Showing papers on "Electronic data published in 1995"

Delivery of medical services using electronic data communications

Abstract: Patient disease is diagnosed and/or treated using electronic data communications between not only the physician and his/her patient, but via the use of electronic data communications between the physician and one or more entities which can contribute to the patient's diagnosis and/or treatment, such electronic data communications including information that was priorly received electronically from the patient and/or was developed as a consequence of an electronic messaging interaction that occurred between the patient and the physician. Such other entities illustratively include a medical diagnostic center and an epidemiological database computer facility which collects epidemiological transaction records from physicians, hospitals and other institutions which have medical facilities, such as schools and large businesses. The epidemiological transaction record illustratively includes various medical, personal and epidemiological data relevant to the patient and his/her present symptoms, including test results, as well as the diagnosis, if one has already been arrived at by the e-doc. The epidemiological database computer facility can correlate this information with the other epidemiological transaction records that it receives over time in order to help physicians make and/or confirm diagnoses as well as to identify and track epidemiological events and/or trends.

Steganography methods employing embedded calibration data

Abstract: An identification code signal is impressed on a carrier to be identified (such as an electronic data signal or a physical medium) in a manner that permits the identification signal later to be discerned and the carrier thereby identified. The method and apparatus are characterized by robustness despite degradation of the encoded carrier, and by permeation of the identification signal throughout the carrier.

Image steganography system featuring perceptually adaptive and globally scalable signal embedding

Abstract: An identification code signal is hidden in a carrier signal (such as an electronic data signal or a physical medium) in a manner that permits the identification signal later to be discerned. The carrier signal can thereby be identified, or some machine responsive action can thereby be taken. In one image steganography embodiment, the relative strength of the identification code signal is both perceptually adapted in accordance with psychovisual characteristics of the image, and globally scaled in accordance with a user-set visibility control. The technique can be applied in video imagery embodiments to control associated video equipment, e.g. to serve as a copy control signal.

Method of and apparatus for making a dental set-up model

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for making a dental set-up model utilizable in the practice of orthodontics and, more particularly, to facilitation of making the dental set-up model. The shape of an impression which is a replica of dental teeth and dental alveolar ridges of a patient is first converted on a non-contact basis into electronic data by means of a three-dimensional profile analyzer utilizing an irradiation beam. Using this electronic data and within the framework of such electronic data, representative plane defined by anatomically proximal contact points A1, anatomically distal contact points A2 and an intermediate point E between the bucco-cervical point B1 and the lingo-cervical point B2 are formed by cutting out the individual teeth. Subsequently, for each tooth, a DI line, which is a straight line connecting between the bucco-cervical point B1 and a representative point C of a cusp or edge that has been projected onto the representative plane, and a DH line intersecting the DI line perpendicularly at a point spaced a predetermined distance from the representative point C towards the dental alveolar ridge are formed. Then, the DH lines for the respective teeth are arranged on a plane along a guide line descriptive of an ideal individual dental arch form and respective heights of the DH lines for all teeth which have been lined up to a predetermined height are adjusted to a predetermined level, followed by adjustment of the angle of inclination of the representative plane for each tooth relative to a facial reference line set up on the face.

Method and apparatus responsive to a code signal conveyed through a graphic image

Abstract: An identification code signal is impressed on a carrier to be identified (such as an electronic data signal or a physical medium) in a manner that permits the identification signal later to be discerned and the carrier thereby identified. The method and apparatus are characterized by robustness despite degradation of the encoded carrier, and by permeation of the identification signal throughout the carrier.

Native point defects in low-temperature-grown GaAs

Abstract: We present structural and electronic data which indicate that the dominant defects in GaAs grown at low temperatures (LT GaAs) by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) are As antisites (AsGa) and Ga vacancies (VGa), with negligible amounts of As interstitials (Asi). We show that the change of lattice parameter correlates with the concentration of AsGa, and that AsGa alone can account for the lattice expansion. We also show that the total concentration of AsGa has a characteristic second power dependence on the concentration of AsGa in the positive charge state for the material grown at different temperatures. This can be understood provided that VGa defects are the acceptors responsible for the carrier compensation. Our results are consistent with most experimental results and the theoretical expectation from the calculation of defect formation energies. We find that the conclusion may also be true in As‐rich bulk GaAs.

Video mail delivery system

Abstract: A sender-subscriber based, transmission traffic control system for video mail, which includes the transmission of bulk electronic data primarily in the form of still or motion picture images, with or without audio track. There are variable bandwidth controls on a per transmission basis. A delivery network system provider often a subscriber service in which the network has absolute control over the actual time of the video mail transmission. The path, bandwidth allocation, protocol format, and other means of transmission--such as wireless, satellite, analog--can be set at the discretion of the network provider. The system can provide transmission data, such as delivery and receipt notification to each sender-subscriber, each recipient, and all other participating transmission agents and networks that are different from the managing network delivery system.

“We Know Who You Are and We Know Where You Live”: The Instrumental Rationality of Geodemographic Systems

Abstract: This paper provides a critique of geodemographic systems, sophisticated marketing tools that combine massive electronic data bases on consumer characteristics and behavior, segmentation schemes, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Responsible for a “revolution” in marketing research, geodemographics represents a strategy to exercise rational knowledge-power over everyday life. This critique examines the strategic implications of each component of geodemographics, including electronic surveillance and the erosion of privacy; GIS, spatial inference, and the representation of social space; and segmentation and construction of consumer identity. The paper concludes with remarks about the role of the consumer in geodemographics and the potential for tactical resistances to its strategy.

Interactive audio transmission receiving and playback system

Abstract: The present invention includes a system for transmitting (32), receiving (86), storing (20, 116) and replaying (20, 94) a user selected program, which has a service center (12) including an electronic user accessible interface (32) and an electronically stored library (36) of user selectable programs. It includes a base unit (16) having an electronic interface (24) that is electronically interconnectable with service center's user interface to receive the user selectable programs, and an output port that interconnects the base unit with a cassette. The cassette includes a data input port (94) for the reception of electronic data representing the selected programs from the base unit output port (90), and a memory storage (116) to store the electronic data. The cassette (20) is insertable into and interconnectable with electromechanical components of a standard magnetic tape audio cassette player (98) whereby the stored programs selections are transmitted from the cassette to the audio cassette player for broadcasting.

Crypt key system

Abstract: The present invention provides a concrete structure for applying a crypt key system to a television system, a database system or an electronic commercial transaction system or the like. This system consists of a broadcasting station, a database, a receiving apparatus, a data communication apparatus and a user terminal. As a crypt key system, a secret-key cryptosystem, a public-key cryptosystem, and a digital signature system are used. The keys used in the system are either encrypted or remain uncrypted to be supplied by broadcasting. The present invention is effective in preventing an unjustified use of the database system, managing copyrights, and in a pay-per-view system and a video-on-demand system. Further, the present invention is effective in realizing an electronic market which uses an electronic data information system.

Radio transmission system for distribution of newspaper copy in computer format to personal computers for viewing

Abstract: An electronic method for distributing printed media to subscriber stations for viewing on a personal computer and corresponding electronic distribution system is afforded by this invention. Mass distribution of newspaper or periodical magazine copy is made feasible by converting the copy into an electronic data flow stream format with sequentially represented computer files identified for reception, selection and extraction at a subscriber's computer system. This data stream then is transmitted en masse in this format over a narrow bandwidth transmission channel without filtering or logical processing for local area broadcast over a commercial FM broadcast station on a subcarrier frequency. There selected files are extracted at subscriber reception stations from the data flow stream and stored for interactive manipulation and viewing either as printed media or as an image on a PC viewing monitor.

Method and system for individual evaluation of motor vehicle risk

Abstract: of EP0700009The vehicle carries an electronic data processor linked to a speedometer, accelerometer, internal clock and calendar for checking and recording types of traffic hazard, duration of journey and other data related to safety. It can receive electromagnetic signal from the roadside related e.g. to speed limits, icing conditions and traffic jams, and can exchange data by wireless communication with a service station.

Using the Internet for data collection. An innovative electronic strategy.

Abstract: Computer hardware and software have revolutionized research data management. Data collection has, however, remained a time-consuming and expensive component of most research projects. This article presents a description of an innovative strategy for data collection using computer network forums on the Internet (the "information superhighway"). The success of the electronic data collection strategy is illustrated by a report of the results of a survey of the needs and coping mechanisms of cancer survivors.

System and method for personalized medication treatment management

Abstract: A computer-based system and method for generating a medication management display comprises entering a plurality of medication names prescribed for one or more patients, with corresponding strength attributes, and alpha-numeric medication symbol attributes, into an electronic data base. An electronically stored correlation list is then accessed to associate the alpha-numeric symbol attributes to graphic symbols. This information is arranged to generate a patient medication chart displaying one or more medication names associated with its corresponding strength, directions, and graphic symbol. Adhesive graphic symbols are applied to the original medication containers that hold the medications to cross reference the actual medications with the chart. The patient medication data may also include administration comments with at least one medication which is visually displayed.

Apparatus and method for diagnosing printing machine operation with facsimile transmitted dialog screens

Abstract: A system, including a printing system and a remote diagnostic facility, is provided for performing a diagnostic operation relative to the printing system by reference to electronic data corresponding with one or more dialog screens stored in a memory of the printing system. In practice, a telecommunication link is formed between a facsimile transmission system of the printing system and a facsimile receiving system of the remote diagnostic facility, and the electronic data corresponding with the one of the one or more dialog screens is specified for transmission thereof across the communication link. When an event occurs, the electronic data corresponding with the one of the one or more dialog screens is transmitted from the facsimile transmission system to the facsimile receiving system, a print is produced, at the remote diagnostic facility, with the transmitted electronic data, and a diagnostic operation is performed with the print.

Construction materials management

Abstract: This book explains the concepts of materials management, illustrating total costs, scope and performance, planning, coordination and communication, training, purchasing, quality assurance and logistics. It also discusses new technologies and approaches such as bar codes, electronic data management and total quality management.

Crypt key system for secure electronic transactions

Abstract: of EP0719045The invention relates to a crypt key system applicable to a television system, a database system or an electronic commercial transaction system or the like. This system consists of a broadcasting station 11, a database 12, a receiving apparatus 14, a data communication apparatus 15 and a user terminal 18. As a crypt key system, a secret-key cryptosystem, a public-key cryptosystem, and a digital signature system are used. The keys used in the system are either encrypted or remain uncrypted to be supplied by broadcasting. The present invention is effective in the prevention of an unjustified use of the database system, managing copyrights, and in a pay-per-view system and a video-on-demand system. Further, the present invention is effective in realizing an electronic market which uses an electronic data information system.

Resource characterization of the McMurray/Wabiskaw deposit in the Athabasca oil sands area: a synthesis

Abstract: This volume represents a synthesis of previously published research on the McMurray/Wabiskaw Deposit, including data from recent drilling, a new stratigraphic scheme based on sequence stratigraphic principles, new sedimentological and palynological data, and more extensive depositional modelling. The depositional modelling incorporates new data and revisions to the previously published facies scheme. Maps included in this volume are not simply an amalgamation of those contained in earlier volumes of this series rather, they represent revised interpretations and different stratigraphic intervals. The electronic data, upon which the maps are base, and which was said to be one of the most significant product of the program, are now available from the Alberta Geological Survey. 127 refs., 2 tabs., 92 figs.

Quantifying Process Benefits of Electronic Data Management Technologies

Abstract: Establishing and maintaining a strategic advantage in a globally competitive business environment requires focus on electronic data management (EDM) technologies that facilitate work-flow automation and process reengineering. Effective implementation of EDM technologies requires a strategic, innovative, and cooperative approach to electronic document management. To date, a methodology for quantitative analysis of time and cost benefits attributable to EDM technologies has been difficult to structure due to the complexity of predicting the organizational changes resulting from their implementation. Additionally, implementation of EDM technologies will impact individual work task durations, work-flow precedence, and resource (labor) requirements. This is particularly true when multiple technologies are considered for concurrent implementation. This research developed a methodology for quantifying the time and cost benefits attributable to implementation of EDM technologies when applied to the major functional process of materials management. Data provided by leading engineering/construction companies were incorporated into four process models, each representing a distinct level of corporate information integration. The research shows that time and cost process benefits attributable to EDM technologies are significant.

Farey series and pick’s area theorem

Abstract: In this article, we compare the historical notes and references in wel l -known texts with what wou ld seem to be the reality as exhibited by the original sources, in the case of Farey series, Pick's area theorem, and the connection between them. Although one might suppose that we have chosen a particularly "unfor tunate" example, in which the historical notes and texts are a lmost totally misleading, it is our experience in prepar ing historical activities for the classroom that, more often than not, the information readily available to nonprofessional historians is unreliable. There are signs that history is playing a greater role in the mathematics classroom, and there is a need for readily available reliable historical information relevant to the school curriculum. Errors in printed histories are relatively costly to correct, and the significance of the error relative to the whole justifies neither the expense nor the effort, and, thus, the errors achieve more or less pe rmanent status. Perhaps in these days of flexible electronic data handling and storage, some historians will devise an electronic historical retrieval system, to which corrections and additions can be made as they are d i s c o v e r e d a sort of electronic Tropfke [1].

Transaction verification apparatus & method

Abstract: A storage device is provided which has stored therein an electronic image of a fingerprint of an individual authorized to conduct a transaction (34). A finger, of a person conducting the transaction, is scanned (18 and 24) to form electronic data signals (28) corresponding to an electronic representation of the fingerprint. The stored electronic image is compared (32) with the electronic data signals corresponding to the image fingerprint of the person conducting the transaction. The transaction is authorized only when the electronic data signals corresponding to the image fingerprint of the person conducting the transaction substantially correlate with the stored electronic image of the fingerprint of the individual authorized to conduct the transaction. In one embodiment, the electronic data signals corresponding to the image of the fingerprint of the person conducting the transaction are transmitted over the encrypted communication link to a remote comparator which compares the stored electronic image with the electronic data signals corresponding to the image of the fingerprint of the person conducting the transaction.

Electronic data communication system

Abstract: PURPOSE: To provide an electronic data communication system preventing the illegal utilization of transmitted electronic data and excellently keeping the secrecy of data transmission. CONSTITUTION: A server terminal 10 transmits electronic data given a serial number ciphered corresponding to a transmission request from a client terminal 20 to the client terminal and stores transmitted electronic data. The client terminal 20 receives electronic data by receiving electronic data transmitted from the server terminal 10 and writing it in a card 50. Then, a checker terminal 30 collates electronic data written into the card 50 and that stored in the server terminal 10 to confirm electronic data.

Hospital theatre instruments bearing electronic data tags

Abstract: The novelty is that: (a) each item bears a unique machine-readable electronic data tag, and that sets of instruments are denoted and registered as such; (b) the electronic data tags can be read using hand-held devices or automatically by units installed before, during or after the sterilisation process, and that this data is captured and recorded; (c) the sterilisation data captured and recorded identifies the use made of instruments and the sterilisation processes employed in each case; (d) the data captured and recorded can be linked to that of the patients upon whom the instruments, utensils and equipment were employed.

A new design for the genome sequence data base

Abstract: Five years have passed since the Genome Sequence DataBase (GSDB, but at that time GenBank) implemented a first version of the Electronic Data Publishing (EDP) paradigm. The database operation is again being completely redesigned, with the overall philosophy of continually measuring and improving the services provided. The three major goals of the redesign are to: (1) bring the implementation of EDP to maturity by supporting on-line editing by the community; (2) facilitate third-party annotation in order to stay up to date with the on-going discovery process involved in fully characterizing existing sequences; and (3) modularize genome data services by designing GSDB to rely on other public databases for data not central to the DNA sequence database. This article describes the design requirements and the new schema. >

Datalogger control of environmental chambers for variable-temperature germination experiments.

Abstract: Environmental conditions in the seedbed are much more variable than have historically been simulated in laboratory germination experiments. This paper describes a laboratory control system for real-time simulation of seedbed temperature regimes. The system is composed of a set of small refrigerators that have been enhanced with incandescent and fluorescent lights, fans and electrical-resistance heaters. The germination chambers are regulated by an electronic data acquisition/control system that allows each chamber to vary internal temperature on a continuous basis. Field temperatures can be transmitted to the laboratory and the germination chambers programmed in near-real-time for simultaneous laboratory germination/field emergence studies.

Converting a legacy system database into relational format to enhance query efficiency.

Abstract: The analysis of clinical data collected over time can provide important insight into the health care process. Unfortunately, much of the electronic clinical data that exists today is stored in legacy systems, making it difficult to access and share the information. An approach is needed to improve the accessibility of electronic data stored in legacy system databases. In this study, a legacy database is converted into a relational format in the personal computer environment. The impact of such a conversion on query performance is evaluated, and issues that need to be considered when converting a legacy system database are identified.

Development of GE's plastic thin-zero outline package (TZOP) technology

Abstract: One of the major obstacles impeding the wide spread use of multichip technology in the commercial electronics industries is the procurement and yield of bare chips. This area includes the reluctance of IC manufactures to supply bare chips due to the lack of standards, the difficulties associated with testing bare chips and their lack of confidence in the abilities of the MCM fabricators to assemble bare chips into MCMs without damaging good parts. Another aspect of die procurement is that bare chips are not generally available in TAB or flip-chip solder bump configurations. A highly flexible multichip interconnect approach has been developed with un-matched performance advantages that will be applicable to a wide range of commercial applications. Quick turn prototyping is made easy with maskless processing, electronic data entry, and integrated CAD CAM environment from customers, to engineering, to procurement and to manufacturing. This technology provides the highest density electronic packaging with its edge to edge chip spacing, its top mounted component capability and its 3D stacking and substrate thinning options. The basic electronic interconnection technology involves: plastic encapsulated single or multichip modules; flexible, conformable multichip on flex assemblies; non-planar single or multichip modules molded into conformal surfaces; and ball grid array MCM assemblies. These interconnect structures will be applied to digital, RF, analog, power conversion and mixed mode circuits.

Apparatus for character segmentation and apparatus for character recognition using the same.

Abstract: Hand-written characters which have been turned to electronic data are input by input means, and fields of induction on the retina of the character image are calculated by field of induction estimating means. By using the fields of induction on the retina generated by the plurality of characters thus calculated, character region of each character is determined by character segmentation means, and individual characters are segmented from an array of characters. The field of induction on the retina of the segmented character is deformed to be matched with a field of induction on the retina of a character prepared in advance as a dictionary, and based on the magnitude of strain generated at the time of this deformation, difference between the fields of induction on the retina of different characters is evaluated quantitatively, and character recognition is carried out based on this estimation.

Fuzzy thesaurus generation based on cross-index matrix for case-based reasoning

Abstract: A type of fuzzy information retrieval using a fuzzy thesaurus is appropriate for the similar case retrieval in the case-based reasoning, because we can use index attribute values of the cases as keywords of documents. In this retrieval, the fuzzy thesaurus plays an important role, and hence the method to generate a reasonable fuzzy thesaurus is a problem to be solved. In this paper, a new algorithm to generate a fuzzy thesaurus for the case-based reasoning is presented, which makes use of index attribute values. The index attribute values labeled on cases are electronic data for use of retrieval computation. There is only one index attribute value in each index and the simultaneous occurrence of the index attribute values is not observed consequently. This new algorithm utilizes the index attribute values of multiple indexes and evaluates a correlation between simultaneous occurrences of a pair of index attribute values in different indexes. The correlation composes a matrix, which we call "a cross-index matrix". The fuzzy thesaurus of index attribute values in an index is generated based on the cross-index matrix.