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20110148622 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING - A system includes a local patient monitor and a plurality of remote patient monitors. The local patient monitor may display a plurality of physiological parameters for a local patient. The local patient monitor may further display a remote monitoring interface with the local patient's physiological parameters. The remote monitoring interface may include a plurality of status icons respectively representing the plurality of remote patient monitors. In one embodiment, the local patient monitor receives alarm information from a first remote patient monitor indicating that one or more physiological parameters for a remote patient are outside of a determined range. The alarm information may include, for example, location information for the remote patient and an alarm condition indicated by the one or more physiological parameters. The local patient monitor may display the alarm information within the remote monitoring interface. | 06-23-2011 |
20110178376 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING - A system includes a local patient monitor and a plurality of remote patient monitors. The local patient monitor may display a plurality of physiological parameters for a local patient. The local patient monitor may further display a remote monitoring interface with the local patient's physiological parameters. The remote monitoring interface may include a plurality of status icons respectively representing the plurality of remote patient monitors. In one embodiment, the local patient monitor receives alarm information from a first remote patient monitor indicating that one or more physiological parameters for a remote patient are outside of a determined range. The alarm information may include, for example, location information for the remote patient and an alarm condition indicated by the one or more physiological parameters. The local patient monitor may display the alarm information within the remote monitoring interface. | 07-21-2011 |
20130271283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING - A system includes a local patient monitor and a plurality of remote patient monitors. The local patient monitor may display a plurality of physiological parameters for a local patient. The local patient monitor may further display a remote monitoring interface with the local patient's physiological parameters. The remote monitoring interface may include a plurality of status icons respectively representing the plurality of remote patient monitors. In one embodiment, the local patient monitor receives alarm information from a first remote patient monitor indicating that one or more physiological parameters for a remote patient are outside of a determined range. The alarm information may include, for example, location information for the remote patient and an alarm condition indicated by the one or more physiological parameters. The local patient monitor may display the alarm information within the remote monitoring interface. | 10-17-2013 |
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20120026119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING - A system includes a local patient monitor and a plurality of remote patient monitors. The local patient monitor may display a plurality of physiological parameters for a local patient. The local patient monitor may further display a remote monitoring interface with the local patient's physiological parameters. The remote monitoring interface may include a plurality of status icons respectively representing the plurality of remote patient monitors. In one embodiment, the local patient monitor receives alarm information from a first remote patient monitor indicating that one or more physiological parameters for a remote patient are outside of a determined range. The alarm information may include, for example, location information for the remote patient and an alarm condition indicated by the one or more physiological parameters. The local patient monitor may display the alarm information within the remote monitoring interface. | 02-02-2012 |
20130321286 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING WITH AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Systems and methods for enabling a user to interact with a medical imaging system using a touch screen display are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a primary imaging area displaying images captured by the medical imaging system may be displayed in a first area of the touch screen display. A touchpad configured to receive input from a user may be displayed in a second area of the touch screen display that is different than the first area. Input provided by the user using the touchpad display may be used to control and/or interact with the medical imaging system. By utilizing a touchpad displayed separate from the primary imaging area, a user may precisely position a cursor, annotation, and/or measurement marker point within the primary imaging area without obscuring the primary imaging area with their body. | 12-05-2013 |
20130324850 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING WITH AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Systems and methods for enabling a user to interact with a medical imaging system using a touch screen display are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a touch screen display associated with the medical imaging system may receive input from a user based on a position of a contact point of the user with the touch screen display. The contact point may be located within a primary imaging area displaying images captured by the medical imaging system on the touch screen display. Based on the received input, a cursor may be displayed on the touch screen display within the primary imaging area in a particular position relative from the position of the contact point that is different than the position of the contact point. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090154910 | Camera with Acceleration Sensor - A method and system for determining camera positioning information from an accelerometer mounted on a camera. The accelerometer measures the orientation of the camera with respect to gravity. Orientation measurement allows user interface information to be displayed in a “right side up” orientation on a viewfinder for any camera orientation. Alternatively, an artificial horizon indicator may be displayed in the viewfinder. The accelerometer may also measure camera movement. Camera movement information together with camera orientation can be used to determine camera usage. Additionally, camera movement information can be used to determine a minimum shutter speed for a sharp picture. | 06-18-2009 |
20090180647 | Microphone with Backside Cavity that Impedes Bubble Formation - A MEMS microphone has a backplate, a diaphragm movable relative to the backplate, and a backside cavity adjacent to the backplate or the diaphragm. The backside cavity has sidewalls with at least one rib protruding inward toward a center of the backside cavity. | 07-16-2009 |
20090230521 | Stress Mitigation in Packaged Microchips - A packaged microchip has a lead frame with a die directly contacting at least a single, contiguous portion of the lead frame. The portion of the lead frame has a top surface forming a concavity and contacting the die. The packaged microchip also has mold material substantially encapsulating part of the top surface of the portion of the lead frame. | 09-17-2009 |
20100013067 | Stress Mitigation in Packaged Microchips - A package apparatus has a base coupled with a lid to form a leadframe package. The package has first and second exterior surfaces with respective first and second contact patterns. The first and second contact patterns are substantially electrically identical to permit the package to be either vertically or horizontally mounted to an underlying apparatus. | 01-21-2010 |
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20100058865 | MEMS Sensor with Movable Z-Axis Sensing Element - A MEMS sensor includes a substrate and a MEMS structure coupled to the substrate. The MEMS structure has a mass movable with respect to the substrate. The MEMS sensor also includes a reference structure positioned radially outward from the MEMS structure. The reference structure is used to provide a reference to offset any environmental changes that may affect the MEMS sensor in order to increase the accuracy of its measurement. | 03-11-2010 |
20110110550 | Microphone with Variable Low Frequency Cutoff - A microphone system has a package with an interior, a MEMS microphone within the package interior and forming a backvolume between it and the package interior, and a MEMS valve coupled with at least one input aperture in the package. The package defines at least one input aperture (e.g., the prior noted aperture) for receiving an acoustic signal, and the MEMS microphone is mechanically coupled to at least a portion of one input aperture. The valve has a valve opening generally circumscribed by a valve seat. The valve is considered as having an open mode for permitting acoustic signal access into the package interior through the valve opening, and a closed mode for substantially preventing acoustic signal access into the package interior through the valve opening. The valve has a movable member configured to contact the valve seat when in the closed mode. This movable member is configured to move between the open mode and the closed mode in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the valve seat. | 05-12-2011 |
20120137773 | Apparatus and Method for Anchoring Electrodes in MEMS Devices - One or more electrodes that interact with a movable mass in a MEMS device are anchored or otherwise supported from both the top and bottom and optionally also from one or more of the lateral sides other than the transduction side (i.e., the side of the electrode facing the mass) in order to severely restrict movement of the electrodes such as from interaction with the mass and/or external forces. | 06-07-2012 |
20120137774 | Non-Degenerate Mode MEMS Gyroscope - Bulk acoustic wave (BAW) gyroscopes purposefully operate using non-degenerate modes, i.e., resonant frequencies of drive and sense modes are controlled so they are not identical. The resonant frequencies differ by a small controlled amount (Δf). The difference (Δf) is selected such that the loss of sensitivity, as a result of using non-degenerate modes, is modest. Non-degenerate operation can yield better bandwidth and improves signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) over comparable degenerate mode operation. Increasing Q of a BAW resonator facilitates trading bandwidth for increased SNR, thereby providing a combination of bandwidth and SNR that is better than that achievable from degenerate mode devices. In addition, a split electrode configuration facilitates minimizing quadrature errors in BAW resonators. | 06-07-2012 |
20120223726 | MEMS Sensor with Movable Z-Axis Sensing Element - A MEMS sensor includes a substrate and a MEMS structure coupled to the substrate. The MEMS structure has a mass movable with respect to the substrate. The MEMS sensor also includes a reference structure electrically coupled to the mass of the MEMS sensor. The reference structure is used to provide a reference to offset any environmental changes that may affect the MEMS sensor in order to increase the accuracy of its measurement. | 09-06-2012 |
20120228725 | Multi-Stage Stopper System for MEMS Devices - A MEMS sensing system includes a movable mass having at least one contact surface, a stopper system for stopping the movement of the mass, the stopper system having at least one contact surface that contacts a corresponding contact surface of the mass if a sufficient movement of the mass occurs in a direction, at least one stopper gap formed between the at least one contact surface of the stopper system and the corresponding contact surface of the mass, and a spring system in communication with the at least one stopper gap. | 09-13-2012 |
20130023082 | Apparatus and Method of Wafer Bonding Using Compatible Alloy - A method of forming a MEMS device provides first and second wafers, where at least one of the first and second wafers has a two-dimensional array of MEMS devices. The method deposits a layer of first germanium onto the first wafer, and a layer of aluminum-germanium alloy onto the second wafer. To deposit the alloy, the method deposits a layer of aluminum onto the second wafer and then a layer of second germanium to the second wafer. Specifically, the layer of second germanium is deposited on the layer of aluminum. Next, the method brings the first wafer into contact with the second wafer so that the first germanium in the aluminum-germanium alloy contacts the second germanium. The wafers then are heated when the first and second germanium are in contact, and cooled to form a plurality of conductive hermetic seal rings about the plurality of the MEMS devices. | 01-24-2013 |
20140217521 | MEMS Device With Stress Relief Structures - An encapsulated MEMS device includes stress-relief trenches in a region of its substrate that surrounds the movable micromachined structures and that is covered by a cap, such that the trenches are fluidly exposed to a cavity between the substrate and the cap. A method of fabricating a MEMS device includes fabricating stress-relief trenches through a substrate and fabricating movable micromachined structures, and capping the device prior art encapsulating the device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140251011 | Tilt Mode Accelerometer with improved Offset and Noise Performance - A single-axis tilt-mode microelectromechanical accelerometer structure. The structure includes a substrate having a top surface defined by a first end and a second end. Coupled to the substrate is a first asymmetrically-shaped mass suspended above the substrate pivotable about a first pivot point on the substrate between the first end and the second end and a second asymmetrically-shaped mass suspended above the substrate pivotable about a second pivot point on the substrate between the first end and the second end. The structure also includes a first set of electrodes positioned on the substrate and below the first asymmetrically-shaped mass and a second set of electrodes positioned on the substrate and below the second asymmetrically-shaped mass. | 09-11-2014 |
20150355222 | MEMS Sensor With Dynamically Variable Reference Capacitance - An MEMS device has a dynamically variable reference capacitor that provides a reference to a sense capacitance. In some embodiments, a 3-axis accelerometer includes a proof mass suspended above a substrate from an anchor, and a cantilevered Z-axis reference capacitor arm suspended above the substrate from the same anchor. In some embodiments, the proof mass is suspended from a plurality of anchors, and each anchor also supports one or more cantilevered arms, the cantilevered arms forming a dynamically variable reference capacitance. | 12-10-2015 |
20160090297 | Stress Isolation Platform for MEMS Devices - A MEMS product includes a stress-isolated MEMS platform surrounded by a stress-relief gap and suspended from a substrate. The stress-relief gap provides a barrier against the transmission of mechanical stress from the substrate to the platform. | 03-31-2016 |
20160131480 | Time Multiplexed Electrodes in MEMS Inertial Sensors - In certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention, rather than having two or more electrodes connected to separate bond pads for making electrical connections to separate electrical circuits to perform various electrode functions (e.g., a drive electrode for performing a drive function and a sense electrode for performing a sense function as in FIG. | 05-12-2016 |
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20090181927 | BONDING TISSUES AND CROSS-LINKING PROTEINS WITH NAPHTHALIMIDE COMPOUNDS - Naphthalimide compounds are used in tissue bonding and protein cross-linking applications. When activated by an activating agent, such as light in the 400-500 nm absorption range, the naphthalimide compounds form chemically-reactive species that cross-link proteins, bond connective tissues together, and bond tissues and other biomaterials together. A naphthalimide-labeled biomolecule, such as a naphthalimide-labeled chitosan, is also capable of bonding tissues without subsequent direct illumination of the contacted tissue area. The naphthalimide compounds may be used in tissue or arterial repair, stabilization of an expanded arterial wall after angioplasty, tethering pharmaceutical agents to tissue surfaces to provide local drug delivery, and for chemically bonding skin care products, sunscreens, and cosmetics to the skin. | 07-16-2009 |
20130045171 | BONDING TISSUES AND CROSS-LINKING PROTEINS WITH NAPHTHALIMIDE COMPOUNDS - Naphthalimide compounds are used in tissue bonding and protein cross-linking applications. When activated by an activating agent, such as light in the 400-500 nm absorption range, the naphthalimide compounds form chemically-reactive species that cross-link proteins, bond connective tissues together, and bond tissues and other biomaterials together. A naphthalimide-labeled biomolecule, such as a naphthalimide-labeled chitosan, is also capable of bonding tissues without subsequent direct illumination of the contacted tissue area. The naphthalimide compounds may be used in tissue or arterial repair, stabilization of an expanded arterial wall after angioplasty, tethering pharmaceutical agents to tissue surfaces to provide local drug delivery, and for chemically bonding skin care products, sunscreens, and cosmetics to the skin. | 02-21-2013 |
20130165970 | BONDING TISSUES AND CROSS-LINKING PROTEINS WTH NAPHTHALIMIDE COMPOUNDS - Naphthalimide compounds are used in tissue bonding and protein cross-linking applications. When activated by an activating agent, such as light in the 400-500 nm absorption range, the naphthalimide compounds form chemically-reactive species that cross-link proteins, bond connective tissues together, and bond tissues and other biomaterials together. A naphthalimide-labeled biomolecule, such as a naphthalimide-labeled chitosan, is also capable of bonding tissues without subsequent direct illumination of the contacted tissue area. The naphthalimide compounds may be used in tissue or arterial repair, stabilization of an expanded arterial wall after angioplasty, tethering pharmaceutical agents to tissue surfaces to provide local drug delivery, and for chemically bonding skin care products, sunscreens, and cosmetics to the skin. | 06-27-2013 |
20130230472 | BONDING TISSUES AND CROSS-LINKING PROTEINS WITH NAPHTHALIMIDE COMPOUNDS - Naphthalimide compounds are used in tissue bonding and protein cross-linking applications. When activated by an activating agent, such as light in the 400-500 nm absorption range, the naphthalimide compounds form chemically-reactive species that cross-link proteins, bond connective tissues together, and bond tissues and other biomaterials together. A naphthalimide-labeled biomolecule, such as a naphthalimide-labeled chitosan, is also capable of bonding tissues without subsequent direct illumination of the contacted tissue area. The naphthalimide compounds may be used in tissue or arterial repair, stabilization of an expanded arterial wall after angioplasty, tethering pharmaceutical agents to tissue surfaces to provide local drug delivery, and for chemically bonding skin care products, sunscreens, and cosmetics to the skin. | 09-05-2013 |
20140350453 | BONDING TISSUES AND CROSS-LINKING PROTEINS WITH NAPHTHALIMIDE COMPOUNDS - Naphthalimide compounds are used in tissue bonding and protein cross-linking applications. When activated by an activating agent, such as light in the 400-500 nm absorption range, the naphthalimide compounds form chemically-reactive species that cross-link proteins, bond connective tissues together, and bond tissues and other biomaterials together. A naphthalimide-labeled biomolecule, such as a naphthalimide-labeled chitosan, is also capable of bonding tissues without subsequent direct illumination of the contacted tissue area. The naphthalimide compounds may be used in tissue or arterial repair, stabilization of an expanded arterial wall after angioplasty, tethering pharmaceutical agents to tissue surfaces to provide local drug delivery, and for chemically bonding skin care products, sunscreens, and cosmetics to the skin. | 11-27-2014 |
20160068614 | BONDING TISSUES AND CROSS-LINKING PROTEINS WITH NAPHTHALIMIDE COMPOUNDS - Naphthalimide compounds are used in tissue bonding and protein cross-linking applications. When activated by an activating agent, such as light in the 400-500 nm absorption range, the naphthalimide compounds form chemically-reactive species that cross-link proteins, bond connective tissues together, and bond tissues and other biomaterials together. A naphthalimide-labeled biomolecule, such as a naphthalimide-labeled chitosan, is also capable of bonding tissues without subsequent direct illumination of the contacted tissue area. The naphthalimide compounds may be used in tissue or arterial repair, stabilization of an expanded arterial wall after angioplasty, tethering pharmaceutical agents to tissue surfaces to provide local drug delivery, and for chemically bonding skin care products, sunscreens, and cosmetics to the skin. | 03-10-2016 |
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20100042644 | TREE-STRUCTURED DATA DISPLAY - Some general aspects of the invention relate to systems and computer-implemented methods of generating a treemap display. A collection of data elements characterized by a first attribute is accepted, and some data elements are grouped into a first set of data elements according to a first rule associated with the first attribute. A treemap field is partitioned into a collection of cells according to the grouping result, and the collection of cells includes a first cell representing the first set of data elements. The first cell has a first dimension corresponding to a value of the first attribute of the first set of data elements. The first set of data elements is then divided into a collection of subsets of data elements according to a second rule. Correspondingly, the first cell of the treemap field is partitioned into a collection of sub-cells according to the division. Each sub-cell represents a respective one of the plurality of subsets of data elements. | 02-18-2010 |
20100138411 | Segmented Query Word Spotting - An approach to words spotting processes a query including a sequence of terms (e.g., words) to identify one or more subsequences that constitute segments (e.g., phrases) that are likely to occur spoken together in the audio begin searched. The segments are searched for as units. An advantage can include improved accuracy as compared to searching for the terms individually. | 06-03-2010 |
20110037766 | CLUSTER MAP DISPLAY - Systems and methods are providing for using cluster maps in managing multimedia content including, for example, analyzing audio files stored at a call center. Very generally, a cluster map can be used as an effective tool for visualizing condensed information and for improving the understanding of the characteristics and relationships of the data under study. For example, a set of nodes can be displayed in a cluster map as corresponding to a set of information objects. Each information object may represent the result of a respective query conducted against the data. In some embodiments, multiple relationships between various information objects (such as between different query results) can be displayed simultaneously as graphical links in the map, making data comparison and exploration easier and more intuitive. | 02-17-2011 |
20140310000 | SPOTTING AND FILTERING MULTIMEDIA - In an aspect, in general, a computer implemented method includes receiving a query phrase, receiving a first data representing a first audio signal including an interaction among a number of speakers and at least one segment of one or more known audio items, receiving a second data comprising temporal locations of the at least one segment of one or more known audio items in the first audio signal, and searching the first data to identify putative instances of the query phrase that are temporally excluded from the temporal locations of the at least one segment of one or more known audio items. | 10-16-2014 |
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20150161896 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TACTICAL VIEWING OF DATALINK MESSAGES - An alerting system and method for producing tactical views of datalink messages is provided. The system comprises a datalink application processor configured to receive and decode an uplink datalink message. The datalink application processor includes a datalink message manager. The system also includes a control processor in operative communication with the datalink application processor and configured to communicate with the datalink message manager. A display unit is in operative communication with the control processor and is configured to show the uplink datalink message. The control processor is configured receive message data from the datalink message manager and output the message data to the display unit to generate an annunciation of the datalink message. The datalink message manager is configured to output display data for generating the datalink message in full based on a single forward field of view interaction by a user with the display unit. | 06-11-2015 |
20150199906 | IN-AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PLANNING WITH DATALINK INTEGRATION - In one embodiment an in-aircraft system that implements a flight planning module is provided. The flight planning module is configured to display on the display unit a pending flight plan and implement a first button associated with a display of the pending flight plan. The first button, if selected, directs the one or more processing units to convert the pending flight plan to a format for sending in a datalink message, and to cause the pending flight plan to be sent to a ground station in a downlink datalink message without human input to a message applications module, the message applications module including instructions to display information corresponding to datalink messages on a display unit and to maintain a message log of datalink messages. | 07-16-2015 |
20150212671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO VIEW, VERIFY, AND SEND DATALINK DOWNLINK MESSAGING - An avionics messaging system is provided. In at least one embodiment, the avionics messaging system comprises: a user input device configured to receive input from a user, a memory device configured to store a plurality of pages where each page is comprised of one or more fields for receiving user input, a display unit, and a processing unit configured to segment a display on the display unit into a primary segment and a supplemental segment, wherein the primary segment and supplemental segment are displayed concurrently. Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to select one of the plurality of pages to display on the primary segment based on input received from the user input device and output one or more composition messages to the supplemental segment based on input received from the user input device via the one or more fields of the selected page displayed on the primary segment. | 07-30-2015 |
20150212701 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A DATALINK MESSAGE LOG ON A FORWARD FIELD-OF-VIEW DISPLAY - Systems and methods for displaying a datalink message log on a Forward Field-of-View display are provided. In one embodiment, an avionics system for displaying a Forward Field-of-View log of datalink messages on-board an aircraft comprises: a processor executing a Datalink Message Log Function that manages a datalink message log, the Message Log Function in communication with at least one on-board memory storage device storing Datalink Message Data; and a human machine interface (HMI) device in communication with the Message Log Function, the HMI device comprising a Forward Field-of-View Display presenting a first screen that displays a log of datalink messages from the Message Data; wherein at least one entry of the log of datalink messages is presented in the first screen in a collapsed form and at least one entry for an active datalink message is presented in the first screen in an expanded form. | 07-30-2015 |