07th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150046089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-STAGE PLANNING - A plan through a space having a near field and a far field is determined. Using a sensor device, measurements of the far field are obtained and stored in an electronic memory. A processor uses the measurements to determine the viability of each far field plan among a plurality of candidate far field plans. The processor also determines a flexibility score for each of the candidate far field plans and selects a composite plan comprising the viable far field plan having a highest flexibility score among the viable candidate far field plans. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING ROCK PROPERTIES USING TERAHERTZ-BAND DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - A method of analyzing physical properties of a sample includes obtaining the sample and obtaining an electromagnetic spectrum of the sample using terahertz spectroscopy. A sample complex permittivity is computed from the electromagnetic spectrum of the sample. The method further includes estimating the constituents and the constituent fractions and computing an estimated effective complex permittivity based upon a model and the constituent fractions. The method further includes comparing the computed sample complex permittivity with the estimated effective complex permittivity in order to determine the physical properties the sample. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A VALUE INDICATIVE OF HYDROGEN INDEX - Determining a value indicative of hydrogen index. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including obtaining an inelastic count rate and a capture count rate of a first gamma detector for a particular borehole depth, obtaining an inelastic count rate and a capture count rate of a second gamma detector for the particular borehole depth, calculating a ratio of an inelastic count rate to a capture count rate for the first gamma detector, thereby creating a first value, calculating a ratio of an inelastic count rate to a capture count rate for the second gamma detector, thereby creating a second value, calculating a ratio of the first and second values, and determining a value indicative of hydrogen index based on the ratio of the first and second values. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046092 | Global Calibration Based Reservoir Quality Prediction from Real-Time Geochemical Data Measurements - Real-time or near real-time estimates of reservoir quality properties, along with performance indicators for such estimates, can be provided through use of methods and systems for fully automating the estimation of reservoir quality properties based on geochemical data obtained at a well site. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046093 | INTERFEROMETRY-BASED DATA REDATUMING AND/OR DEPTH IMAGING - Processing measurements to create “reflectivity” data at a datum for a target using Joint Point-Spread Functions. The “reflectivity” data can be an image or an extended image. The methods can create single reflectivity data from measurements from multiple experiments, or multiple processed datasets via different processing routes from measurements from a single experiment, or measurements from a single experiment with multiple simultaneous sources. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046094 | SURGICAL GUIDANCE AND PLANNING SOFTWARE FOR ASTIGMATISM TREATMENT - Software for calculating an astigmatism treatment is operable upon execution to perform the following steps: receiving an initial primary incision position; determining a power and orientation for a toric intraocular lens (IOL) to treat an astigmatism of an eye based on the initial primary incision position; determining an adjusted primary incision position based on the power and the orientation for the toric IOL to further reduce the astigmatism; and generating an output comprising the adjusted primary incision position. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046095 | PULSE MONITOR AND PROGRAM - A pulse monitor, a program, and the like which perform determination of an appropriate pressing force and store and display holding state specification information when it is determined to be an appropriate pressing force, thereby facilitating device mounting in an appropriate state are provided. A pulse monitor includes a pulse wave detection unit | 2015-02-12 |
20150046096 | Systems and Methods to Process and Group Chromatographic Peaks - A method for processing chromatographic peaks in chromatographic systems comprising comparing a first peak with a second peak; and determining whether the first peak and second peak should be grouped together. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046097 | METHOD AND DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR SEMI-AUTOMATED PARTICLE ANALYSIS USING A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM - A data analysis system is disclosed for generating analysis data depending on microscopic data of an object generated by a charged particle microscope. The microscopic data includes an image showing a structure. A graphical representation of the structure is displayed on the display by the graphical user interface. Separation data is generated representing at least one path of a separation cut, which separates pixels of the structure from each other. The separation cut is visually marked by the graphical user interface, depending on the separation data, by differently marking different area portions of the representation, which represent different pixels of the structure which are separated from each other by the separation cut. Separate analysis data are generated for each of at least two portions of the object, depending on the microscopic data and depending on the separation data. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING FOR COMPOSITES - Method and system are disclosed for characterizing and quantifying composite laminate structures. The method and system take a composite laminate of unknown ply stack composition and sequence and determine various information about the individual plies, such as ply stack, orientation, microstructure, and type. The method and system can distinguish between weave types that may exhibit similar planar stiffness behaviors, but would produce different failure mechanisms. Individual ply information may then be used to derive the laminate bulk properties from externally provided constitutive properties of the fiber and matrix, including extensional stiffness, bending-extension coupling stiffness, bending stiffness, and the like. The laminate bulk properties may then be used to generate a probabilistic failure envelope for the composite laminate. This provides the ability to perform non-destructive QA to ensure that individual lamina layup was accomplished according to specifications, and results may be used to identify a numerous laminate properties beyond purely structural. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046099 | PIPELINE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING SERVER AND PIPELINE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a pipeline management supporting server capable of unifying management of attribute data of a pipe component and location information on a pipe network, efficiently detecting an abnormality of a pipeline remotely, and diagnosing the degradation state of the pipeline. The pipeline management supporting server ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150046100 | PEDALING MOTION MEASURING DEVICE AND PEDALING MOTION SENSOR DEVICE - The inventive pedaling motion measuring device includes: a measurement body unit having a first sensor unit for sensing the number of rotation of a wheel by sensing the motion of the wheel of a bicycle, and second sensor units arranged at right and left crank arms for sensing magnitude and direction of a force applied to each of the right and left crank arms. The first work calculation unit calculates work performed by the bicycle based on the number of rotation of the wheel sensed by the first sensor unit. The second work calculation unit calculates work provided to the crank member by the user within a prescribed time, based on the magnitude and direction of the force applied to each of the right and left crank arms and sensed by the second sensor units. The efficiency calculation unit calculates the efficiency of the bicycle. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046101 | FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATION UNIT, FUEL CONSUMPTION MEASURING APPARATUS, AND EXHAUST GAS MEASURING APPARATUS - The present invention is intended to, at the time of directly measuring a flow rate of exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust gas flow path and an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, and on the basis of the flow rate and air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, calculating fuel consumption, reduce a measurement error of the fuel consumption. Also, the invention is a fuel consumption calculation unit that, with use of an exhaust gas flow rate obtained by a flow rate sensor provided in an exhaust gas flow path through which exhaust gas of an engine flows, and an air-fuel ratio obtained by an air-fuel ratio sensor provided in the exhaust gas flow path, calculates fuel consumption of the engine, and on the basis of the air-fuel ratio obtained by the air-fuel ratio sensor, changes a value of exhaust gas density used for the calculation of the fuel consumption. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046102 | FLOW MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAS AND LIQUID APPLICATIONS - An apparatus and method for measuring the superposition of a plurality of sound waves propagating within a conduit containing a fluid having a plurality of transducers positioned substantially parallel to the flow direction along the wall of the conduit. The system includes a computing device for modeling the superposition of a plurality of sound waves as they propagate within the conduit. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046103 | OPERATIONAL STATE ESTIMATING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE, OPERATIONAL STATE ESTIMATING METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE, PROGRAM, FEATURE VECTOR REGISTERING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE, FEATURE VECTOR REGISTERING METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, AND OPERATIONAL STATE ESTIMATING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE - Estimating operational states of a plurality of electrical devices connected to an electrical power line, that is, an electricity usage condition is appropriately carried out. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046104 | TECHNIQUES FOR UTILIZING ENERGY USAGE INFORMATION - Techniques for energy consumption monitoring and analysis. Energy consumption of one or more energy consuming devices corresponding to a user is monitored. User profile information and user statistical information is utilized to analyze the monitored energy consumption to generate a personal energy usage profile for the user. The personal energy usage profile is transmitted to a computing platform associated with the user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046105 | VOLTAGE MODE FUEL GAUGE - In one embodiment, a circuit comprises a sensor providing a digital signal responsive to a battery voltage on a battery terminal of a battery. The sensor can be an analog-to-digital convertor. A processor is coupled to the sensor and is configured to calculate a state of charge of the battery based on the digital signal at a first time, the digital signal at a second time, and a stored battery profile of open circuit voltage as a function of state of charge at the second time. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046106 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CLOUD BASED UNIVERSAL FLEET MONITORING SYSTEM - An enhanced system and method for monitoring operation of a plurality of data sensors allows monitoring of data from industrial batteries and/or Battery Data Sensors (BDSs), vehicles, charging systems and related equipment. One or more Data Collection Modules communicate wirelessly and receive data from each device sensor, store data in the Data Collector memory and asynchronously transmit the data through the Cloud and/or Internet to the Cloud Server, which stores and process all received raw data and stores configuration information for each uniquely identified monitored device. Users may interact with the monitoring system using smart Web-enabled devices, and may submit user configuration data via the Cloud Server and receive reports regarding operation of the monitoring system, individual sensors and monitored devices. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF CHARGE OF BATTERY - Provided are battery SOC estimating apparatus and method. The battery SOC estimating apparatus according to the present invention includes an input/output power pattern analyzing unit which analyzes an input/output power of a battery during a predetermined time to obtain an input/output power pattern of the battery; an application status determining unit which analyzes the input/output power pattern of the battery to determine a current application status of the battery; and an SOC calculating unit which calculates an SOC of the battery using a state of charge (SOC) estimation algorithm corresponding to the current application status of the battery. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046108 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SECONDARY CELL STATUS - Provided is a device for estimating secondary cell status using multiple models. The device for estimating secondary cell status uses multiple models, model 1, model 2, and model 3, to estimate the status of respective secondary cells. An arithmetic unit compares the estimated voltage values obtained from model 1, model 2, and model 3 with measured voltage values, sets the model having the highest correlation as the optimal model, optimizes the parameters of such model, and estimates secondary cell status. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046109 | BATTERY SYSTEM MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Proposed is a method for efficiently indicating the replacement timing of each battery module which is a constituent element of a battery system on the basis of operational results information of the battery system without lowering the operating ratio of the battery system. First, capacity-voltage profile data of the battery module according to manufacturing state and degradation state, capacity-voltage profile data at the time of shipping of the battery module, and most recent capacity-voltage profile data of the battery module are collated to estimate the degradation degree of the battery module of the battery system. Then, based on past charge/discharge results data of the battery module, a future use pattern is estimated. Thereafter, remaining operating life is computed based on the degradation degree, the use pattern of the battery module, and characteristics degradation data. Finally, based on the remaining operating computed for the life battery module, the replacement timing of the individual battery module is indicated. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046110 | APPARATUS OF ESTIMATING POWER OF SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for estimating the power of a secondary battery including a blended cathode material. The apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a sensor configured to measure a discharge current of a secondary battery comprising a cathode including a blended cathode material, and a control unit configured to estimate a state of charge of the secondary battery, determine a discharge voltage of the secondary battery using a first resistance predefined corresponding to the state of charge under a first condition in which a magnitude of the discharge current is smaller than a magnitude of a critical current and a second resistance predefined corresponding to the state of charge under a second condition in which the magnitude of the discharge current is larger than the magnitude of the critical current, and determine the power of the secondary battery from the determined discharge voltage and the measured discharge current. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046111 | LASER HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD BASED ON LOCKING EDGE WITH HIGH FREQUENCY DIGITAL SIGNAL - The present invention discloses a processing method for laser heterodyne interferometric signal based on locking edge with high frequency digital signal. A reference signal and a measurement signal of heterodyne interferometer, after being processed by photodetector, signal amplifier, filtering circuit, voltage comparator and high frequency digital edge locking module, are transferred to pulse counting synchronized latching processing module, to obtain entire cycle interference fringe numbers and filling pulse numbers in one interference fringe cycle, of the reference signal and the measurement signal; the numbers are transferred to a computer to obtain displacement and speed of a measured object; usage of a high frequency digital pulse signal to lock the rising edge of laser heterodyne interferometric signal can improve the gradient of the rising edge of interference signal and eliminate wrong pulse caused by noises, and improve the accuracy and stability of the processing for the following signals. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046112 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING TIMING SKEW IN X-RAY DATA READ OUT OF AN X-RAY DETECTOR IN A ROLLING SHUTTER MODE - In an X-ray detector operating in a rolling shutter read out mode, by precisely synchronizing sample rotation with the detector readout, the effects of timing skew on the image intensities and angular positions caused by the rolling shutter read out can be compensated by interpolation or calculation, thus allowing the data to be accurately integrated with conventional software. In one embodiment, the reflection intensities are interpolated with respect to time to recreate data that is synchronized to a predetermined time. This interpolated data can then be processed by any conventional integration routine to generate a 3D model of the sample. In another embodiment a 3D integration routine is specially adapted to allow the time-skewed data to be processed directly and generate a 3D model of the sample. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046113 | END OF LIFE DETECTION FOR ANALYTE SENSORS - Systems and methods for processing sensor data and end of life detection are provided. In some embodiments, a method for determining the end of life of a continuous analyte sensor includes evaluating a plurality of risk factors using an end of life function to determine an end of life status of the sensor and providing an output related to the end of life status of the sensor. The plurality of risk factors may be selected from the list including the number of days the sensor has been in use, whether there has been a decrease in signal sensitivity, whether there is a predetermined noise pattern, whether there is a predetermined oxygen concentration pattern, and error between reference BG values and EGV sensor values. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046114 | SENSITIVITY AND THE DYNAMIC RANGE OF PHOTOMETRIC ASSAYS BY GENERATING MULTIPLE CALIBRATION CURVES - A method for determining the amount of a specific analyte by photometric assays, wherein the specific analyte in a sample reacts with an analyte specific reaction partner in a reaction mixture. At least two calibration curves are generated, the first calibration curve recorded at a first wavelength is optimized for low concentrations of the specific analyte thereby maximizing the lower detection limit and, the second calibration curve recorded at a second wavelength is optimized for high concentrations of the specific analyte thereby maximizing the upper detection limit. The optimized lower detection limit and the optimized upper detection limit results in an extended dynamic range. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046115 | CIRCUIT FOR MONITORING ABNORMALITY OF ECU - An abnormality monitoring circuit of an ECU includes a microcomputer, a reset circuit that resets the microcomputer, a monitor circuit that monitors the operation of the microcomputer, and an output circuit that activates an external actuator. The monitor circuit has an abnormality decision signal output section that outputs an abnormality decision signal to the output circuit when not being able to confirm that an output of a normal monitor signal of the microcomputer has occurred within an abnormality decision time. The monitor circuit has a reset decision signal output section that outputs a reset decision signal to the reset circuit when not being able to confirm that an output of the normal monitor signal of the microcomputer has occurred within a BIST (Built In Self Test) completion time of the microcomputer and a reset decision time set to a time longer than the abnormality decision time. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046116 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Motion of a Body in a Selected Frame of Reference - A method and apparatus for monitoring impacts on or between bodies is disclosed. In one application, head impacts and the performance of a helmet during impacts are monitored by determining head motion and helmet motion relative to a common origin and/or frame of reference in response to sensed head motion and sensed helmet motion. The head motion in the common frame of reference is compared with helmet motion in the common frame of reference to determine performance of the helmet. The apparatus may include a surface-mountable motion sensor having a reusable sensing circuit and a disposable mounting structure. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046117 | METHOD FOR CONTACTLESSLY MEASURING A RELATIVE POSITION BY MEANS OF A 3D HALL SENSOR HAVING MEASUREMENT SIGNAL STORE - The present invention relates to a method for contactlessly measuring a relative position of a magnetic field source ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150046118 | DIFFERENTIAL METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR METROLOGY OF SEMICONDUCTOR TARGETS - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for determining process or structure parameters for semiconductor structures. A plurality of optical signals is acquired from one or more targets located in a plurality of fields on a semiconductor wafer. The fields are associated with different process parameters for fabricating the one or more targets, and the acquired optical signals contain information regarding a parameter of interest (POI) for a top structure and information regarding one or more underlayer parameters for one or more underlayers formed below such top structure. A feature extraction model is generated to extract a plurality of feature signals from such acquired optical signals so that the feature signals contain information for the POI and exclude information for the underlayer parameters. A POI value for each top structure of each field is determined based on the feature signals extracted by the feature extraction model. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046119 | VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION FROM LASER SCANNERS USING FISHER AND PROFILE SIGNATURES - Methods, systems and processor-readable media for vehicle classification. In general, one or more vehicles can be scanned utilizing a laser scanner to compile data indicative of an optical profile of the vehicle(s). The optical profile associated with the vehicle(s) is then pre-processed. Particular features are extracted from the optical profile following pre-processing of the optical profile. The vehicle(s) can be then classified based on the particular features extracted from the optical feature. A segmented laser profile is treated as an image and profile features that integrate the signal in one of the two directions of the image and Fisher vectors which aggregate statistics of local “patches” of the image are computed and utilized as part of the extraction and classification process. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046120 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD OF MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE CONTROL PROGRAM, CAPABLE OF COMPLETING MEASUREMENT IN SIMPLE MANNER AND PROMPTLY - An exemplary embodiment provides a measurement system. A measurement system measuring body weight includes a weight detection unit detecting weight at predetermined detection cycles, and a calculating unit calculating an average value based on measurement values detected by the weight detection unit at the detection cycles. The detection cycle is shorter than a cycle at which a transient signal waveform predicted in accordance with measurement values detected by the weight detection unit can be obtained. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046121 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PATTERNED WAFER CHARACTERIZATION - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for characterizing a plurality of structures of interest on a semiconductor wafer. A plurality of spectra signals are measured from a particular structure of interest at a plurality of azimuth angles from one or more sensors of a metrology system. A difference spectrum is determined based on the spectra signals obtained for the azimuth angles. A quality indication of the particular structure of interest is determined and reported based on analyzing the difference spectrum. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046122 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING DEVICES IN A POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for monitoring devices in a power distribution system are described. In one example, a method for use in a power distribution system including a plurality of devices is described. The method includes receiving a plurality of data signals associated with the power distribution system, determining a measurement error value associated with the power distribution system based on the plurality of data signals, comparing the determined measurement error value to a dynamic threshold, and generating an alert when the determined measurement error value exceeds the dynamic threshold. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046123 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - In the invariant relational analysis, it is possible to carry out a fault analysis using an appropriate correlation model even if a system configuration has been changed. An operation management apparatus includes a correlation model generation unit, a configuration change detection unit and a fault analysis unit. The correlation model generation unit generates a correlation model including one or more correlation functions each indicating a correlation between two different metrics among a plurality of metrics of a system. The configuration change detection unit detects whether a configuration change of the system has occurred or not. The fault analysis unit identifies a fault cause of the system using the correlation model which is generated based on measured values of the plurality of metrics after the configuration change of the system when the configuration change of the system is detected by the configuration change detection unit. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046124 | END OF LIFE DETECTION FOR ANALYTE SENSORS - Systems and methods for processing sensor data and end of life detection are provided. In some embodiments, a method for determining the end of life of a continuous analyte sensor includes evaluating a plurality of risk factors using an end of life function to determine an end of life status of the sensor and providing an output related to the end of life status of the sensor. The plurality of risk factors may be selected from the list including the number of days the sensor has been in use, whether there has been a decrease in signal sensitivity, whether there is a predetermined noise pattern, whether there is a predetermined oxygen concentration pattern, and error between reference BG values and EGV sensor values. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046125 | Method for Servicing a Field Device - A method for servicing a field device, wherein the field device is connected with a superordinated data processing system, includes steps as follows: transmitting data associated with the field device, especially measured values or diagnosis relevant parameters, from the superordinated data processing system to the service device via a radio connection between a mobile, especially portable, service device and the superordinated data processing system based on identification information uniquely identifying a field device transceiver associated with the field device; and/or transmitting servicing data, especially parameter data and/or control commands, from the service device to the superordinated data processing system; and servicing the field device through the superordinated data processing system based on the servicing data transmitted from the service device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046126 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR ASSEMBLY OPTIMIZATION - A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The rotor assembly includes rotating parts including a first journal and one or more rotor disks. The method includes determining vector components for a total parallelism vector for each rotating part, determining a total parallelism sum including determining a magnitude of each total parallelism vector and adding the magnitudes into a single sum, and determining a minimum value for the total parallelism sum including selecting the rotor disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total parallelism sum. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046127 | Industrial Cooperative and Compressive Sensing System - A system for sensing in an industrial environment includes a processing node configured to receive a first sensor data from a first sensor and a second sensor data from a second sensor, both of which are disposed in the industrial environment. The processing node is further configured to process randomly sampled data from at least one of the first sensor data and the second sensor data to generate processed sensor data that includes the randomly sampled data. The processing node further configured to identify data of interest from the processed sensor data based on comparison of the processed sensor data with a sampling dictionary of predetermined information. The processing node further configured to filter and assemble the identified data of interest to create a set of compressed data, and transmit the set of compressed data to a predetermined destination. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046128 | FILTRATION METHOD FOR ABNORMAL SENSING DATA OF MONITORING CHIP - A filtration method for filtrating abnormal sensing data by a monitoring chip is disclosed. A sensing data is obtained by a sensor performing real-time monitoring of a sensed object. The monitoring chip receives the sensing data from the sensor every sensing time interval. When a duration of the monitoring chip receiving continuously a plurality of abnormal sensing data has reached a set duration, the monitoring chip puts to use a last received abnormal sensing data and provides an indication that the sensed object is operating abnormally. When the duration of the monitoring chip receiving continuously a plurality of abnormal sensing data has not reached the set duration, the monitoring chip puts to use the last received sensing data before receiving the plurality of abnormal sensing data without utilizing the plurality of abnormal sensing data. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046129 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING POSITION AND ORIENTATION FOR A MONITORING CAMERA - The present invention relates to the field of camera placement for monitoring an area, and in particular to the field of assisted camera placement in an area comprising a monitoring area. The present invention is based upon the realization that in many cases, the monitoring of a monitoring area needs to be performed with a required view angle of incidence in order to facilitate monitoring of the area. The present invention provides methods, systems and computer-readable recording mediums for selecting position and orientation for one or more monitoring cameras in an area, the area comprising at least a monitoring area. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046130 | DETECTING APPLIANCES IN A BUILDING FROM COARSE GRAINED METER DATA WITH PARTIAL LABEL - Detecting appliance in a building, in one aspect, may comprise receiving meter data associated with energy consumption, the meter data comprising at least energy consumption data associated with usage of the appliance, receiving customer data associated with the meter data, extracting features for training a model for detecting the appliance, based on at least the meter data and the customer data, and constructing the model based on the features. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046131 | DETECTING APPLIANCES IN A BUILDING FROM COARSE GRAINED METER DATA WITH PARTIAL LABEL - Detecting appliance in a building, in one aspect, may comprise receiving meter data associated with energy consumption, the meter data comprising at least energy consumption data associated with usage of the appliance, receiving customer data associated with the meter data, extracting features for training a model for detecting the appliance, based on at least the meter data and the customer data, and constructing the model based on the features. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046132 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A PREDICTION QUALITY - A method and a device determine a prediction quality for a predicted energy consumption of a motor vehicle. By determining a prediction quality, a tolerance band is calculated in addition to the predicted driving profile. The prediction quality provides a statement about the entire route as to whether a driver remains in a tolerance band that is based on stochastic evaluation and is naturally occurring. As long as the driver remains in the predicted tolerance band of the driving profile during the real drive, no re-calculation or change of the operating strategy is necessary. Fuel consumption is minimized using the predictive operating strategy on the specified distance. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046133 | COMMUNICATION SIMULATING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SIMULATING METHOD, AND VEHICLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication simulating system includes: a communication recording device that records, into a vehicle condition database, a vehicle condition including a step, a place and a vehicle stringed together, vehicle state information that has been input as communication content between a vehicle electric equipment system and a vehicle communication apparatus in a step performed at a predetermined place; a vehicle state information acquiring device that acquires vehicle state information from the vehicle condition database in accordance with a selected vehicle condition; a storage unit that stores communication definition files specifying the respective ones of the same processes as the communication processes executed by a plurality of ECUs included in the vehicle electric equipment system; and a communication control device that communicates with a vehicle communication apparatus in accordance with the communication process and the vehicle state information. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046134 | SIMULATION OF A CHROMATOGRAPHIC RUN - The present invention relates to a method for simulating a chromatographic run on a chromatograph ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150046135 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Apparatus, methods and programs for estimating a parameter for modeling a time series signal with stochastic dynamics model, A method for obtaining data representing the mixed signals of two or more time series signals; estimating a parameter for modeling a time series signal with stochastic dynamics model. The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046136 | METHOD FOR GENERATING RIP CURRENT WARNING - A method for generating a rip current warning generates a rip current warning for a target region in real time by comprising the steps of: (S | 2015-02-12 |
20150046137 | Visualization of a Functional Sequence of a Medical Apparatus - Visualization of a functional sequence of a medical apparatus includes accepting a mathematical model describing at least the medical apparatus, and accepting a log file. The log file includes at least one value of at least one electrical signal of the medical apparatus during the functional sequence. At least one state variable of the medical apparatus is determined as a function of the mathematical model and the log file, and the at least one state variable of the medical apparatus is visualized. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046138 | VEHICULAR SIMULATION TEST GENERATION - A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: providing a plurality of behavioral models of vehicular components; providing a plurality of simulated vehicular components; providing a model of interaction between at least some of said vehicular components; and generating a simulation test for said vehicular components by defining continuous behavioral functions for said plurality of behavioral models and for said plurality of simulated vehicular components, wherein each of said continuous behavioral functions comprises a superimposition of a finite number of continuous functions each having a finite number of parameters, and wherein at least some of said continuous behavioral functions interrelate in accordance with said model of interaction. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046139 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VASCULAR DATA - In a vascular data generation apparatus, a processor generates first vascular data based on anatomical statistics data about vessels of an organ. This first vascular data has a tree structure representing a vascular network in the organ. The processor further generates second vascular data representing a plurality of vessels that connect a plurality of nodes in a geometric model of the organ with the vascular network represented by the first vascular data. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046140 | NODE PLACEMENT PLANNING - Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions are described herein. One method includes identifying a number of structural rules of an area utilizing a map of the area, determining a placement for each node of a number of nodes of a node network on the map of the area utilizing a node placement model, identifying a placement of a node among the number of nodes that deviates from a structural rule among the number of the structural rules, and providing an indication of the node on the map of the area. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046141 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MODELING A WORKLOAD - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for modeling a workload are disclosed. According to one method, the method occurs at a computing platform. The method includes providing for user configuration of a file system associated with a device under test (DUT), providing for user configuration of at least one emulated user, and providing for user configuration of interaction behavior between the at least one emulated user and the file system. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046142 | FIFO CACHE SIMULATION USING A BLOOM FILTER RING - Described herein are methods, systems and machine-readable media for simulating a FIFO cache using a Bloom filter ring, which includes a plurality of Bloom filters arranged in a circular log. New elements are registered in the Bloom filter at the head of the circular log. When the Bloom filter at the head of the circular log is filled to its capacity, membership information associated with old elements in the Bloom filter at the tail of the circular log is evicted (simulating FIFO cache behavior), and the head and tail of the log are advanced. The Bloom filter ring is used to determine cache statistics (e.g., cache hit, cache miss) of a FIFO cache of various sizes. In response to simulation output specifying cache statistics for FIFO cache of various sizes, a FIFO cache is optimally sized. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046143 | Resource-Oriented Method of Power Analysis for Embedded System - The present invention provides a method for efficient resource-oriented power evaluation. By mapping instructions to microarchitecture components, both advantages of high-level simulation performance and fine-grained power model are obtained. The present invention effectively reduces simulation runtime overhead and provides an accurate power estimation result. The present invention is nearly as accurate as gate-level simulators, with an error rate of less than 1.2 while achieving simulation speeds of up to 20 MIPS, five orders faster than a commercial gate-level simulator. By using the present invention, it is easy to analyze power consumption profile and peak power. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046144 | Dynamic Control Of Design Clock Generation In Emulation - Aspects of the invention relate to techniques for dynamic control of design clock generation in emulation. A circuit design for verification is analyzed to determine one or more clock-enabling functions for a specific clock signal. Logic for generating a clock status signal based on the one or more clock-enabling signals is then determined. The clock status signal is employed to control clock generation in an emulation system for emulating the circuit design. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046145 | MANUAL CREATION FOR A PROGRAM PRODUCT - Embodiments relate to supporting creation of a manual of a program product. An aspect includes recording into a recording medium that can be accessed by the computer a screen character string, a translated character string where the screen character string has been translated to another language, or an identifier associated with the screen character string or the translated character string, displayed on a display device by the program product. Another aspect includes recording into the recording medium attribute information of the screen character string or the translated character string. Yet another aspect includes maintaining consistency between the screen character string or the translated character string and a character string that is displayed on a display device by an application for creating the manual, using the screen character string, the translated character string or identifier recorded on the recording medium and the attribute information. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046146 | DELAY IN VIDEO FOR LANGUAGE TRANSLATION - Disclosed are various embodiments for translation of speech in a video messaging application. A segment of streaming video is decoded to separate the visual component from the audio component. The audio component is then converted to text, which may then be translated and converted to a translation output comprising a new language. In response, the translation output may be encoded with the previously separated visual component. A delay is imposed on the visual component to account for any delays that may arise in translation. The translated video may then be streamed to participants giving the appearance of real-time video conferencing. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046147 | TRANSLATION SYSTEM INFORMATION EXTRACTION - A speech translation system and methods are disclosed for cross-lingual communication that enable users to improve and modify content and usage of the system and easily abort or reset translation. The system includes a speech recognition module configured for accepting an utterance, a machine translation module, an interface configured to communicate the utterance and proposed translation, a correction module and an abort action unit that removes any hypotheses or partial hypotheses and terminates translation. The system also includes modules for information extraction based on keywords in the received or translated speech. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046148 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving content data including video data; determining whether first caption data including a first language caption is included in the content data; determining, if the first caption data is included in the content data, whether a high-difficulty word is included in the first language caption; generating explanation data corresponding to the high-difficulty word if the high-difficulty word is included in the first language caption; and converting the first caption data into second caption data by adding the explanation data to the first caption data. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046149 | BILINGUAL LANGUAGE CONTROLLER FOR AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR - A language controller ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150046150 | IDENTIFYING AND AMALGAMATING CONDITIONAL ACTIONS IN BUSINESS PROCESSES - Methods and systems for identifying conditional actions in a business process are disclosed. In accordance with one such method, text fragments are extracted from input documents. In addition, a plurality of pairs of the text fragments that respectively include text fragments that are similar according to a pre-defined similarity standard are determined. For each pair of at least a subset of the pairs, at least one difference between the text fragments of the corresponding pair is determined. Further, at least two particular pairs of the subset of the pairs are merged in response to determining that the particular pairs have at least one of the determined differences in common. Additionally, the merged particular pairs are output to indicate the conditional actions in the business process. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046151 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND VISUALISING TOPICS AND THEMES IN COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS - Method and systems for estimating and visualising a plurality of topics in a collection of documents, wherein the collection of documents comprises a plurality of words and each document comprises one or more of the plurality of words, the method comprising: performing two rounds of topic modelling to the collection of documents, wherein the first round of topic modelling estimates a plurality of topics associated with the collection of documents and each topic comprises one or more words, and the second round identifies a plurality of themes associated with the topics, wherein each theme comprises one or more topics; and visually representing the topics and themes to a user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046152 | DETERMINING CONCEPT BLOCKS BASED ON CONTEXT - A method for generating a set of concept blocks is presented, wherein the concept blocks are words in a corpus of documents that can be processed to extract trends, build an efficient inverted search index, or generate a summary report of the content. The method entails generating a plurality of target words from the corpus, determining context strings for the target words, obtaining pattern types that are based on number of words and position of words relative to the target words, and assigning weights to each of the context strings having a particular pattern type. The target words are then expressed as vectors that reflect the weights of the context strings. The vectors are compared and grouped into clusters based on similarity. Target words in the resulting clusters are concept blocks. A subgroup of clusters may be selected for another iteration of the process to catch new concept blocks. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046153 | MACRO REPLACEMENT OF NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT - In a method of creating a natural language (NL) macro, a first term/phrase and a second term/phrase in an imprecise syntax are obtained, and an association between the first and the second terms/phrases is created. The association is stored as an NL macro. In a method of using an NL macro in an NL query, it is determined that an original NL query includes an NL macro, and the NL macro is replaced with its corresponding NL value to form a revised NL query. The revised NL query is processed to generate one or more answers. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046154 | NATIVE-SCRIPT AND CROSS-SCRIPT CHINESE NAME MATCHING - Techniques for Chinese name matching are described. A Chinese name is received and is romanized into a Mandarin Pinyin representation. The Mandarin Pinyin representation of the Chinese name is matched against a set of Romanized Chinese names originating from several different Chinese character names. In response to finding a potential match between the Mandarin Pinyin representation and Romanized Chinese name, the original Chinese script for the Romanized Chinese name is retrieved. A native script comparison is applied between the received Chinese name and the original Chinese script for the Romanized Chinese name to obtain a match score. The native script comparison includes character-by-character comparison, character variant look-up, and/or consideration of name component misalignments. The obtained match score is used as a filter to reduce false positives that are generated in the matching of the Mandarin Pinyin representation against the set of Romanized Chinese names. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046155 | COGNITIVE NEURO-LINGUISTIC BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION - Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for generating a linguistic model of input data obtained from a data source (e.g., a video camera). According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a sequence of symbols is generated based on an ordered stream of normalized vectors generated from the input data. A dictionary of words is generated from combinations of the ordered sequence of symbols based on a frequency at which combinations of symbols appear in the ordered sequence of symbols. A plurality of phrases is generated based an ordered sequence of words from the dictionary observed in the ordered sequence of symbols based on a frequency by which combinations of words in ordered sequence of words appear relative to one another. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046156 | System and Method for Anomaly Detection and Extraction - The present invention relates to a system for suppressing transient interference from a signal. The system includes a modeling system, wherein the modeling system constructs a model of transient interference from a first signal, and a filtering system, wherein the filtering system suppresses transient interference from a second signal by applying the model to the second signal. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046157 | User Dedicated Automatic Speech Recognition - A multi-mode voice controlled user interface is described. The user interface is adapted to conduct a speech dialog with one or more possible speakers and includes a broad listening mode which accepts speech inputs from the possible speakers without spatial filtering, and a selective listening mode which limits speech inputs to a specific speaker using spatial filtering. The user interface switches listening modes in response to one or more switching cues. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE MODIFICATION DURING A CALL - A method for voice modification during a telephone call comprising receiving a source audio signal associated with at least one participant, wherein the source audio signal comprises a voice of the at least one participant, detecting a source dialect of the at least one participant, selecting a target dialect based on at least a characteristic of a target participant and creating a modulated audio signal based on the source audio signal, the source dialect, and the target dialect and transmitting the modulated audio signal to the target participant. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046159 | UNSUPERVISED AND ACTIVE LEARNING IN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR CALL CLASSIFICATION - Utterance data that includes at least a small amount of manually transcribed data is provided. Automatic speech recognition is performed on ones of the utterance data not having a corresponding manual transcription to produce automatically transcribed utterances. A model is trained using all of the manually transcribed data and the automatically transcribed utterances. A predetermined number of utterances not having a corresponding manual transcription are intelligently selected and manually transcribed. Ones of the automatically transcribed data as well as ones having a corresponding manual transcription are labeled. In another aspect of the invention, audio data is mined from at least one source, and a language model is trained for call classification from the mined audio data to produce a language model. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046160 | Systems, Computer-Implemented Methods, and Tangible Computer-Readable Storage Media For Transcription Alighnment - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for captioning a media presentation. The method includes receiving automatic speech recognition (ASR) output from a media presentation and a transcription of the media presentation. The method includes selecting via a processor a pair of anchor words in the media presentation based on the ASR output and transcription and generating captions by aligning the transcription with the ASR output between the selected pair of anchor words. The transcription can be human-generated. Selecting pairs of anchor words can be based on a similarity threshold between the ASR output and the transcription. In one variation, commonly used words on a stop list are ineligible as anchor words. The method includes outputting the media presentation with the generated captions. The presentation can be a recording of a live event. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046161 | DEVICE IMPLEMENTED LEARNING VALIDATION - An aspect provides a method, including: collecting, at one or more device sensors, one or more inputs selected from the group of inputs consisting of audio inputs from a learning environment and visual inputs from a learning environment; processing, using one or more processors, the one or more inputs to detect an unauthorized behavior pattern; mapping, using the one or more processors, the unauthorized behavior pattern to a predetermined action; and executing the predetermined action. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046162 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF LIVENESS DETECTION UTILIZING VOICE BIOMETRICS - Device, system, and method of liveness detection using voice biometrics. For example, a method comprises: generating a first matching score based on a comparison between: (a) a voice-print from a first text-dependent audio sample received at an enrollment stage, and (b) a second text-dependent audio sample received at an authentication stage; generating a second matching score based on a text-independent audio sample; and generating a liveness score by taking into account at least the first matching score and the second matching score. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046163 | LEVERAGING INTERACTION CONTEXT TO IMPROVE RECOGNITION CONFIDENCE SCORES - On a computing device a speech utterance is received from a user. The speech utterance is a section of a speech dialog that includes a plurality of speech utterances. One or more features from the speech utterance are identified. Each identified feature from the speech utterance is a specific characteristic of the speech utterance. One or more features from the speech dialog are identified. Each identified feature from the speech dialog is associated with one or more events in the speech dialog. The one or more events occur prior to the speech utterance. One or more identified features from the speech utterance and one or more identified features from the speech dialog are used to calculate a confidence score for the speech utterance. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046164 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION - A text-to-speech conversion method includes receiving a message including text and originator identification information, retrieving stored voice data corresponding to an originator identified by the originator identification information, and synthesizing speech from the text included in the message based on the retrieved voice data. A text-to-speech conversion apparatus is also disclosed, where the voice data can be updated using a voice signal obtained during a telephone conversation including the originator. The speech can be synthesized using a statistical parametric speech synthesis method, and the voice data can include a statistical acoustic voice model. The speech can also be synthesized according to an emotion detected from the text in the received message. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046165 | Talking Medicine Bottle and Label and System and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A talking medicine label, bottle, system and method for their manufacture are described. The system and method include use of a recording device by speaking into a microphone and then affixing the talking label to the side of a conventional pill bottle to transform it into a talking pill bottle. The system and method alternatively may include a PC/POS terminal and a speech synthesis device for programming the label with a synthetic-speech recording. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046166 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MUSIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for music information management are provided. When audio data is generated in an electronic device, a control module is notified to launch a specific application to perform a music recognition procedure for the audio data, thus to obtain music information corresponding to the audio data. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUNNELING USER RESPONSES INAN INTERNET VOICE PORTAL SYSTEM TO DETERMINE ADESIRED ITEM OR SERVICEBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION - A method of funneling user responses in a voice portal system to determine a desired item or service includes (a) querying a user for an attribute value associated with a first particular attribute of the desired item or service; and (b) determining if the attribute value given by the user satisfies an end state. If the end state is not satisfied, steps (a) and (b) are performed with a new particular attribute. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046168 | Method and Apparatus for a Multi I/O Modality Language Independent User-Interaction Platform - Automated user-machine interaction is gaining attraction in many applications and services. However, implementing and offering smart automated user-machine interaction services still present technical challenges. According to at least one example embodiment, a dialogue manager is configured to handle multiple dialogue applications independent of the language, the input modalities, or output modalities used. The dialogue manager employs generic semantic representation of user-input data. At a step of a dialogue, the dialogue manager determines whether the user-input data is indicative of a new request or a refinement request based on the generic semantic representation and at least one of a maintained state of the dialogue, general knowledge data representing one or more concepts, and data representing history of the dialogue. The dialogue manager then responds to determined user-request with multi-facet output data to a client dialogue application indicating action(s) to be performed. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046169 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides information processing methods and electronic devices in view of the problem in the conventional technology that accuracy of adjusting parameters via voice input is low. The information processing method is applied in an electronic device comprising an output unit. The method comprises: outputting, by the output unit, first data corresponding to a first application when the electronic device executes the first application; acquiring a first voice input that is inputted in a voice input approach; performing voice recognition on the first voice input to acquire a first operation instruction; controlling the output unit to output second data based on the first operation instruction, wherein a first parameter of the second data is different from that of the first data; and setting, based on the first operation instruction, a response unit in a first operation area on the electronic device as a first function response unit adjust the first parameter, wherein the input approach for the first operation area is different from the voice input approach. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a processor configured to achieve a function of registering implicit preference information about a user on the basis of an activity of the user, a function of outputting a question to the user by voice on the basis of the implicit preference information, a function of acquiring an answer to the question from a voice spoken by the user, and a function of registering explicit preference information about the user depending on the answer. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046171 | Transform Encoding/Decoding of Harmonic Audio Signals - An encoder ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150046172 | ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A frequency-domain sample interval corresponding to a time-domain pitch period L corresponding to a time-domain pitch period code of an audio signal in a given time period is obtained as a converted interval T | 2015-02-12 |
20150046173 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REQUESTING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - A system and method for requesting prior authorization for a medical product and/or service includes a processor providing a user interface accessible over a network and via which to receive user input of information concerning the product and/or service, the intended recipient thereof, and the prescriber thereof. The user interface is accessible using each of a plurality of user profiles, including two or more of the prescriber, user, and provider. Login information is not required for the request generation, a recipient health plan identification being used instead. Different sequences are provided by the processor depending on the user profile used for generating the request. Request status is provided based on input of a code generated for the request and without requiring login information. The system is configured to generate and transmit to the prescriber a communication regarding the request where the request is initiated using a recipient profile. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046174 | COMPUTER-AIDED MEDICAL DIAGNOSING AND PRESCRIPTIONS - Embodiments herein are directed to user interfaces and methodologies for computer-aided medical diagnosing and prescriptions. In one embodiment, a user interface is presented, which includes a selectable menu option for each of a plurality of content types. Each selectable menu option is configured to present medical content relevant to the corresponding content type, when selected. Based on user input entered in connection with navigating the content types, one or more content items are identified as part of a prescription, and a selectable user interface element is presented for sending of the prescription to a patient computer system. Other embodiments include creating and modifying prescriptions based on evaluation questions. In one embodiment, medical content is added to a prescription based on the user's answer to an evaluation question. In another embodiment, a prescription is modified based on a user's answer to an evaluation question. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046175 | SINGLE USE AED - An automatic external defibrillator (AED) is described which is designed for use in a single cardiac emergency. If the AED is in standby for a year without being deployed, the AED is removed from service and replaced with another AED. The AED requires a rescuer only to deploy the electrodes on the torso of the victim; the AED turns itself on, performs rhythm analysis and delivers a shock if needed automatically. The AED thus requires no user controls. Preferably the AED requires no on-site maintenance, as the AED communicates its readiness for use to a remote monitoring site which responds to any problems detected by self-testing. In addition to its electro-resuscitation function, the AED can be used on the chest of the victim to administer CPR compressions. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NEUROLOGIST'S WORKFLOW ON ALZEIMER'S DISEASE - A system for improving workflow including one or more clinical data sources which collect patient data from a patient. A patient information system stores the patient data. A clinical decision support system including one or more processors programmed to receive the patient data from the patient, generate quantified information based on a statistical model for each type of patient data, diagnose the patient based on the quantified information, generate a recommendation based on the diagnosis and the quantified information, and display the recommendation. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046177 | MEDICINE REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A medicine registration apparatus includes a storage unit, a processor and a display unit. The storage unit stores a medicine master database including information regarding a required disposal method of a medicine. The processor reads identification information on a medicine, identifies a medicine based on the identification information, determines whether the identified medicine includes a corresponding required disposal method in the medicine master database, and provide a notification that the identified medicine includes the corresponding requited disposal method when it is determined that the identified medicine includes the corresponding required disposal method. The display unit displays the notification. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046178 | Method of Expediting Medical Diagnosis Code Selection by Executing Computer-Executable Instructions Stored On a Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium - A method of expediting medical diagnosis code selection by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium provides a means for healthcare providers to quickly and efficiently select appropriate medical diagnosis codes by providing electronic cheat sheets within a computer program environment. An electronic cheat sheet, or customized reference sheet, contains elements that function as pointers to elements in a database of medical diagnosis codes which has a branching hierarchal structure and can be graphically navigated. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046179 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CONTENTS - The present disclosure relates to a terminal, and more particularly to a terminal and a method for providing health content. A method of providing health content using health information, includes receiving at least one piece of health information, comparing the received at least one piece of health information with a threshold value, and providing health content for a user to lessen a difference between the at least one piece of health information and the threshold value. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GENOMIC INFORMATION - Various embodiments provide interfaces to access genomic testing information and incorporate it into daily physician practice. According to one aspect, a graph-based data model is used that may be used to organizes and revise precision medicine knowledge. In one example structure, gene states are abstracted into alteration groups, where alteration groups are built using reverse engineering actionable information and storing that information within the graph-based data structure. Volumes of genomic alterations and associated information (e.g., journal articles, clinical trial information, therapies, etc.) are analyzed and synthesized into actionable information items viewable on an alteration system in a graph-based data format. According to one embodiment, the system can be configured to focus practitioners on discrete portions of the alteration information on which they can act. According to other aspects, curated information is provided on the system to enable practitioners to make informed decisions regarding the implications of the presence of specific genomic alterations. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046181 | HEALTHCARE FRAUD PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT - Real-time fraud prevention software-as-a-service (SaaS) products include computer instruction sets to enable a network server to receive medical histories, enrollments, diagnosis, prescription, treatment, follow up, billings, and other data as they occur. The SaaS includes software instruction sets to combine, correlate, categorize, track, normalize, and compare the data sorted by patient, healthcare provider, institution, seasonal, and regional norms. Fraud reveals itself in the ways data points deviate from norms in nonsensical or inexplicable conduct. The individual behaviors of each healthcare provider are independently monitored, characterized, and followed by self-spawning smart agents that can adapt and change their rules as the healthcare providers evolve. Such smart agents will issue flags when their particular surveillance target is acting out of character, outside normal parameters for them. Fraud controls can therefore be much tighter than those that have to accommodate those of a diverse group. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046182 | METHODS AND AUTOMATED SYSTEMS THAT ASSIGN MEDICAL CODES TO ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS - The current document is directed to methods and automated systems that assign individual medical codes selected from one or more medical codebooks to electronic medical records. In certain implementations, the currently disclosed automated systems generate multiple streams of medical terms or medical terms and phrases from an electronic medical record as well as multiple streams of medical terms or medical terms and phrases from individual medical codes contained within a medical codebook and then use stream-comparison functionality to select those individual medical codes of the medical codebook most likely to be relevant and related to the information encoded within the electronic medical record. In addition, in a disclosed implementation, the automated medical-coding system includes comprehensive training and feedback components that allow the automated medical-coding system to be trained and to continuously improve, over time, the accuracy, precision, and reliability of the assignment of medical codes to electronic medical records. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046183 | REMOTE, VIRTUAL PHYSICAL EXAM ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION - Remote, virtual physical examinations can be performed, wherein a patient and a healthcare provider are not in the same physical location. The identity of the patient can be obtained and verified. A set of instructions related to the physical examination are provided to the patient. The set of instructions are configured to be reproducible across patients and over the course of a patient's medical history (e.g., physical exams occurring at different times). As health data is ready to be captured, the health data is visually recorded and/or audibly recorded. After completion of the physical examination, the patient data can be conveyed to the remote healthcare provider. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046184 | MANAGING DENTAL PHOTOGRAPHS ACQUIRED BY PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES - Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium containing instructions for managing patient image information. One method includes displaying within a graphical user interface a list of dental patients on a portable computing device. The method also includes receiving a selection of a patient from the list from a user input and capturing at least one optical, extraoral photograph of the selected patient. The method further includes associating, on the portable computing device, the at least one optical, extraoral photograph with additional information including information identifying the selected patient, and transmitting the at least one optical, extraoral photograph and the additional information to a computer physically separate from the portable computing device for storage in an electronic record associated with the selected patient. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED INTERACTIVE REPORTING OF MEDICAL TEST RESULTS - An application for providing interactive reports of medical test results that may be integrated with other medical information and services on a mobile device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046186 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING THE INFORMATION RELATED TO DISCHARGE OF PATIENTS - A computer implemented system for transferring information by healthcare professionals to primary care physicians related to the discharge of patients, transition of care and patient handoff. The computer implemented system includes a database comprising one or more directories for storing instructions related to details of healthcare professionals, patients and primary care physicians, a processing unit coupled to the database and executes the stored information, a registration module, a patient module, a primary care physician module and a share module. The registration module creates registered profiles of healthcare professionals by receiving the credentials. The patient module receives details of the patient's medical history and the patient's discharge information from healthcare professionals. The primary care physician module selects primary care physicians from a directory by the healthcare professionals. The share module shares detail stored in the patient module with selected primary care physicians, the selected primary care physician gets access to the shared information only on verifying the credentials through the registration module. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046187 | CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A system and method for connecting a clinical trial participant with a transportation provider. The system, based on information from an authentication mechanism, determines whether an individual requesting desired transportation is an authenticated clinical trial participant having a participant record in a patient recruitment management system database. The system, based on information from an authorization mechanism, determines whether the authenticated clinical trial participant is an authorized clinical trial participant for procurement of the transportation being requested. When the authenticated clinical trial participant is the authorized clinical trial participant for the desired transportation, the patient recruitment management system outputs an indication of approval to connect the clinical trial participant with a transportation provider. When the authenticated clinical trial participant is not the authorized clinical trial participant for the desired transportation, the patient recruitment management system outputs an indication of disapproval to connect the individual requesting desired transportation with a transportation provider. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046188 | Systems and Methods for Administering Medical Claims from a Motor Vehicle Insurance Policy - Systems and methods are disclose for; receiving information related to a medical claim by an insured party identified in a motor vehicle insurance policy, the information including an identifier of a service provider that provided healthcare services to the insured party; determining whether the policy includes a medical care and payments provision that requires the insured party to utilize one or more of a plurality of healthcare providers in a specified network of healthcare providers for medical claims under the policy; and determining whether the service provider is one of the plurality of healthcare providers when it is determined that the policy includes the medical care and payments provision. | 2015-02-12 |