station (1) at a wall (W).

14. Docking station (1) according to any of claims 11 to 13,

-wherein the docking station (1) has a rocker bearing (K) for tiltably supporting the housing (D) relative to the supporting means (L) such that, when the interface means (S) is form-fittingly received into the housing (D) and the tablet computer unit (T) is form-fittingly docked to the interface means (S), a tilting angle (G) between a display screen plane (TE) of the tablet computer unit (T) and the supporting means (L) can be changed by means of the rocker bearing (K).

15. Device (2) with a tablet computer unit (T) and a docking station (1) according to any of claims 1 to 14 for accommodating the tablet computer unit (T).

16. The apparatus (2) according to claim 15, further having a medical imaging apparatus, wherein the tablet computer unit (T) has a tablet computer (TT) configured for operating the medical imaging apparatus.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a docking station for receiving a tablet computer unit. The invention further relates to a device with a tablet computer unit and a docking station.

Background

Medical imaging devices, such as computed tomography devices (CT), for example, can be operated by means of a tablet computer. In medical examinations carried out with a medical imaging apparatus, it can be advantageous if the tablet pc can be docked for a specific examination step to the gantry of the medical imaging apparatus and for other examination steps to a docking station of the medical imaging apparatus, wherein the docking station is arranged separately from the gantry of the medical imaging apparatus, for example behind a radiation protection wall.

Furthermore, it is advantageous that the tablet pc can be charged with electrical energy at the docking station independently of the operating state of the gantry of the medical imaging apparatus, in particular when the gantry of the medical imaging apparatus is completely switched off.

Docking and charging of the tablet computer can be achieved in different ways, wherein the same implementation should be used on the docking station and the stand for better compatibility.

Furthermore, there are different possibilities to support the docking station with respect to the base and/or with respect to the wall.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a docking station for receiving a tablet computer unit, which is improved in terms of the feasibility of adapting to different interface systems for docking and/or charging.

This object is achieved by the subject matter of the independent claims. In the dependent claims, further advantageous aspects of the invention are considered.

The present invention relates to a docking station for receiving a tablet computer unit:

-wherein the docking station has a housing and interface means for connecting the tablet computer unit with the housing;

-wherein the housing is configured for receiving the interface device in a form-fitting manner;

wherein the interface device is configured such that the tablet computer unit can be form-fittingly docked to the interface device if the interface device is form-fittingly accommodated in the housing.

The tablet computer unit may have a tablet computer, for example. The tablet computer may be particularly configured for operating the medical imaging device. The docking station may be mountable on the base and/or on the wall, in particular independently of the gantry of the medical imaging device. It may furthermore be provided that the mass of the docking station is less than 10 kg, in particular less than 5 kg, for example less than 2 kg.

The housing can be produced, for example, from at least one plastic and/or from at least one metal material.

By means of the interface device, the docking station can be matched very flexibly to different interface systems for docking the tablet computer unit. For example, it can be provided that the interface device to which the tablet computer unit can be form-fittingly docked with the dovetail connection being formed at the same time can be exchanged for another interface device to which the tablet computer unit can be form-fittingly docked with the magnetic connection being formed at the same time.

One embodiment provides that the housing has an interface-side connection unit; and the interface device has a connecting unit on the housing side; wherein a detachable connection can be formed by means of the connection unit on the interface side of the housing and the connection unit on the housing side of the interface device, which detachable connection prevents the interface device from being removed from the housing if the interface device is received in a form-fitting manner in the housing.

One embodiment provides that the interface device has a housing-side region, which is arranged in the interface plane in a planar manner; wherein the housing has a holding frame which, if the interface device is accommodated in the housing in a form-fitting manner, protects the interface device against displacement in the interface plane by form-fitting with a region of the housing side of the interface device.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the region of the housing side of the interface device is configured in the form of a disk and/or bowl.

One embodiment provides that the tablet computer unit has an interface-side connection unit; and the interface device has a connection unit on the tablet computer side; wherein a detachable connection can be formed by means of the connection unit on the interface side of the tablet computer unit and the connection unit on the tablet computer side of the interface device, which detachable connection prevents the tablet computer unit from being removed from the interface device if the tablet computer unit is form-fittingly docked to the interface device.

In particular, the tablet unit may have a tablet housing that encloses the tablet. In particular, the tablet computer housing may at least partially form and/or at least partially enclose the connection unit of the interface side of the tablet computer unit.

For a form fit with the connection unit on the tablet computer side, the connection unit on the interface side of the tablet computer unit can have, for example, at least one projection and/or at least one recess of the tablet computer housing.

The connection unit on the interface side of the tablet computer unit can have, for example, at least one ferromagnetic region of the tablet computer housing and/or at least one ferromagnetic region of the tablet computer unit, which is surrounded by the tablet computer housing.

One embodiment proposes that the detachable connection preventing the tablet computer unit from being removed from the interface device comprises a magnetic connection, in particular a magnetic connection. The connection unit on the tablet computer side of the interface device may have at least one magnet, for example.

One embodiment provides that the detachable connection preventing the tablet computer unit from being removed from the interface device comprises a dovetail connection, in particular a so-called dovetail connection.

The connection unit on the tablet computer side of the interface device may have, for example, a protruding bump. The protruding elevations have in particular at least partially a dovetail-shaped cross section. The connection unit on the interface side of the tablet computer unit can have a recess, for example for the purpose of a form-fitting accommodation of the protruding elevation, which is configured to correspond to the protruding elevation.

One embodiment provides that the interface device has an interface marking; and the tablet computer unit has a tablet computer flag; wherein the interface indicia and the tablet computer indicia relate to compatibility of the interface device and the tablet computer unit with one another.

For example, the compatibility of the interface indicia and the tablet computer indicia with each other may be shown based on the color and/or shape of the interface indicia and/or based on the color and/or shape of the tablet computer indicia. It may for example be provided that the interface device and the tablet computer unit are exactly compatible with each other if the interface marking and the tablet computer marking have the same color and/or the same shape, for example if the interface marking and the tablet computer marking are substantially identical, in particular identical. The interface marking and the tablet computer marking may in particular each be formed in the form of a label.

One embodiment proposes that the docking station further has a charging module for charging the tablet computer unit with electric energy, wherein the charging module is detachably connected with the housing; wherein the interface device is designed in such a way that, when the interface device is received in the housing in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit is docked in the interface device in a form-fitting manner, electrical energy for charging the tablet computer unit can be transmitted by means of the interface device and/or through the interface device.

By means of the interface device, the docking station can be adapted very flexibly to different interface systems for the charging of the tablet computer unit. For example, it can be provided that the interface device to which the tablet computer unit can be form-fittingly docked with simultaneous formation of the inductive energy-transmitting connection can be exchanged for another interface device to which the tablet computer unit can be form-fittingly docked with simultaneous formation of the contact-based energy-transmitting connection.

One embodiment provides that the charging module is designed to inductively charge the tablet computer unit with electrical energy; wherein the interface device has an energy transmission region through which electrical energy can be transmitted in an inductive manner substantially without losses when the interface device is received in the housing in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit is docked in the interface device in a form-fitting manner.

The energy transmission region of the interface device can, for example, be formed substantially from a dielectric material and/or be formed as a thin wall, in order to be able to achieve an inductive energy transmission path that is as short as possible.

In particular, when the interface device is received in the housing in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit is docked in a form-fitting manner to the interface device, the electrical energy can be inductively transmitted by the charging module through the energy transmission region substantially without losses to a receiving module, which is designed as a tablet computer unit and receives the electrical energy inductively.

One embodiment provides that the charging module is designed to charge the tablet computer unit with electrical energy in a contact-based manner; wherein the interface device has a contact-based energy transmission unit, by means of which electrical energy can be transmitted when the interface device is received in the housing in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit is docked in the interface device in a form-fitting manner.

The contact-based energy transmission unit can have, for example, a charging module-side contact for electrically conductive connection with the charging module, a tablet computer-side contact for electrically conductive connection with the tablet computer unit, and an electrically conductive connection of the charging module-side contact with the tablet computer-side contact.

In particular, when the interface device is received in the housing in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit is docked in a form-fitting manner to the interface device, electrical energy can be transmitted by the charging module by means of the contact-based energy transmission unit to a receiving module of the tablet computer unit, which is designed to receive electrical energy in a contact-based manner.

One embodiment proposes that the docking station further has a supporting means, wherein the supporting means is detachably connected with the housing; wherein the support means are configured to support the housing relative to the base and/or relative to the wall.

For example, the support base can be produced from a material having a large thickness, for example from cast iron. In particular, in this way the magnetic and form-fitting connection between the tablet computer unit and the interface device can be released by a pulling force acting on the tablet computer unit, without the pulling force causing a perceptible movement of the docking station.

One embodiment provides that the support device has a support base for placing the docking station on the base; wherein the support base is configured with a mass of such a size that it prevents a displacement of the docking station relative to the base (Unterlage), in particular due to its inertia, when the interface device is received form-fittingly into the housing, the tablet computer unit is form-fittingly docked at the interface device, and a force for removing the tablet computer unit from the interface device is applied to the tablet computer unit.

The substrate may be, for example, a table or a floor. The substrate may extend in a horizontal plane, in particular in a planar manner.

In particular, the force for removing the tablet computer unit from the interface device may be adapted to release the detachable connection formed by means of the connection unit of the interface side of the tablet computer unit and the connection unit of the tablet computer side of the interface device.

One embodiment provides that the support means has a wall holder for mounting the docking station to the wall.

One embodiment provides that the docking station has a rocker bearing for tiltably supporting the housing relative to the supporting means, in particular for tiltably supporting the housing about a tilting axis, so that a tilting angle between a display screen plane of the tablet computer unit and the supporting means can be changed, in particular stepwise or steplessly, by means of the rocker bearing when the interface device is received in the housing in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit is docked to the interface device in a form-fitting manner.

The invention also relates to a device having a tablet computer unit and a docking station for receiving the tablet computer unit according to the disclosed aspects.

One embodiment provides that the device further has a medical imaging apparatus, wherein the tablet computer unit has a tablet computer which is designed to operate the medical imaging apparatus.

It may furthermore be provided that the interface means of the docking station of the device are accommodated with a form fit into the housing of the docking station of the device, and that the tablet computer unit of the device is form-fittingly docked to the interface means of the device.

The rocker bearing (Kipplager) may have, for example, a tilt lock (Kipp-veriegilung) for fixing the housing relative to the bearing device, in particular such that a tilting movement of the housing about the tilting axis is prevented by means of the tilt lock.

Docking stations offer the possibility of fast, energy-efficient, flexible and system-independent storage and/or charging of tablet computers used for operating medical imaging devices. Furthermore, it can be provided that the wireless remote control device can be docked, in particular for charging with electrical energy, to a docking station. The total energy consumption when charging by means of the docking station is significantly lower than when charging by means of the interface on the gantry, when the entire medical imaging apparatus is switched on. Furthermore, the docking station is very compact compared to a stand. Docking stations have a relatively small space requirement and their construction and/or fixation involves relatively low requirements.

The medical imaging device can be selected, for example, from the group of imaging modalities consisting of an X-ray machine, a C-arm X-ray machine, a computed tomography device (CT device), a molecular imaging device (MI device), a single photon emission computed tomography device (SPECT device), a positron emission tomography device (PET device), a magnetic resonance tomography device (MR device), and combinations thereof, in particular a PET-CT device and a PET-MR device. The medical imaging apparatus may also have a combination of imaging modality and radiation modality, for example selected from the group of imaging modalities. The radiation modality may have a radiation unit for therapeutic radiation, for example.

The gantry of the medical imaging apparatus usually has a carrying structure on which, in particular, the components of the acquisition unit, in particular the radiation source and/or the radiation detector, are arranged. The support structure of the gantry typically has such a high degree of stability and stability that the components of the acquisition unit can be arranged in a geometry that is sufficiently defined for imaging, both relative to each other and relative to the region to be imaged.

The gantry of a computer tomography apparatus usually has a carrying structure on which, in particular, components of the projection data acquisition system, in particular the X-ray source and/or the X-ray detector, are arranged. The support structure of the gantry typically has such a high degree of stability and stability that the components of the acquisition unit can be arranged in a geometry that is sufficiently defined for imaging, both relative to each other and relative to the region to be imaged.

In a computer tomography apparatus, the gantry usually has a support frame and a rotor which is mounted so as to be rotatable relative to the support frame, wherein the X-ray source and the X-ray detector are arranged on the rotor. Alternatively, the stage can have a tilting frame tiltably supported with respect to the carrying frame, wherein the rotor is provided on the tilting frame.

Furthermore, an apparatus is disclosed herein, which has a tablet computer unit of a gantry of a medical imaging apparatus and a docking device, wherein the docking device of the gantry is designed to receive the tablet computer unit, wherein the docking device has a housing part of the gantry and an interface device for connecting the tablet computer unit to the housing part of the gantry, wherein the housing part of the gantry is designed to receive the interface device, wherein the interface device is designed such that the tablet computer unit can be docked to the interface device in a form-fitting manner if the interface device is received in a form-fitting manner in the housing part of the gantry. For example, the housing part of the gantry can be integrated into the housing (Verkleidung) of the gantry. The docking means may especially be constituted according to one of the aspects disclosed for the docking station. The housing part of the stand may especially be constructed according to one of the aspects disclosed for the housing of the docking station.

Within the scope of the present invention, features described in relation to different embodiments of the invention and/or different claim types (methods, applications, devices, systems, apparatuses, etc.) may be combined into further embodiments of the invention.

For example, claims directed to apparatus may also be amended with respect to features described or claimed with respect to methods of incorporation, and vice versa. The functional features of the method can be realized here by means of the particular components which are designed accordingly. Various further embodiments of the invention are conceivable besides the embodiments of the invention explicitly described in the present application, which are accessible to a person skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of protection of the invention as intended by the claims.

The term "based on" may in the context of the present invention be understood in particular in the sense of the term "used". The generation of the expression of a first feature (alternative: sought, determined, etc.) based in particular on a second feature does not exclude: the first feature may be generated (alternatively: derived, determined, etc.) based on the third feature.

Drawings

The invention is elucidated hereinafter with reference to the drawings according to embodiments. The illustrations in the drawings are schematic, simplified and not necessarily to scale.

Wherein:

fig. 1 shows a tablet computer unit and an interface device, which can be detachably connected to each other by means of a magnetic connection;

fig. 2 shows a tablet computer unit and an interface device, which can be detachably connected to each other by means of a dovetail connection;

fig. 3 shows a holding frame, which is formed by a housing part;

FIG. 4 illustrates a docking station configured for detachable magnetic connection with a tablet computer unit;

FIG. 5 illustrates a docking station configured for detachable dovetail connection with a tablet computer unit;

fig. 6 shows a first view of a device comprising a tablet computer unit and a docking station, with a support base;

fig. 7 shows a second view of a device comprising a tablet computer unit and a docking station, with a support base;

fig. 8 shows a first view of a device comprising a tablet computer unit and a docking station, with a wall holder; and

fig. 9 shows a second view of a device including a tablet computer unit and a docking station, with a wall holder.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a tablet computer unit T and an interface device S, which can be detachably connected to one another by means of a magnetic connection. The tablet computer unit T has a tablet computer TT configured for operating the medical imaging apparatus. Tablet unit T also has a tablet housing TJ that encloses tablet TT.

The tablet computer unit T has an interface-side connection unit TN. The interface device S has a connection unit SN on the tablet computer side. By means of the interface-side connection unit TN of the tablet computer unit T and the tablet computer-side connection unit SN of the interface device S, a detachable connection can be formed which prevents the tablet computer unit T from being removed from the interface device S when the tablet computer unit T is form-fittingly docked thereto.

The interface device S has a housing-side region SF, which is arranged flat in the interface plane SE. In the example shown in fig. 1, the housing-side region SF of the interface device S is embodied in the form of a bowl (schalenfoermig).

In the example shown in fig. 1, the detachable connection that prevents the tablet computer unit T from being removed from the interface device S includes a magnetic connection. For this purpose, the connection unit SN on the tablet computer side of the interface device S has a plurality of magnets which are arranged in a ring-shaped manner around the energy transmission area SCI.

In the example shown in fig. 1, the interface device S has an energy transmission area SCI through which electrical energy can be transmitted substantially without loss when the interface device S is accommodated in the housing D in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit T is docked in a form-fitting manner. The tablet computer unit T has a receiving module TCI which is configured to receive electrical energy inductively.

Fig. 2 shows a tablet computer unit T and an interface device S, which can be detachably connected to one another by means of a dovetail connection.

In the example shown in fig. 2, the detachable connection that prevents the tablet computer unit T from being removed from the interface device S includes a dovetail connection (Schwalbenschwanzverbindung). The connection unit SN on the tablet computer side of the interface device S has a protruding ridge which at least partially has a dovetail-shaped cross section. The interface-side connection unit TN of the tablet computer unit T has, for example, a recess (vertieff) for the positive-locking reception of the projecting elevation, which recess is designed to correspond to the projecting elevation.

In the example shown in fig. 2, the housing-side region SF of the interface device S is of disk-shaped design.

In the example shown in fig. 2, the interface device S has a contact-based energy transmission unit SC, by means of which electrical energy can be transmitted when the interface device S is received in the housing D in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit T is docked in a form-fitting manner to the interface device S. The tablet computer unit T has a receiving module TC configured to receive electrical energy in a contact-based manner.

In the middle of the housing-side region SF of the interface device S, there are contacts on the charging module side for electrically conductive connection to the charging module C. At the end of the protruding projection facing the receiving module TC, there is a tablet-side contact for electrically conductive connection to the tablet unit T.

Fig. 3 shows a holding frame DF, which is formed by a housing part. The housing D has a holding frame DF which fixes the interface S against displacement in the interface plane SE by a form-fitting connection with the housing-side region SF of the interface S if the interface S is form-fittingly accommodated in the housing D.

The holding frame DF is formed by a housing part of the housing D. The holding frame DF surrounds a recess F formed in the housing D. The housing-side region SF of the interface device S is configured to correspond to the recess F and can be received in the recess F in a form-fitting manner.

The holding frame DF has a support region on which an edge region of the housing-side region SF is supported and which, when the interface device S is received in the housing D in a form-fitting manner, thereby fixes the interface device S in a form-fitting manner so as to prevent movement in a direction perpendicular to the interface plane SE and directed by the tablet pc unit T toward the housing D.

The interface device S is positively secured against movement in a direction perpendicular to the interface plane SE and directed by the housing D toward the tablet computer unit T by means of a detachable connection, for example a screw connection and/or a plug connection (which prevents removal of the interface device S from the housing D), which is formed by means of the connection unit DV on the interface side of the housing and the connection unit SV on the housing side of the interface device S.

Fig. 4 shows a docking station 1 configured for detachable magnetic connection with a tablet computer unit T according to the example shown in fig. 1 for accommodating the tablet computer unit T and a remote controller R. The docking station 1 has a housing D and an interface device S for connecting the tablet computer unit T with the housing D, wherein the housing D is designed for the form-fitting accommodation of the interface device S, wherein the interface device S is designed such that the tablet computer unit T can be form-fittingly docked to the interface device S when the interface device S is form-fittingly accommodated in the housing D.

The housing D has a connection unit DV on the interface side, wherein the interface device S has a housing-side connection unit SV, wherein a detachable connection can be formed by means of the connection unit DV on the interface side of the housing D and the housing-side connection unit SV of the interface device S, which prevents the interface device S from being removed from the housing D when the interface device S is received in a form-fitting manner in the housing D.

The docking station 1 also has an interface DR for receiving the remote controller R in a form-fitting manner. The interface DR can be received in the housing D and/or can be detachably connected to the housing D, for example, in a form-fitting manner.

Fig. 5 shows a docking station 1 configured to be detachably connected with a tablet computer unit T in a dovetail manner according to the example shown in fig. 2 for accommodating the tablet computer unit T and a remote controller R.

Fig. 6 shows a first view of an apparatus 2 comprising a tablet computer unit T and a docking station 1, the apparatus 2 having a support L with a support base LU for accommodating the tablet computer unit T. A tablet computer unit T and a remote controller R are provided on the docking station 1.

The interface means S of the docking station 1 of the device 2 are shape-fittingly received into the housing D of the docking station 1 of the device 2. The tablet computer unit T of the device 2 is form-fittingly docked to the interface device S of the device 2. The interface device S has an interface mark SM. The tablet computer unit T has a tablet flag TM. The interface mark SM and the tablet mark TM relate to the compatibility of the interface device S and the tablet unit T with each other.

The remote controller R may be used for mobile, wireless operation of the medical imaging apparatus and may be charged with electrical energy in a wired manner by means of the charging socket B.

Furthermore, a signal device can be provided, which is designed to determine and transmit signals relating to the position of the remote control R relative to the medical imaging device. The signal can be output, for example, optically by means of an optical signal output unit of the remote controller R and/or acoustically by means of a sound signal output unit of the remote controller R. Alternatively or additionally, the signal may be output by means of a vibration of the remote controller R.

The user of the remote control may be informed, for example, by means of a signal: whether the spacing of the remote controller R from the medical imaging device is below a predetermined minimum spacing and/or whether the spacing of the remote controller R from the medical imaging device exceeds a predetermined maximum spacing. The user of the remote control may be informed, for example, by means of a signal: whether the remote controller R is located in a spatial range in which the medical imaging apparatus is not allowed to be operated by means of the remote controller R; and/or whether the remote controller R is located in a spatial range in which the medical imaging device is allowed to operate by means of the remote controller R.

Fig. 7 shows a second view of the device 2 with a tablet computer unit T and a docking station 1, the device 2 having a support L with a support base LU for accommodating the tablet computer unit T. The support device L is detachably connected to the housing D and is configured to support the housing D relative to the substrate U.

The support device L has a support base LU for mounting the docking station 1 on the base U, wherein the support base LU is configured with a mass which is so high that the support base LU fixes the docking station 1 against displacement relative to the base U when the interface device S is received form-fittingly into the housing D, the tablet computer unit T is docked form-fittingly to the interface device S and a force for removing the tablet computer unit T from the interface device S is applied to the tablet computer unit T.

The substrate U is for example a table. Here, the display screen plane TE of the tablet computer unit T is inclined with respect to the substrate U. This enables an improved utilization of the tablet computer unit T with respect to ergonomics. The support device L can also be designed for adjusting, for example, the angle of inclination between the display screen plane TE of the tablet pc unit T and the substrate U in steps or in steps.

Fig. 8 shows a first view of a device 2 comprising a tablet computer unit T and a docking station 1 with a wall holder LW. The support means L has a wall holder LW for mounting the docking station 1 to the wall W.

The docking station 1 is fixed on the wall W by means of a wall holder LW. Docking station 1 has a rocker bearing (Kipplager) K for supporting housing D tiltably about tilting axis KX relative to supporting means L, so that, when interface device S is received in housing D in a form-fitting manner and tablet computer unit T is docked in a form-fitting manner at interface device S, tilting angle G between display screen plane TE of tablet computer unit T and supporting means L can be changed by means of rocker bearing K.

The rocker bearing K has a tilt lock (Kipp-veriegilung) for fixing the housing D relative to the bearing L, so that the housing D is fixed against tilting movements about the tilt axis KX by means of the tilt lock. The tilt lock can be operated, in particular activated and deactivated, by means of a lever a.

When the interface device S is received in the housing D in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit T is docked in a form-fitting manner to the interface device S, the display screen plane TE of the tablet computer unit T is parallel to the interface plane SE. The reference plane E0 is parallel to the surface of the wall W. By varying the inclination angle G by means of the rocker bearing K, the display screen plane TE can be brought, for example, into the reference plane E0 or the plane E1. For example, it can be provided that the inclination angle G can be varied in a range of minus 6 degrees to plus 6 degrees with respect to the reference plane E0. This makes it possible to avoid disturbing reflections from the mirror on the display screen of the tablet computer TT.

Fig. 9 shows a second view of the device 2 comprising a tablet computer unit T and a docking station 1 with a wall holder LW.

The docking station 1 has a charging module C for charging the tablet computer unit T with electrical energy, wherein the charging module C is detachably connected to the housing D, wherein the interface device S is designed such that, when the interface device S is received in the housing D in a form-fitting manner and the tablet computer unit T is docked in the interface device S in a form-fitting manner, the electrical energy for charging the tablet computer unit T can be transmitted by means of the interface device S and/or through the interface device S.

For the tablet computer unit T according to the example shown in fig. 1, a charging module C configured for inductively charging the tablet computer unit T with electrical energy may be applied. For the tablet computer unit T according to the example shown in fig. 2, a charging module C configured to charge the tablet computer unit T with electrical energy in a contact-based manner may be applied. The charging modules described above can be exchanged with each other while leaving the housing D.

The docking station 1 has a power supply Y, a ventilation device Z, a dc/dc converter YB, for example in the form of an adapter, and a charging socket B, for example in the form of a USB socket. Power supply Y powers the components of docking station 1. The power supply Y is connected to a power supply source by means of a cable YL. The ventilation device Z is designed to cool components located in the housing D.

The docking station 1 has a vacant part YW on the side provided with the wall holder LW. The docking station 1 can be plugged onto a socket of the power supply network (in particular in the form of a mounting-protective contact-domestic socket) protruding from the wall W, such that the socket protrudes into the recess YW and the cable YL and the plug for the socket are located in the recess YW, wherein the cable YL is connected to the socket by means of the plug.

The docking station 1 thus forms a charging station on which not only the tablet computer unit T but also the remote controller R can be charged, wherein the medical imaging apparatus can be operated by means of the tablet computer unit T and the remote controller R, irrespective of the operating state of the gantry of the medical imaging apparatus.