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Personal status physiologic monitor system and architecture and related monitoring methods

A system for actively monitoring a patient includes at least one body-worn monitoring device that has at least one sensor capable of measuring at least one physiologic parameter and detecting at least one predetermined event. At least one intermediary device is, linked to the body-worn monitoring device by means of a first wireless network and at least one respondent device is linked to said at least one intermediary device by a second wireless network wherein the respondent device is programmed to perform a specified function automatically when the at least one predetermined event is realized. The monitoring device operates to periodically transmit patient status data to the intermediary device but the system predominantly operates in a quiet state, providing very low power consumption.
Owner:WELCH ALLYN INC

Personal status physiologic monitor system and architecture and related monitoring methods

A method for performing context management, said method comprising the steps of: producing a continuous physiologic signal, as detected by a monitoring device; associating at least one unique hardware identifier to said continuous physiologic signal and binding a unique patient identifier to said continuous signal wherein a change in said physiologic signal in which said signal is no longer continuous will cause the unique patient identifier to unbind from said signal.
Owner:WELCH ALLYN INC

Fitness Monitoring Methods, Systems, and Program Products, and Applications Thereof

Fitness monitoring methods, systems, and program products are disclosed. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for providing a new workout for an athlete utilizing a fitness monitoring service includes the steps of granting an athlete access to an account of the fitness monitoring service, maintaining a schedule of workouts for the athlete to complete in association with the account, receiving the new workout from a coach, adding the new workout to the schedule of workouts, and exchanging information related to the new workout with a portable fitness monitoring device.
Owner:ADIDAS

Network service operational status monitoring

Network service operational status monitoring methods and apparatus are disclosed. Responsive to a service status request associated with a network service, an operational status of the network service is determined by an intermediary between a service status requester and the network service. The operational status is a service-specific operational status of the network service in some embodiments. Operational status may be determined through a multi-level procedure in which subsequent levels after a first level of the multi-level procedure are or are not performed depending on a result of a preceding level of the procedure. A multi-level procedure may involve a service connectivity check and a service operational check, for instance.
Owner:ALCATEL LUCENT SAS

Monitoring apparatus for ambulatory subject and a method for monitoring the same

The invention provides a monitoring apparatus (1) for an ambulatory subject (2) that includes a portable monitor (3) mountable on subject (3) that includes an accelerometer that determines the instant acceleration of subject (2) in one or more determined directions. It further includes a processing unit (7) that determines at least one instant ambulatory performance indicia of subject (2) from the determined instant acceleration, determines at least one designated performance threshold from at least one previously determined instant ambulatory performance indicia and initiates an event under predetermined conditions that is communicated to remote receiver (5) for the attention of carer (11), providing remote monitoring and supervision of subject (2) based on ambulatory performance of subject (2).
Owner:MEDCARE SYST

Cardiac rhythm management device and sensor-suite for the optimal control of ultrafiltration and renal replacement therapies

A cardiorenal patient monitoring system comprising, either implanted or non-implanted device(s), remote peripheral device(s), computer network(s), host, and communication means between the device(s), computer network(s), and host. The preferred embodiment shows an advanced patient monitoring system for using an implanted cardiac device and a dialysis machine in renal therapy. In addition, the method of advanced patient monitoring is in conjunction with the advanced patient monitoring system is disclosed.
Owner:CARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC

Methods and devices for brain activity monitoring supporting mental state development and training

With explosive penetration of portable electronic devices (PEDs) recent focus into consumer EEG devices has been to bring advantages including localized wireless interfacing, portability, and a low-cost high-performance electronics platform to host the processing algorithms to bear. However, most development continues to focus on brain-controlled video games which are nearly identical to those created for earlier, more stationary consumer EEG devices and personal EEG is treated as of a novelty or toy. According to embodiments of the invention the inventors have established new technologies and solutions that address these limitations within the prior art and provide benefits including, but not limited to, global acquisition and storage of acquired EEG data and processed EEG data, development interfaces for expansion and re-analysis of acquired EEG data, integration to other non-EEG derived user data, and long-term user wearability.
Owner:PERSONAL NEURO DEVICES

User-retainable temperature and impedance monitoring methods and devices

A user-retainable monitoring system is disclosed. At least a pair of sensors is provided in association with a support member. The support member is preferably of a type that may be worn by or at least temporarily implanted in a patient. Possible sensor types include temperature sensors and impedance sensors. Temperature sensors may be used to detect a temperature differential between areas of tissue indicative of pathology. Impedance sensors are used to detect subcutaneous fluid detection. The support member may take the form of a bandage, drain or other structure. Monitor structures as described may have stand-alone utility or be connected to a processor or data recorder to enable various functions.
Owner:THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIV

Monitoring method

Disclosed are a monitoring method and a system that display a log icon including event-related information to facilitate an intuitive confirmation of event information. The monitoring method includes: receiving a plurality of images from a plurality of image devices; displaying the images in a first region of a display; displaying information about the image devices related to the images, which are being displayed in the first region, in a second region of the display which is different from the first region; and generating a plurality of log icons including event information when a predetermined event is detected from the images which are being displayed in the first region; and displaying the log icons in a third region of the display which is different from the first and second regions.
Owner:HANWHA TECHWIN CO LTD

Software interface monitor method and system

A system and method for monitoring updates to the interface portion of a software library or repository. An embodiment of the invention determines whether detected changes made to the software interface are likely to cause backward compatibility problems. Initially, an embodiment assembles and stores a snapshot of a baseline version of the software interface. Then, an embodiment assembles a snapshot of an updated version of the interface and compares the updated snapshot to the baseline snapshot to detect whether any changes have been made. Any differences between the updated snapshot and the baseline snapshot are rated by an embodiment according to a backward compatibility metric and reported in an alert message to an appropriate user
Owner:SAP AG

Interference distributed fibre-optical pipe leakage real-time monitoring method and device

The invention discloses a distributed optical fiber oil channel leakage monitoring method and device based on interference theory. The monitoring system needs to lay an optical cable along the channel, and forms a fiber micro oscillation sensor with the fiber in the cable. When the channel has leakage, it will generate leakage noise, thus the fiber micro oscillator sensor can measures the micro oscillation and stress change around the channel, and it can fix on the leakage position quickly and accurately. The device is made up of distributed fiber micro oscillation sensor, guiding fiber and micro oscillation detector. The technology not only can detect the leakage, but also can detect the event which can cause the leakage, and it can send out alarm and accurate localization. The device has high sensitivity and localization precise, and the disturbance ability is strong, and it is reliable.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV

Security terminal, security management method, monitor device, monitor method, and security system

InactiveUS20020126009A1Spread of damageSpread can be suppressedArrangements for variable traffic instructionsAnti-theft devicesComputer terminalHome security
In a case where an intruder is detected in a house, a detection signal is outputted from a home security communication device, and is notified to a monitor center through an in-area communication management device by a wireless connection. The monitor center notifies a portable telephone owned by a resident of the house that the intruder exists in the house and also notifies houses to in the area that the intruder exists in the house.
Owner:ORMON CORP

Monitoring methods and devices for use therein

Methods, devices and test kits for monitoring the ovulation cycle, involve testing the body fluid, e.g. urinary, concentration of one or more analytes. Preferably estrone-3-glucuronide and luteinizing hormone are both measured, and a reference concentration for E3G is established at about day 6 of the current cycle. Preferably, disposable testing devices are used, in conjunction with a relatively permanent electronic reader / monitor. The number of "daily" tests required per month can be minimized.
Owner:INVERNESS MEDICAL SWITZERLAND GMBH

Industrial control and monitoring method and system

A technique is provided for integrating human machine interfaces with control and monitoring systems. Control and monitoring systems may be integrated into a human machine interface to enable access to various systems including networked and programmable electrical components, such as components of motor control centers, and databases that including component, system designation data, configuration information, settings, and so forth. The database and components are accessed by execution of a program embedded in the human machine interface to provide desired information in response to selection of a particular physical component of the system. The information serves as the basis for an operator display through the human machine interface.
Owner:ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECH

Method and device to monitor patients with kidney disease

A medical monitoring device for monitoring electrical signals from the body of a subject is described. The medical monitoring device monitors electrical signals originating from a cardiac cycle of the subject and associates each cardiac cycle with a time index. The medical monitoring device applies a forward computational procedure to generate a risk score indicative of hyperkalemia, hypokalemia or arrhythmia of the subject. The medical monitoring device can adjust the forward computational procedure based upon clinical data obtained from the subject.
Owner:MOZARC MEDICAL US LLC

Monitoring method and monitoring system for assessing physiological parameters of a subject

InactiveUS20050080322A1Convenient and affordable method of communicationReadily availableSensorsMedical equipmentMonitoring systemMonitoring methods
A system for measuring at least one physiological parameter of the user, analyzing the parameter measured and providing feedback to the user. Analysis of at least one physiological parameter of the user may optionally and preferably be performed by a remotely located data processing server. The present invention enables such a measurement to preferably be used to directly generate medical information about the user, optionally performed by the sensing device or alternately by the remote server or alternately by the gateway. Such information may then optionally be sent to medical personnel, for example at a contact monitoring center and / or to any other location, through a gateway device. The gateway device is preferably a mobile gateway device and communicates with the preferred but exemplary wrist-mounted device of the present invention through a wireless communication channel.
Owner:MEDICA4ALL AG

Method and device to monitor patients with kidney disease

A medical monitoring device for monitoring electrical signals from the body of a subject is described. The medical monitoring device monitors electrical signals originating from a cardiac cycle of the subject and associates each cardiac cycle with a time index. The medical monitoring device applies a forward computational procedure to generate a risk score indicative of hyperkalemia, hypokalemia or arrhythmia of the subject. The medical monitoring device can adjust the forward computational procedure based upon clinical data obtained from the subject.
Owner:MOZARC MEDICAL US LLC

Methods and systems for monitoring and enhancing patient compliance with a health treatment program

Methods and systems for enabling and supporting patient compliance with a health treatment program or with health-related instructions from a caregiver are described. An interactive feedback loop is implemented that enhances and improves on present methods of monitoring and supporting patient compliance with treatment programs, particularly for patients with chronic conditions. A patient enters various types of data (e.g., biometric readings, diary entries, responses to surveys and health assessments, etc.) to a health data management system that includes a patient compliance monitoring system. The patient is encouraged to enter as much data as is practical and as frequently as possible. The feedback loop of the present invention provides compliance messages to the patient in a timely manner that are responsive to the data entered by the patient. The messages are customized, supportive, and timely. The system can also implement a reward scheme in which patients who go beyond their prescribed treatment program or consistently stay within a compliance range obtain direct financial benefits or rewards. The system also allows patients to sends feedback on the messages he or she receives from the system. This feedback can be used to measure the effectiveness of a treatment program or of the monitoring system itself. Healthcare professionals play an active role in tailoring and “signing off” the compliance-related messages that the patient receives.
Owner:IMETRIKUS

Cognitive spectrum analysis and information display techniques

A device and method are provided for monitoring and analyzing received over-the-air energy. According to one aspect, a device and method are provided for performing spectrum analysis on the received energy, generating data for displaying one or more plots associated with the analyzed received energy; determining a type of one or more signals occurring from the received energy; and generating data for displaying on the same display screen as said one or more plots, a name for the one or more signals determined to be occurring. Thus, unlike traditional spectrum analyzer devices that show plots or waveforms, the method and device described herein shows plots or waveforms and on the same screen a list of the devices causing those plots or waveforms. In addition, a filter may be applied to the plots or traces whereby plots are displayed for a particular user-specified device determined to be occurring, or a user-specified type or class of devices determined to be occurring. According to another aspect, the monitoring method and device involves performing spectrum analysis on the received energy, displaying one or more plots associated with the receive energy, and in response to determining a graphical user interface element is positioned over or near a display plot, generating data to display the name for the signal or signals causing that plot or waveform.
Owner:CISCO TECH INC

Human sleep monitoring method and system

The invention relates to a human sleep monitoring method and system. The method and system synthesizes motion, heart rate and body temperature signals. The system comprises a core processor, a reflective type photoelectric pulse sensor, a temperature sensor, a three-axis gravity acceleration sensor and a capacitive skin contact sensor which are respectively used for measuring heart rate in real time, measuring body surface temperature in real time, detecting motion state in real time, and performing wearing identification. The human sleep monitoring system has the advantages that by synthesizing human body sign information and motion states, the system can automatically monitor the sleep state and the waking state of a user and can identify different sleep stages including shallow sleep, deep sleep and rapid-eye-movement sleep; the system further comprises a display module and a miniature motor vibrating module which are used for displaying specific sleep information and awakening the user on the basis of sleep quality; the problems that an existing sleep monitoring device cannot naturally awaken the user at an appropriate time, physical and mental health of the user is affected, and the existing sleep monitoring device is inconvenient to use are solved.
Owner:上海翰临电子科技有限公司

High voltage electricity transmission line monitoring method based on wireless communication and optical communication

The invention relates to a high-tension transmission line monitoring method on the basis of wireless communication and photo-communication for overcoming the faults of limited functions, small band width, high running cost and low reliability in the prior art. The method comprises the following steps: 1. setting wireless monitoring nodes on the transmission line towers; selecting a particular tower along the line at an interval of 20-30 kilometers as a convergent point tower and simultaneously installing wireless monitoring nodes and photo-communication nodes on the convergent point tower and transforming plants on the two ends of the line; 2. the wireless monitoring nodes acquiring monitoring data, the wireless monitoring nodes of the towers in the area where the convergent point tower locates transmit the monitoring data to the photo-communication nodes on the convergent point tower by using a multi-hop forwarding method, each photo-communication node transmits the monitoring data to a monitoring center by using a multi-hop forwarding method. According to the invention, information monitored by thousands of sensors installed on towers of each level can be transmitted back to a junction centre for realizing the real-time monitoring of the whole high-tension transmission line.
Owner:NORTHWEST CHINA GRID

DPF regeneration monitoring method

A method for operating an internal combustion engine (100) and exhaust system therefor includes the step of initiating a regeneration event in a diesel particulate filter (DPF 109) (401). A first oxygen concentration (213) of a gas upstream of the DPF 109, and a second oxygen concentration (215) of the gas downstream of the DPF 109 are sensed (403) to infer a rate of combustion of material in the DPF (405) based on the difference between the first (213) and the second (215) oxygen concentrations. The rate of combustion is compared to a threshold value (409) and the regeneration event in the DPF 109 is terminated (411) if the rate of combustion is above the threshold.
Owner:INT ENGINE INTPROP CO LLC

Self-adaptive voice endpoint detection method

The invention relates to voice detection technology in an automatic caption generating system, in particular to a self-adaptive voice endpoint detection method. The method comprises the following steps: dividing an audio sampling sequence into frames with fixed lengths, and forming a frame sequence; extracting three audio characteristic parameters comprising short-time energy, short-time zero-crossing rate and short-time information entropy aiming at data of each frame; calculating short-time energy frequency values of the data of each frame according to the audio characteristic parameters, and forming a short-time energy frequency value sequence; analyzing the short-time energy frequency value sequence from the data of the first frame, and seeking for a pair of voice starting point and ending point; analyzing background noise, and if the background noise is changed, recalculating the audio characteristic parameters of the background noise, and updating the short-time energy frequency value sequence; and repeating the processes till the detection is finished. The method can carry out voice endpoint detection for the continuous voice under the condition that the background noise is changed frequently so as to improve the voice endpoint detection efficiency under a complex noise background.
Owner:CHINA DIGITAL VIDEO BEIJING

Non-or minimally invasive monitoring methods

An apparatus for sensing an analyte is described, wherein the apparatus includes an interface contact element that is used to establish an interface with a quantity of body fluid. The interface contact element is adapted to facilitate diffusion of a target analyte across the interface essentially free of net mass fluid transport. The quantity of body fluid is exposed to the interface contact element through micro-pathways. The apparatus can also include a sensing material adapted to sense the target analyte with at least one analytical method. Methods for using the apparatus in a non- or minimally invasive monitoring technique are also described. FIG. (1) illustrates a non-limiting embodiment of the apparatus used to test the principles of the invention.
Owner:KWON SUNG YUN +1

Driver fatigue monitoring device based on multivariate information fusion and monitoring method thereof

The invention discloses a driver fatigue monitoring device based on multivariate information fusion and a monitoring method thereof. The device comprises a digital signal processor, a camera head with a filter, a rectangular ultrared LED light source module mounted on a car windshield, a speaker module and a sensor module comprising an angular sensor and a pressure sensor, wherein the camera head, the rectangular ultrared LED light source module, the speaker module and the sensor module are respectively connected with the digital signal processor. The monitoring method comprises four procedures, namely eye characteristic identification, view line track, driving activity monitoring and fatigue characteristic judgment which merges the fatigue judgment results of the eye characteristic identification, the view line track and the driving activity monitoring to accurately judge the fatigue states of a driver. The invention utilizes an information merging technology to further develop and improve a fatigue driving detection technology, can objectively, rapidly and accurately judge the fatigue state of the driver in real time and avoids traffic accidents caused by fatigue driving.
Owner:SOUTH CHINA UNIV OF TECH

Humidity monitoring and alarm system for unattended detection of building moisture management problems

A detection and monitoring method and system which makes it possible to detect the presence of moisture problems when they manifest as abnormal humidity in one or more discrete ventilation zones within a building envelope. The abnormal humidity can then be investigated and resolved or mitigated to minimize the potential for building damage or adverse occupant health effects occur. The present invention provides an early warning system that will alert personnel of the occurrence of a moisture problem.
Owner:FIGLEY DONALD A +3
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