27th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120173183 | Gobo Wheel Location Drive - A gobo wheel with automatic detection system that automatically detects a rotational position of the gobo. The rotational position can be detected by a magnetic marking system. Each of the gobos can be randomly placed within the holder. The position of the gobos can be automatically determined during a start up routine for example, and then those positions can be stored and used for later determination of a position. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173184 | DEPTH SENSOR, DEFECT CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE DEPTH SENSOR - The defect correction method includes arranging a plurality of neighbor depth pixel information values of respective neighbor depth pixels, comparing a depth pixel information value of a depth pixel with a reference value, which is one of the arranged neighbor depth pixel information values, and correcting the depth pixel information value according to a comparison result. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173185 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING RANGE SENSOR CALIBRATION DATA - In one embodiment, a method for evaluating calibration data collected by a range sensor of a mobile machine on a site includes collecting a calibration data set using the range sensor. The calibration data set includes information indicating the locations of a plurality of points on a surface of the site relative to the range sensor. The method further includes determining an expected error score of the calibration data set. Finally, the method includes determining whether to use the calibration data set to calibrate the range sensor based on the expected error score. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173186 | SENSOR NODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A sensor node for accurately guaranteeing a lifetime of a USN sensor node, and a control method thereof are provided. The sensor node control method includes receiving an operation time of a sensor node from a user; based on the input operation time, calculating a sensing rate which is the number of sensings of the sensor node per unit time; and according to the calculated sensing rate, controlling a sensing operation of the sensing node. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for evaluating performance of a mobile terminal are provided. The method for evaluating performance of a mobile terminal includes: executing applications of a preset list, extracting storage approach patterns for the executed applications, generating test scenarios for the executed applications using the extracted storage approach patterns, performing benchmarking tests for the applications using the generated test scenarios, and evaluating the mobile terminal based on results of the performed benchmarking tests. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE TRIGGER PATH TRIGGERING - A method and apparatus for determining a trigger in a test and measurement apparatus are provided. The method comprises the steps of loading a first trigger configuration to a first trigger element of the test and measurement apparatus and loading a second trigger configuration to a second trigger element of the test and measurement apparatus so that these trigger elements operate substantially simultaneously, It is then determined whether the input signal generates a trigger in accordance with the one or more trigger configurations. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173189 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR MEASURING ROTATION AND PORTABLE APPARATUS COMPRISING THE MODULE - The invention discloses a method and a module for measuring rotation and a portable apparatus comprising said module. The module of the present invention is adapted for measuring rotation of a target, and the module includes a first sensor, a second sensor and a processor. The first sensor is disposed at a first location of the target, for sensing a first centripetal acceleration and a first tangential acceleration when the target is rotated. The second sensor is disposed at a second location of the target, for sensing a second centripetal acceleration and a second tangential acceleration when the target is rotated. The processor is coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor, for receiving the first centripetal acceleration and the first tangential acceleration from the first sensor, receiving the second centripetal acceleration and the second tangential acceleration from the second sensor, and calculating the rotation angle of the target accordingly. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173190 | INERTIAL SENSOR AIDED HEADING AND POSITIONING FOR GNSS VEHICLE NAVIGATION - An apparatus and method for providing an improved heading estimate of a mobile device in a vehicle is presented. First, the mobile device determines if it is mounted in a cradle attached to the vehicle; if so, inertia sensor data may be valid. While in a mounted stated, the mobile device determines whether it has been rotated in the cradle; if so, inertia sensor data may no longer be reliable and a recalibration to determine a new relative orientation between the vehicle and the mobile device is needed. If the mobile device is mounted and not recently rotated, heading data from multiple sensors (e.g., GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer) may be computed and combined to form the improved heading estimate. This improved heading estimate may be used to form an improved velocity estimate. The improved heading estimate may also be used to compute a bias to correct a gyroscope. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173191 | Airspeed And Velocity Of Air Measurement - A velocity relevant to a body may be accurately measured using sound waves. Such velocity relevant to a body may be airspeed, i.e., the velocity of the body with respect to the surrounding air, or the velocity of air in the vicinity of the body or along its desired travel path. More specifically, the speed of two or more sounds may be correlated so that an airspeed, or the velocity of air, may be determined by taking into account the fact that sound traveling in the same direction as airflow travels faster than sound traveling in the direction opposite to airflow. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173192 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZING POSITION OF WHEEL OF VEHICLE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for automatically recognizing a position of a wheel of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a rotation sensor unit sensing a variation in rotation of the wheel of the vehicle; a pressure sensor unit sensing a rate of variation in pressure of the wheel of the vehicle; and a sensor control unit judging the position of the wheel of the vehicle by the variation in rotation and the rate of variation in pressure obtained from the rotation sensor unit and the pressure sensor unit. The sensor control unit judges the position of the wheel of the vehicle by dw/dt×dp/dt, in which dw/dt is the variation in rotation and dp/dt is the rate of variation in pressure. The wheel is judged as a front wheel when a value of dw/dt×dp/dt has a negative (−) sign and the wheel is judged as a rear wheel when the value of dw/dt×dp/dt has a positive (+) sign. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173193 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus includes a platform, a base, and an observation unit. The base is slidably mounted on the platform. The observation unit is slidably mounted on the base. The observation unit comprises an image measurement assembly and a contact measure assembly. The image measure assembly measures an object supported on the platform using the image measurement assembly. The contact measurement assembly can be used to measure the object by direct contact. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173194 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING CENTER POSITION OF MECHANICAL ARMS - In a method of compensating the center position of a mechanical arm which has a first probe, a second probe, and a platform, a first test point and a second test point are selected on an electronic product and coordinates of the two points are acquired. A distance R between the first probe and the mechanical arm is received, and an angle θ between the platform and a line formed according to the two points is computed to obtain compensated coordinates of the mechanical arm. The mechanical arm moves to the location of the compensated coordinates, and thus locating the first probe and the second probe respectively at the first test point and the second test point. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173195 | INERTIAL SENSOR AIDED HEADING AND POSITIONING FOR GNSS VEHICLE NAVIGATION - An apparatus and method for providing an improved heading estimate of a mobile device in a vehicle is presented. First, the mobile device determines if it is mounted in a cradle attached to the vehicle; if so, inertia sensor data may be valid. While in a mounted stated, the mobile device determines whether it has been rotated in the cradle; if so, inertia sensor data may no longer be reliable and a recalibration to determine a new relative orientation between the vehicle and the mobile device is needed. If the mobile device is mounted and not recently rotated, heading data from multiple sensors (e.g., GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer) may be computed and combined to form the improved heading estimate. This improved heading estimate may be used to form an improved velocity estimate. The improved heading estimate may also be used to compute a bias to correct a gyroscope. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173196 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF DOWNHOLE POSITION - A measurement means for a downhole tool for determining the orientation of the axis of a downhole tool in relation to true north. It includes a gyro sensor capable of measuring angular rate, a rotation means for rotating the gyro sensor about a sensor axis, a measurement means to detect the angular rate at the gyro sensor as it is rotated to form a series of readings, and a processor capable of interpreting the signal amplitude from the series of readings and determining the points of greatest signal amplitude. The processor is also being capable of comparing the phase difference between the actual readings taken against what would be generated with the sensor pointing true north thus providing a downhole tool axis angular deviation from true north. The rotation means rotates the gyro sensor in discrete steps. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173197 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RUNOUT - A method and apparatus for measuring runout of using a distance measuring sensor mounted to a rotor and targeted at a circular wall, an electronic inclinometer mounted within a diameter of a hub of the rotor, and a microcontroller in data communication with the inclinometer and the sensor. A computer may be operably connected to the microcontroller and used for programming the microcontroller. A rotatable fixture including a bar mounted to the hub may be used to mount the sensor to a distal end of the bar and the microcontroller and the inclinometer may be mounted on the bar. Runout of a fan shroud circumscribing fan blades of an engine rotor may be measured with the apparatus and method and the bar angularly located between a pair of adjacent blades. The computer may be used to gather data from inclinometer and sensor and calculate runout. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173198 | Automatic Parking Disc - A method for determining changes between states of a land vehicle is disclosed. The method involves the initial steps of sampling a signal having a signal parameter representing the driving motions of said land vehicle, defining a lower threshold and an upper threshold for said signal parameter. The method further involves the subsequent steps of determining a change from parked to driving if the present state is parked and if said signal parameter is greater than said upper threshold, or alternatively determining a change from driving to parked if the present state is driving and if said signal parameter is smaller than said lower threshold. An automatic parking disc performing the method is also disclosed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173199 | Quantitative Comparison of Sample Populations Using Earth Mover's Distance - A method and apparatus for quantitatively measuring differences between portions of a multivariate, multi-dimensional sample distribution, may comprise summarizing the data by dividing the data into clusters each having a signature representative of a position of the cluster and a fraction of the entire distribution within the cluster; matching a plurality of first supplier signatures to a respective one of a plurality of second receiver signatures using a cost factor indicative of the separation between first signature elements and second signature elements; and determining a measurement of the work required to transform the first signature to the second signature. The step of determining a measurement of the work may comprise applying the earth mover distance (“EMD”) algorithm between the first signature or elements of the first signature and the respective second signatures or elements of the respective second signature. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173200 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Real-Time Detection of Sensitivity Decline in Analyte Sensors - Method, system and computer program product for providing real time detection of analyte sensor sensitivity decline is continuous glucose monitoring systems are provided. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173201 | SENSOR FOR MEASURING A MEASUREMENT VARIABLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR - A sensor for measuring at least one measurement variable, which has a configurable measurement variable sensor that converts the measurement variable into measurement data. An arrangement for operating a sensor, which has a configurable measurement variable sensor. A method for operating a sensor which has a configurable measurement variable sensor. The sensor can be a vibration sensor for measuring mechanical vibrations and has a configurable measurement variable sensor for converting the measurement variables into measurement data and a processor. The sensor has an interface with multiple functions. The interface is used initially for transferring coded measurement data so that the measurement data can be read from the sensor. The interface is also used in the transfer of configuration data for the configuration of the measurement variable sensor and for transferring a supply voltage for the electric supply of the sensor. The sensor can be fully operated by the individual interface. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173202 | Monitoring compression of successive layers of landfill material and measurement of layer density - A method and system and the use of a 3-D positioning system for monitoring a landfill and landfill material added thereto and undergoing compaction and measures in real time the relative density of the compressed landfill material. The method and system calculates thickness, volume, density during the landfill operation to ensure that the landfill is comprised of compacted layers of substantially optimized density. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173203 | Method of Optimizing Volume Utilization of An Autoclave - A method of optimizing an autoclave volume utilization includes, in an exemplary embodiment, determining process parameters of an autoclave; modeling an autoclave configuration to determine airflow patterns in the autoclave, temperature variation throughout the autoclave, and the distribution of turbulent intensity in the autoclave; and modifying the autoclave configuration with hardware changes to the autoclave to alter the airflow patterns in the autoclave. The method also includes modeling the modified autoclave configuration to determine modified airflow patterns in the autoclave, modified temperature variation throughout the autoclave, and the modified distribution of turbulent intensity in the autoclave; and modeling the modified autoclave configuration with parts to be cured in the modified autoclave configuration to determine an arrangement of parts that maximizes the number of parts in the autoclave that meet predetermined cured properties of the parts. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173204 | BUILDING MAP GENERATION USING LOCATION AND TRACKING DATA - A system and method are presented for producing a model of the interior of a building. The model is capable of receiving and dynamically incorporating input from various sources including, for example, existing static map data, data such as annotations and updates provided by persons on the scene but outside the building, and real-time data from sensors located on mobile persons or assets that are dynamically moving inside the building. In some cases, the moving persons or assets inside the building may carry a unit that emits sound or electromagnetic pulses, which reflect off the immediate surroundings in a particular room or portion of the building, and sense the reflected pulses. The reflections from relatively close features may arrive at the sensor more quickly than those from relatively distant features, so that temporal analysis of the reflected pulse may provide information about features in the building as a function of their distance away from the unit. Pulses may be emitted and received at multiple locations in a room or portion of the building. The reflected pulses may be analyzed, using specific time shifts that correspond to round-trip travel times in particular directions, so that the actual locations of features may be identified. By walking from room-to-room throughout the interior of a building and performing such analysis, much or all of the interior of a building may be mapped. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING 3D MODEL OF EJECTOR PIN OF MOLD - A system for forming a 3D model of ejector pins for a mold includes a 2D model drawing unit, an ejector pin parameter obtaining unit, and a 3D model drawing unit. The 2D model drawing unit opens a mold 2D model which includes a plurality of ejector pins. The ejector pin parameter obtaining unit obtains parameters of the plurality of ejector pins in the mold 2D model. The 3D model drawing unit automatically forms corresponding ejector pin 3D model according to the parameters obtained by the ejector pin parameter obtaining unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173206 | METHOD OF SIMULATING ILLUMINATED ENVIRONMENT FOR OFF-LINE PROGRAMMING - A method reads information of a three-dimensional (3D) product model and a light source model, and meshes the product model by multiple space triangles. The method further sets illumination parameters based on the information of product model and the light source model, simulates illuminated environment based on the illumination parameters, and projects the product model to a two-dimensional (2D) plane under the illuminated environment. 2D triangles matching the space triangles and 2D measurement points matching the 3D measurement points are determined in the 2D plane, and a measurement region is determined based on the 2D measurement points. Then, the 2D triangles in the measurement region are given colors based on illuminated effect produced by the illuminated environment, and point-selection tools are created for the 2D measurement points. At last, an off-line program is generated according to information of the measurement region and the point-selection tools. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173207 | HARNESS DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD AND HARNESS DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for supporting harness design. Harness information including a pass position of a harness is set on a three-dimensional model. Then, it is determined whether the harness whose position is decided so as to pass through the set pass position interferes with a mechanical part that is read from a storing unit that stores therein three-dimensional model data on the mechanical part through which the harness passes. When it is determined that the harness interferes with the mechanical part, from among a plurality of surfaces of the mechanical part, a surface that has not been selected is selected, and a pass position of the harness is set outside the selected surface. Then, a position of the harness that passes through the set pass position is decided. These processes are repeated until it is determined that the harness does not interfere with the mechanical part. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173208 | UPDATING A MODELED OBJECT - A computer-implemented method for updating a modeled object comprises providing an old operand of an operation, a result of applying the operation to the old operand, wherein applying the operation to the old operand includes computing old sub-results, each old sub-result being determined by a respective old sub-operand of the old operand, and a new operand including a first set of sub-operands of the new operand at least partially identical to old sub-operands of the old operand, and a second set of new sub-operands. The method further comprises applying the operation on the new operand, including computing new sub-results determined by a respective sub-operand of the second set; and retrieving the old sub-results determined by the old sub-operands of the old operand to which sub-operands of the first set are at least partially identical. Such a method improves the update of the modeled object. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND DESIGNING AN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE USING PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS - According to various embodiments of the invention, systems and methods are provided for parametrically analyzing architectural structures. Such embodiments may be utilized by architects and engineers as tools that assist in designing architectural structures that achieve specific design goals, such as those related to sustainability. For example, an embodiment may comprise a system that: (i) provides a sustainability on an architectural structure design created using a computer-assisted design (CAD) tool, and then (ii) applies a design option with a parametric value to that design to determine one or more improvements that provide a desired sustainability. Various embodiments may be accessed through a web-based platform, which provides a user with easier access and better collaboration between and among design team members. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173210 | CONFIGURATION-CONTROLLED DYNAMIC GENERATION OF PRODUCT DATA FOR COMPLEX PRODUCTS - A method and a device for the computer-assisted generation of a construction plan for modular aircraft components on the basis of validated partial construction plans for individual modules. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173211 | ASYMMETRIC COMPLEMENTARY DIPOLE ILLUMINATOR - An apparatus, a method of designing the apparatus, a tool using the apparatus and a method of using the apparatus for optimizing optical photolithography during formation of integrated circuits. The apparatus includes: an asymmetrical complementary dipole element including: first and second openings being equidistant and minor images about a first axis, the first and second openings having essentially a same first area and a same first optical density relative to a selected wavelength of light; third and fourth openings being equidistant and minor images about a second axis, the third and fourth openings having essentially a same second area, and a same second optical density relative to the selected wavelength of light; and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis and the first and second optical densities are different. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173212 | MODELED OBJECT UPDATING - It is provided a computer-implemented method for updating a modeled object. The method comprises providing an operation, an old input graph of the operation, an old output graph corresponding to an application of the operation to the old input graph, a new input graph of the operation. The method also comprises computing a rewriting rule that specifies a replaced which is a part of the old input graph to be replaced, a replacement which is a part of the new input graph to replace the replaced, an interface which is a part common to the replaced, the replacement and the old output graph. The method further comprises applying the rewriting rule to the old output graph. The method is an improvement to updating a modeled object. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173213 | METHOD OF MATERIAL MODELING FOR CRASH TEST DUMMY FINITE ELEMENT MODELS - A computer method of material modeling for crash test dummy finite element models includes the steps of making a material card for the material, applying the material card to validate a finite element model of a crash test dummy component, determining whether the finite element model is acceptable, ending the method if the finite element model is acceptable, and adjusting a relative volume (J) range for the material to make the material soft or stiff if the finite element model is not acceptable. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173214 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEFECT SIMULATION TEST METHOD AND SYSTEM OF THE SAME - An electrical connection defect simulation test method is provided. The electrical connection state simulation test method includes the steps as follows. A device under test is provided, wherein the device under test includes a plurality of pin groups each having a plurality of signal pins. A zero-frequency signal is transmitted from a signal-feeding device to each of the signal pins to simulate an open condition. An open test is performed on each of the signal pins. The signal pins of the device under test are connected to a relay matrix. The relay matrix is controlled to make any two of the signal pins in one of the pin groups electrically connected to simulate a short condition. A short test is performed on any two of the electrically connected signal pins. An electrical connection state simulation test system is disclosed herein as well. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173215 | Real-Time Predictive Simulation Modeling - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for generating simulation graphs using real-time clinical data. A user may indicate one or more scenario variables to apply to an area of interest. A simulation graph is then generated that includes at least an indication of a scenario status. The scenario status indicates an expected result based on the one or more scenario variables selected by the user. The simulation graph may also include a baseline status indicating an expected result should no changes be made to a current environment. Multiple simulation graphs for varying areas of interest may be generated and compared to one another such that a user is able to quickly identify efficient solutions. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173216 | DETERMINING DIFFERENTIAL STRESS BASED ON FORMATION CURVATURE AND MECHANICAL UNITS USING BOREHOL LOGS - A method for performing wellbore operations of a field having a subterranean formation. The method includes determining, based on an image log of a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation, a plurality of interpreted geological surfaces, identifying a plurality of estimated slickensides from the plurality of interpreted geological surfaces based on at least one pre-determined criterion, calculating, using a processor, a differential stress using a curvature model representing at least one mechanical unit defined by the plurality of estimated slickensides, generating a stress model using the differential stress, identifying a modeled wellbore stress-induced failure in response to a total stress value in the stress model exceeding a strength property of the subterranean formation, determining a difference between the modeled wellbore stress-induced failure and an observed stress-induced failure in the subterranean formation, and updating the stress model by adjusting the plurality of estimated slickensides to, in turn, adjust the difference. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173217 | CATHETER CONFIGURATION INTERFACE AND RELATED SYSTEM - A system for implementing a procedure for the diagnosis or treatment of tissue in a body is provided. The system includes an electronic control unit configured to generate a graphical user interface on a display. The interface depicts an image of the tissue. The unit is further configured to receive one or more inputs regarding target locations on the tissue for diagnosis or treatment. The electronic control unit identifies a catheter for use in the procedure and determines configurations for a distal end of the catheter at each target location. The unit superimposes representations of the distal end of the catheter having the determined configurations on the image of the tissue at the target locations. The unit may also generate control signals to guide the distal end of the catheter to the target locations and to assume the determined configurations at each location. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173218 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRILLING RIG TESTING USING VIRTUALIZED COMPONENTS - A method and system dynamically generates virtualized configurations of sensors and signals used in drilling system equipment. The virtualized configurations may be used for novel operational testing of automation systems on drilling rigs. The methods and systems may be configured to virtualize actual drill floor equipment in order to have enhanced fault coverage of the automation systems. A control network that is a component of the automation systems may implement a testing loop that accommodates virtualized equipment in a manner substantially similar to actual equipment. In this manner, the testing loop may be configured to control elements specific to the equipment under control, and generate testing results for those specific control elements. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173219 | GENERATING INVISCID AND VISCOUS FLUID-FLOW SIMULATIONS OVER AN AIRCRAFT SURFACE USING A FLUID-FLOW MESH - Fluid-flow simulation over a computer-generated aircraft surface is generated using inviscid and viscous simulations. A fluid-flow mesh of fluid cells is obtained. At least one inviscid fluid property for the fluid cells is determined using an inviscid fluid simulation that does not simulate fluid viscous effects. A set of intersecting fluid cells that intersects the aircraft surface are identified. One surface mesh polygon of the surface mesh is identified for each intersecting fluid cell. A boundary-layer prediction point for each identified surface mesh polygon is determined. At least one boundary-layer fluid property for each boundary-layer prediction point is determined using the at least one inviscid fluid property of the corresponding intersecting fluid cell and a boundary-layer simulation that simulates fluid viscous effects. At least one updated fluid property for at least one fluid cell is determined using the at least one boundary-layer fluid property and the inviscid fluid simulation. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173220 | Numerical simulation method for characterizing fluid channelling along large-aperture fractures of reservoirs - A numerical simulation method for characterizing fluid channeling along large-aperture fractures of reservoirs relates to the field of petroleum reservoir development research and computational fluid dynamics. The conventional method can not effectively represent the rapid fluid channeling along large-aperture fractures. Aiming at solving the above technical problem, an advanced method is provided in the present invention. In the invented method, the geometric similarity and hydraulic similarity treatments of large-aperture fractures can be made simultaneously, moreover, the traditional numerical simulation software was improved to be an unstructured grid simulator. Therefore, the method of the present invention can effectively simulate the rapid fluid channeling along large-aperture fractures, consequently it can ensure the reliability of the simulation results and provide reasonable reference for the adjustment and optimization of oil field development plans. The present invention is simple in principle and easy to use, thus it has a great value of application and popularization. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173221 | Emulation of an Automation System - An emulator, a system, and a method for emulating at least one controller of at least one technical facility, wherein an emulator is extended by at least one simulation of an operating system functionality and by a simulation of at least one system functional building block of the controller for high-availability communication to specify an emulation solution which is able to communicate with high reliability with real components from the automation environment through at least one network card and/or a communications processor and at least one communications layer for producing the high-availability communication. The system is networked with the technical facility following the loading of a facility configuration. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING TEXT INPUT - A method and system for facilitating text input is disclosed. The method comprises: invoking an input assistant from within an application in an operating environment at a client, the input assistant being a standalone input service within the same operating environment as the application, receiving a text string from a user in an input field of the application, providing, by the input assistant, input prediction for completing the text string, selecting an input text of at least one word in the input field of the application, retrieving, by the input assistant, text content related to the input text from one or more text assistance services in communication with the input assistant, presenting the received text content to the user for assistance in the user's text input. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173223 | BILINGUAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, TRANSLATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A bilingual information retrieval apparatus includes an input text acquisition unit, a first memory, a first language construct information selection unit, a second memory, and a second language construct information selection unit. The input text acquisition unit acquires input text in a first language. The first memory stores plural pieces of first language construct information indicating a construct of text in the first language. The first language construct information selection unit selects a piece of first language construct information corresponding to the input text. The second memory stores plural pieces of second language construct information indicating a construct of text in a second language corresponding to the selected piece of first language construct information. The second language construct information selection unit selects a piece of second language construct information on the basis of evaluation information. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173224 | Deep Model Statistics Method for Machine Translation - In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for machine translation of a source document in an input language to a target document in an output language, comprising generating translation options corresponding to at least portions of each sentence in the input language; and selecting a translation option for the sentence based on statistics associated with the translation options. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173225 | DIALECT TRANSLATOR FOR A SPEECH APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT EXTENDED FOR INTERACTIVE TEXT EXCHANGES - The present solution includes a real-time automated communication method. In the method, a real-time communication session can be established between a text exchange client and a speech application. A translation table can be identified that includes multiple entries, each entry including a text exchange item and a corresponding conversational translation item. A text exchange message can be received that was entered into a text exchange client. Content in the text exchange message that matches a text exchange item in the translation table can be substituted with a corresponding conversational item. The translated text exchange message can be sent as input to a voice server. Output from the voice server can be used by the speech application, which performs an automatic programmatic action based upon the output. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173226 | TABLE MERGING WITH ROW DATA REDUCTION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the table merging of correlated columns with row data reduction. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for table merging with row data reduction for merged columns can include selecting a first table of columns and a second table of columns for merger in a computer data processing system. A column of rows in the first table can be matched with a column of rows in the second table. Subsequently, it can be determined that the rows of the first table are the same in number as the rows of the second table and that the matched columns include identical data in the respective ones of the rows. Consequently, a merged table of an aggregation of the columns of the first table and the second table can be generated to exclude from the aggregation one of the matched columns that includes identical data in the respective ones of the rows as the other of the matched columns. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173227 | METHOD, TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SUPPORTING COLLECTION OF OBJECT INCLUDED IN THE IMAGE - The present invention relates to a method for supporting a collection of an object included in a created image. The method includes the steps of: (a) creating an image of an object; (b) automatically creating and providing a combined sentence correct under the grammar of a language for the object on a first area on a screen of the terminal by using at least part of recognition information on what an identity of the object is, a place where the image was created and a time when the image was created, and automatically getting and providing a thumbnail corresponding to the recognized object on a second area on the screen of the terminal; and (c) if a Collection button is selected, storing data provided on the first and the second areas onto a storage space, to thereby complete the collection of the object. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173228 | Definitional Method to Increase Precision and Clarity of Information - In order to know precisely and clearly what words or terms mean, the DMTIPCI definitional method by an algorithm implementing the DMTIPCI method's unique and novel steps in a computer microprocessor of iteratively deconstructing all usage predicate words of all words in any language to their primary words and storing said words with their deconstructed predicates and primary words in computer repositories and/or in printed form—the DMTIPCI Dictionary. Primary words as herein defined are words or terms that have no non-tautological words in their predicate(s). All words of any language are arranged under their primary words by another DMTIPCI algorithm implemented in a computer microprocessor creating a DMTIPCI Primary Word Dictionary. Other embodiments are described and shown. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173229 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING END TO END CALLS AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION - Systems and methods that, among other things, analyze and monitor the performance of a call center including performance of the interactive voice response (IVR) systems, call center agents, and other components of the call center. The systems and methods record characteristics of the call such as the audio data, and analyze that record to identify the events and the actions that take place during the call. A call center administrator may also identify a set of metrics, such as the number of dropped calls that occur during a day that may be monitored by the systems described herein. The data collected about these events and the resulting metrics may be stored in a database and provided to a call center administrator through a user interface that allows the administrator to browse through the collected metric and recorded call data and directly review relevant portions of a call. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173230 | SPEECH DECODING APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN EXCITATION SIGNAL AND A SYNTHESIS FILTER - A wideband speech coding method comprising identifying whether an input speech signal is a narrowband signal or a wideband signal, and coding the input speech signal by controlling a predetermined parameter of a wideband speech coding process based on the identification result. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173231 | SYSTEM FOR COMFORT NOISE INJECTION - A noise injection system adds comfort noise to an audio signal. The system includes a background noise estimator that determines a spectral content of a background noise associated with the audio signal. A comfort noise generator generates a comfort noise signal having a random phase. A gain circuit adjusts the comfort noise signal based on the spectral content of the background noise. A combining circuit combines a gain-adjusted comfort noise signal and the audio signal to generate an output signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173232 | ACOUSTIC PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An acoustic processing apparatus is provided. The acoustic processing apparatus including a first extracting unit configured to extract a first acoustic model that corresponds with a first position among positions set in a speech recognition target area, a second extracting unit configured to extract at least one second acoustic model that corresponds with, respectively, at least one second position in proximity to the first position, and an acoustic model generating unit configured to generate a third acoustic model based on the first acoustic model, the second acoustic model, or a combination thereof. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173233 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHONE HAVING VOICE RECOGNITION FUNCTION - A method and apparatus for communicating through a phone having a voice recognition function are provided. The method of performing communication using a phone having a voice recognition function includes converting to an incoming call notification and voice recognition mode when a phone call is received; converting to a communication connection and speakerphone mode when voice information related to a communication connection instruction is recognized; performing communication using a speakerphone; and ending communication when voice information related to a communication end instruction is recognized during communication using the speakerphone. Therefore, when a phone call is received, a mode of a phone is converted to a speakerphone mode with a voice instruction using a voice recognition function, and thus communication can be performed without using a hand. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173234 | VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION APPARATUS, VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The processing efficiency and estimation accuracy of a voice activity detection apparatus are improved. An acoustic signal analyzer receives a digital acoustic signal containing a speech signal and a noise signal, generates a non-speech GMM and a speech GMM adapted to a noise environment, by using a silence GMM and a clean-speech GMM in each frame of the digital acoustic signal, and calculates the output probabilities of dominant Gaussian distributions of the GMMs. A speech state probability to non-speech state probability ratio calculator calculates a speech state probability to non-speech state probability ratio based on a state transition model of a speech state and a non-speech state, by using the output probabilities; and a voice activity detection unit judges, from the speech state probability to non-speech state probability ratio, whether the acoustic signal in the frame is in the speech state or in the non-speech state and outputs only the acoustic signal in the speech state. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173235 | Offline Generation of Subtitles - One embodiment described herein may take the form of a system or method for generating subtitles (also known as “closed captioning”) of an audio component of a multimedia presentation automatically for one or more stored presentations. In general, the system or method may access one or more multimedia programs stored on a storage medium, either as an entire program or in portions. Upon retrieval, the system or method may perform an analysis of the audio component of the program and generate a subtitle text file that corresponds to the audio component. In one embodiment, the system or method may perform a speech recognition analysis on the audio component to generate the subtitle text file. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173236 | SPEECH TO TEXT CONVERTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A speech to text converting device includes a display, a voice receiving module, and a voice recognition module, an input module, and a control module. The voice receiving module receives a speech within a certain period of time. The voice recognition module converts the speech to voice data. The control module establishes text data corresponding to the voice data and displays the text data, any inputted words, and the relevant time period. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173237 | INTERACTIVE SPEECH RECOGNITION MODEL - A method and apparatus for updating a speech model on a multi-user speech recognition system with a personal speech model for a single user. A speech recognition system, for instance in a car, can include a generic speech model for comparison with the user speech input. A way of identifying a personal speech model, for instance in a mobile phone, is connected to the system. A mechanism is included for receiving personal speech model components, for instance a BLUETOOTH connection. The generic speech model is updated using the received personal speech model components. Speech recognition can then be performed on user speech using the updated generic speech model. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173238 | Remote Control Audio Link - One embodiment may take the form of a voice control system. The system may include a first apparatus with a processing unit configured to execute a voice recognition module and one or more executable commands, and a receiver coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive a first audio file from a remote control device. The first audio file may include at least one voice command. The first apparatus may further include a communication component coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive programming content, and one or more storage media storing the voice recognition module. The voice recognition module may be configured to convert voice commands into text. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173239 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE IDENTITYOF A SPEAKER, SYSTEM THEREFORE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The invention refers to a method of verifying the identity of a speaker based on the speakers voice comprising the steps of: receiving ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120173240 | Subspace Speech Adaptation - Subspace speech adaptation may be utilized for facilitating the recognition of speech containing short utterances. Speech training data may be received in a speech model by a computer. A first matrix may be determined for preconditioning speech statistics based on the speech training data. A second matrix may be determined for representing a basis for the speech to be recognized. A set of basis matrices may then be determined from the first matrix and the second matrix. Speech test data including a short utterance may then be received by the computer. The computer may then apply the set of basis matrices to the speech test data to produce a transcription. The transcription may represent speech recognition of the short utterance. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173241 | MULTI-LINGUAL TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multi-lingual text-to-speech system and method processes a text to be synthesized via an acoustic-prosodic model selection module and an acoustic-prosodic model mergence module, and obtains a phonetic unit transformation table. In an online phase, the acoustic-prosodic model selection module, according to the text and a phonetic unit transcription corresponding to the text, uses at least a set controllable accent weighting parameter to select a transformation combination and find a second and a first acoustic-prosodic models. The acoustic-prosodic model mergence module merges the two acoustic-prosodic models into a merged acoustic-prosodic model, according to the at least a controllable accent weighting parameter, processes all transformations in the transformation combination and generates a merged acoustic-prosodic model sequence. A speech synthesizer and the merged acoustic-prosodic model sequence are further applied to synthesize the text into an L1-accent L2 speech. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGE OF SCRIBBLE DATA BETWEEN GSM DEVICES ALONG WITH VOICE - A method for transferring scribble data along with voice includes connecting at least two electronic devices through a GSM network, accumulating and down sampling the scribble coordinates, which are converted to a speech-like signal that is sent along with voice data packets simultaneously in the GSM network. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173243 | Expert Conversation Builder - An expert conversation builder contains a knowledge database that includes a plurality of dialogues having nodes and edges arranged as directed acyclic graphs. Users and authors of the system interface with the knowledge database through a graphical interface to author dialogues and to create expert conversations as threads traversing the node in the dialogues. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173244 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VOICE COMMAND RECOGNITION BASED ON A COMBINATION OF DIALOG MODELS - Provided are a voice command recognition apparatus and method capable of figuring out the intention of a voice command input through a voice dialog interface, by combining a rule based dialog model and a statistical dialog model rule. The voice command recognition apparatus includes a command intention determining unit configured to correct an error in recognizing a voice command of a user, and an application processing unit configured to check whether the final command intention determined in the command intention determining unit comprises the input factors for execution of an application. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173245 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system is provided which facilitates discrimination between an icon of a facility associated with a route, along which the user is expected to move from now on, and an ordinary icon. To achieve this, it includes a destination estimating unit for acquiring information about a driving history and for estimating a destination from the information about the driving history acquired; a drawing decision changing unit for drawing a destination candidate estimated by the destination estimating unit in a form different from an icon of a non-destination candidate; and an information display unit for causing the icon drawn by the drawing decision changing unit to be displayed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173246 | VARIABLE ORDER SHORT-TERM PREDICTOR - The present invention provides a new recursive FIR filter scheme which supports a variable order short-term predictor, and uses a pipeline stall based on the radix-2 algorithm and an autocorrelation processing time for reducing the complexity of MPEG-4 ALS hardware implementation. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173247 | APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING A WEIGHTED LINEAR PREDICTIVE TRANSFORM, AND A METHOD FOR SAME - Disclosed is an apparatus for encoding and/or decoding an audio signal having a variable bit rate (VBR). A target bit rate is determined in accordance with characteristics of an audio signal, and a weighted linear predictive transform coding is performed in accordance with the determined target bit rate. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173248 | Business method and system to price, manage, and execute server actions initiated by one or a plurality of users through interaction with a graphical user interface linked to a data source or data supply chain - A method and system to accept user input into one or a plurality of graphical user interface screens or layouts to generate prices for one or a plurality of actions upon achievement of one or a plurality of trigger values or thresholds within one or a plurality of data sources linked to a data supply chain or a federated data source. The one or plurality of graphical user interfaces enable a user to select link and associate operators with data objects in order to build formulae that include mathematical and logical operations for calculating values to be compared with conditions and thresholds for triggering actions or events by the one or a plurality of servers upon the one or a plurality of data sources and to calculate and store the configuration of the schema for cumulative prices or terms or conditions for implementation of such actions by the one or a plurality of servers. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173249 | Absorbent Article With Integrated Machine Readable Code - Absorbent articles are disclosed that include a machine readable code. The machine readable code, once scanned by a suitable reader device, provides access to information related to the absorbent article. The information may relate to use or disposal of the article. In other embodiments, the information may comprise promotional materials, such as coupons, rebates and news about related products, new products, or the like. The present disclosure is particularly directed to applying and positioning the machine readable codes on the absorbent articles so that the codes are noticeable and can be scanned. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173250 | BEHAVIOR BASED LOYALTY SYSTEM TO DELIVER PERSONALIZED BENEFITS - A suggested communication from a plurality of available communications for the user may be determined. The suggested communication may be created specifically for a user or for users in one or more categories. If the suggested communication is determined to be sufficiently similar to the profile of the user, the suggested communication may be provided to the user and the suggested communication may be removed from the available communications for the user for a period of time. A computer usage message may be received indicating whether the suggestion communication was acted upon or not acted upon. If the user responded in a desired way, a benefit may be provided to the user and an additional analysis of the response computer usage message communicated from the user may be performed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173251 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENROLLING A CUSTOMER IN A SERVICE WHILE PROVIDING LIMITED REQUIRED PERSONAL INFORMATION - A customer is invited to enroll in a service offered by an entity by linking an invitation to enroll in the service with a customer's mobile phone number either before (when the customer's mobile phone number is known in advance) or after an enrollment is initiated from the customer's mobile phone number (the invitation response is matched to the customer after having been sent). Typically, the enrollment includes a simple request to activate their enrollment from their mobile phone (call/text). The customer's response to the enrollment from the mobile phone is logged, matched with a confidence score, and captured as a record of the customer's enrollment in the service. Enrollment services with the customer may proceed once the customer is enrolled. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173252 | SUBSCRIBER-DRIVEN SYSTEM FOR MANAGING EVENTS IN AN ELECTRICAL GRID - A system and a method are provided for managing events in a smart grid. The method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to: receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) notify message comprising a monitored state of at least one electrical device, from a smart meter; send a SIP publish message comprising the monitored state of the at least one electrical device, to at least one client device for management of the at least one electrical device; and determine and send a rule comprising at least one action to take in response to the monitored state of the at least one electrical device, to the smart meter. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173253 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REDUCING THE BURDEN ON SCHEDULING SYSTEMS BY FORECASTING A DEMAND FOR MEDICAL RESOURCES - The present invention generates a forecast factor indicating an anticipated demand for a medical resource in a medical facility during a selected time period. The invention generates the forecast factor using billing data retrieved from one or more billing data systems wherein the retrieved billing data is from a prior time period that is comparable to the selected time period. The invention may also generate a schedule of the medical resource using the determined forecast factor such that the generated schedule may substantially correspond to the anticipated demand for the medical resource during the selected time period. In addition, the invention may also generate one or more displays of the determined forecast factor to a user and may also receive a user input for selecting and/or modifying the protocol used to determine the forecast factor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173254 | LOAD BALANCING AND ASSIGNING MEDICATION REQUESTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for load balancing medication requests. In one embodiment, a medication server may receive medications requests. The medication server may then load balance the medication requests and assign them to one or more medication filling devices for filling based at least in part on the load balancing. The one or more medication filling devices can then process and fill the assigned medication requests. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173255 | MODES AND WORKFLOWS FOR PROCESSING MEDICATION REQUESTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing medication requests. In one embodiment, a user may define an operational mode that can be initiated by one or more triggers. A user may also define one or more workflows for processing medication requests. The one or more workflows can be associated with the operational mode. In response to the occurrence of the appropriate triggers, the operational mode can automatically, semi-automatically, and/or manually be initiated. When the operational mode is initiated, the associated workflows are used for processing medication requests. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173256 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ONLINE PATIENT COMMUNITY BASED ON "STRUCTURED DIALOG" - A system for an online community based on Structured Dialogs offering organizations the opportunity to create online communities and have a dialog with users on their status, condition, and progress without the risk of adverse event reports by users. The system may include an interface that limits user communication to Structured Dialogs comprising controlled vocabulary elements of specific choices, including pop-ups, drop downs, and sliders. The system includes a personal health and wellness management tool coupled with the community to enable the user to manage his or her medication and condition using Structured Dialogs and thus making the interaction more interesting and effective for users. The system may also include an information repository “Info” Layer that can offer articles that are relevant to users. The “We”, “Me” and “Info” Layers can share statistics and Structured Dialogs data. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173257 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING GEOLOCATION TO WORKFLOWS USING MOBILE MEDICAL CLIENTS - Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus for healthcare configuration based on location information. An example method for location-driven configuration of a healthcare system includes receiving location information from a location device; predicting a destination of the location device based on the location information and one or more parameters associated with the location device; and communicating with a healthcare system at the destination to configure the healthcare system based on the one or more parameters associated with the location device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173258 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE DATA - Methods and apparatus for providing clinical decision support to a healthcare provider. Eligibility criteria and quality measure information for a plurality of performance-based programs is stored and shared quality measures across performance-based programs are identified. Provider and patient characteristics are compared to the stored eligibility criteria and quality measure information to determine which quality measures apply to which providers and patients of the providers. A healthcare provider is provided with a notification at the point of care indicating a recommended action that, when performed by the healthcare provider will satisfy a quality measure in compliance with one or more performance-based programs. Customized reports may be generated and transmitted to program sponsors of performance-based programs, based on formatting rules specified by the program sponsors. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173259 | System and Method for Scheduling Medical Procedures - Present embodiments are directed to a system and method for calculating an estimated procedure time. Specifically present embodiments include systems and methods for estimating a procedure time for a patient to undergo an imaging procedure. The estimated procedure time may be calculated with a difficulty score that is used to adjust a base procedure time associated with a procedure protocol for the imaging procedure. Present embodiments are also directed to scheduling an amount of time corresponding to the estimated procedure time on a schedule. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKFLOW AUTOMATION FOR MDT REFERRAL - Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus for multidisciplinary team review of a referred patient. Certain examples provide a multidisciplinary team patient referral system. The system includes a user interface to facilitate user selection of a patient for multidisciplinary review. The system includes a subscription service to generate a subscription for a user to automatically notify the user of multidisciplinary team events related to the patient based on a parameter of the subscription. The system includes a multidisciplinary meeting module to facilitate a multidisciplinary team review of the patient to develop an evaluation for the patient. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173261 | PRESENTING AGENT ORDER SUGGESTIONS TO CLINICIANS - Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically providing order and details suggestions to healthcare users. Healthcare users such as physicians often place the same small number of orders with the same details over and over again. A usage pattern warehouse may be employed to track and determine the user's order patterns. The usage pattern warehouse may assign a weighted score to the agent orders based upon volume and recency. User text input is matched to agent orders within the historical order information and a listing of most likely agent orders is provided to the user. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173262 | INTERNET-BASED NETWORK FOR SUPPORTING THE HARVESTING, PHOTO-ACTIVATION, CATALOGUING, TRACKING AND MANAGING ASPIRATED FAT TISSUE SAMPLES INCLUDING STEM CELLS THEREIN - An Internet-based network supporting the harvesting, photo-activation, cataloguing, tracking and managing of aspirated fat tissue samples, including auto-grafts of adipose tissue and adipocyte derived stem cells (ASCs), catalogued in a tissue storage/banking system, for re-injection into patients to repair or construct skin, cartilage, bone, muscle and/or cardiac tissue. The network employs RFID-tagged issue collection and processing devices for use in autografting of fat tissue and ASC-enriched cellular components, in an elegantly simple manner, employing manual or mechanically-assisted fat tissue reinjection devices, while completely avoiding the need for decanting, tissue transfers, autoclaving, and/or straining operations in a self-contained sterile field involving container transfers. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173263 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THERAPY PROGRAMS - Methods and systems for implementation of therapy programs are described. In one embodiment, it is determined that a member is enrolled in a drug benefit program. It is determined that a decision deadline has occurred for continuing an aspect of a benefit of the drug benefit program. It is determined that a decision response has not been received from the member. A suspension of the aspect of the benefit of the drug benefit program is generated based on the determination that the decision response has not been received from the member. Other methods and systems are described. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173264 | FACILITATING IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL HEALTH COMPLICATIONS - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for facilitating avoidance of potential health complications are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying risk data that indicates a potential health risk to a patient. The risk data is used to determine a potential health complication that may arise in association with the patient. A plan of care is generated for the patient based on the potential health complication that may arise in association with the patient. Such a plan of care may include an action(s) to perform in association with the patient in an effort to avoid the potential health complication. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173265 | DEVELOPING AND MANAGING PERSONALIZED PLANS OF HEALTH - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for facilitating development of personalized plans of health are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes referencing clinical data associated with a patient that was previously captured from a plurality of sources at corresponding clinical encounters. The clinical data can include static data that does not change over the lifetime of the patient and dynamic data that does change over the lifetime of the patient. The clinical data and evidence-based data are used to develop a personalized plan of health for the patient. Such a personalized plan of health provides a plan of health care for the patient in accordance with aggregate healthcare history of the patient. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173266 | REIMBURSING CARE PROVIDERS BASED ON PERFORMED ACTIONS - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for reimbursing care providers using care tickets are provided. In embodiments, the method includes identifying a medically appropriate action(s) to perform during a clinical encounter for a patient that, if performed, results in a reimbursement to a care provider. The medically appropriate action(s) to perform during the clinical encounter for the patient is provided. An indication that the medically appropriate action(s) has been performed during the clinical encounter is received. Based on the performance of the medically appropriate action(s), reimbursement to the care provider is automatically initiated. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173267 | Database System for Medical Back-Office - The present invention is comprised of a database system for medical back office for managing the day to day and long term operations of one or more outpatient surgery center or other type of health care facility such as a hospital. The present invention is further comprised of a customizable modular programming structure configured to perform fast processing of vast amounts of data providing comprehensive data search retrieval with flexible filtering by any data field or multiple data fields using one or more component module that quickly interface with the existing program structure and jointly operate with the other multi-tasking functions on a real-time basis. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173268 | Automated Medical Matrix for Diagnosing and Scheduling Patients - The present invention is comprised of an automated medical matrix for diagnosing and scheduling patients for providing automated treatment selection cross referenced to a diagnosis, ordering, scheduling and insurance health plan pre-approvals within a medical center such as a surgery center or hospital. The present invention is further comprised of an automated treatment outcome results scoring system to rank the most effective treatment available being used in a medical center. The present invention is further comprised of modules that automatically coordinates treatment appointments between various medical center departments and automatically completes forms preparations for ordering the treatment, get insurance plan pre-approvals and billing processes to reduce staff time to perform the same tasks manually and increase effective treatment selection, shorten patient waiting time for treatments and reduce liability risk of poorly selected treatments. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173269 | Automated Monitoring and Aftercare for Obesity Patients Following Surgery - The present invention is comprised of an interactive outpatient internet based network for providing automated outpatient medical follow up and support services. The present invention is further comprised of automated interactive customized modules to provide medical personnel with daily reports on outpatient treatment progress and condition. The present invention is further comprised of modules that create a cost effective interactive connection between an outpatient and medical staff where distance and lack of contact places an outpatient at greater risk of relapse and prevent medical personnel from performing desired follow up services. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173270 | Automated Creation and Maintenance of Nutritional Regimen for Obesity Patients After Surgical Procedures - The present invention is comprised of an interactive outpatient internet based network for providing automated outpatient medical follow up and support services. The present invention is further comprised of automated interactive customized modules to provide medical personnel with daily reports on outpatient treatment progress and condition. The present invention is further comprised of modules that create a cost effective interactive connection between an outpatient and medical staff where distance and lack of contact can place an outpatient at greater risk of relapse and prevent medical personnel from performing desired follow up services. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173271 | Automated Food Preparation and Delivery for Aftercare of Obesity Patients Following Surgical Procedures - The present invention is comprised of an interactive outpatient internet based network for providing automated outpatient medical follow up and support services. The present invention is further comprised of automated interactive customized modules to provide medical personnel with daily reports on outpatient treatment progress and condition. The present invention is further comprised of modules that create a cost effective interactive connection between an outpatient and medical staff where distance and lack of contact can place an outpatient at greater risk of relapse and prevent medical personnel from performing desired follow up services. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173272 | Automated System and Method for Processing Obesity Patients - The present invention is comprised of automated system and method for processing an obesity patient for automating the processing of an obesity patient desiring a weight loss medical procedure. The present invention is further comprised of a health insurance plan processing module to automatically verify insurance plan approval of a weight loss medical procedure. The present invention is further comprised of one or more customized automated modules to record and process information that is shared by processing participants. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO PHYSICIANS UNDER AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE MODEL - The present invention provides a method of providing a monetary incentive to a health care provider, typically a physician, responsible for treatment decisions of a patient with a condition during an episode of care. Once the patient identity and condition are obtained, a baseline value related to treatment of the condition can be associated. Thereafter, all the claims processed during the episode of care of the patient for the condition can be summed to obtain a total treatment cost. If the total treatment is less than the baseline value, then a monetary incentive can be provided to the provider based upon that episode of care. The healthcare provider may be a member of a managed care organization, such as an accountable care organization, and the monetary incentive may be modified based on time interval for the episode of care. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173274 | VALIDATED HEALTHCARE CLEANING AND SANITIZING PRACTICES - A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173275 | HEALTH REMINDERS PROVIDED BY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ENTITIES USING PROMPTS FOR APPLICATIONS OR QUESTIONNAIRES FOR INPUTTED END USER DATA STORED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - The present methods and systems of this invention provide health reminders or health awareness tools from product or service providers to individual end users using applications or questionnaires for inputted end user data stored on computer readable media that are not specific to the product or service being provided by the entity that is providing the health reminder, wherein such methods can also include where advertisements for products and services are provided with such health reminders as an additional service to the end user that may be appreciated by the end user in order to identify the benefits of such health reminders with the goodwill of such product or service providers and which may result in increased use or purchase of such unrelated products or services that are associated with such entities or companies providing the health reminders as a beneficial free service of the product or service provider entity. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173276 | Optimizing Workflows - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for optimizing workflows by monitoring a healthcare environment. Data may be compiled from various sources to monitor interactions within the healthcare environment. Both interactions with individuals and interactions with a healthcare system may be monitored. Each of location data, clinical data, and system data, among others, may be combined to monitor the healthcare environment. By combining the data from various sources, a user is able to get a complete picture of the healthcare environment. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173277 | Healthcare Quality Measure Management - Methods and systems for managing healthcare quality measure data are provided. Relevant quality measure data relating to a patient with a particular condition is identified, and it is determined if patient qualifies for a standardized quality measure related to that condition. If the patient qualifies, the relevant quality measure data is populated into a work queue associated with a computing device and displayed to a user. The relevant quality measure may be approved and sent to a quality clearinghouse. If the relevant quality measure data is not approved, additions, deletions, or changes are made to generate a revised set of relevant quality measure data which is then sent to the quality clearinghouse. The approved relevant quality measure data is received by the quality clearinghouse, and a recipient is selected to receive the relevant quality measure data. The relevant quality measure data is reformatted to the specifications of the recipient and is sent to the recipient. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173278 | PREPOPULATING CLINICAL EVENTS WITH IMAGE BASED DOCUMENTATION - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for protocol driven image acquisition are provided. In embodiments, a protocol is received by an image capturing device. The protocol comprises orders from a clinician, a workflow for capturing at least one image, or a combination thereof. At least one field for receiving metadata to be associated with the at least one image allows structured documentation to begin on the image capturing device. The at least one image and associated metadata are communicated to a medical information system. A patient is identified by the metadata or an existing patient to device association and the at least one image is associated with an electronic medical record for the patient. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173279 | CONSOLIDATION OF HEALTHCARE-RELATED SCHEDULES ACROSS DISPARATE SYSTEMS - Subject matter described herein is related to providing a consolidated schedule having event entries that originate from disparate systems. For example, a central repository receives event entries from a plurality of disparate systems and aggregates entries associated with a particular clinician. The aggregated entries are transformed into a consolidated schedule, which is provided to a client device (e.g., mobile computing device or desktop computing device) used by the healthcare clinician (e.g., doctor, nurse, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, etc.). The consolidated schedule includes events scheduled to take place at different healthcare facilities or different departments within a healthcare facility. When viewing the consolidated schedule, the clinician can request patient information (e.g., vital statistics) relevant to a selected entry and execute other actions (e.g., rescheduling, note entry, event creation, etc.) relevant to the entry. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173280 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REFERRING PHYSICIANS BASED ON HIERARCHICAL DISEASE PROFILE MATCHING - Systems, apparatus, and methods for referring physicians based on hierarchical disease profile matching are disclosed. An example system includes a data store to include a plurality of disease profiles, each disease profile associated with a patient condition, a user interface to accept a user request for a referral of a patient to a physician, and a referral processor to compare a profile associated with the patient including a patient symptom to the plurality of disease profiles to generate one or more physician recommendations for referral, the referral processor to refine the one or more physician recommendations based on one or more characteristics associated with each of the one or more physician recommendations, the referral processor to provide the refined one or more physician recommendations to a user for review and selection via the user interface. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173281 | AUTOMATED DATA ENTRY AND TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR GENERATION OF MEDICAL REPORTS BY AN ATTENDING PHYSICIAN - Written reports are composed using a terminal during or between patient encounters. Selections made on the terminal invoke standard text segments and a narrative comment is recorded, by dictation or otherwise. After a series of patient encounters, such as at the end of the day, automatically generated draft reports are reviewed, revised and dispatched by the practitioner or staff, in a batch process. The terminal accepting selections and comment can be a wireless Web-capable smart-phone or another terminal running an application to interface with the practitioner. The application presents selections for each of a menu of categories, for example common conditions and maladies encountered in specialized practices. The practitioner distinguishes between normal entries that populate the report with standardized comments (or optionally go unreported), versus noteworthy entries that populate the report with preferably speech-recognized text. | 2012-07-05 |
20120173282 | PROCESSING A PATIENT STUDY - Processing a patient study of a patient is provided. In one embodiment, a method of storing a patient study of a patient onto a computer-readable medium comprises obtaining a diagnostic image of the patient ( | 2012-07-05 |