185 results about "Visual comparison" patented technology

A method for assessing CPR performed during at least one resuscitation event includes obtaining a data set during each of the at least one resuscitation events, each data set including data characterizing the performance of chest compressions or ventilations, or both, on the patient during the at least one resuscitation event; processing the data set to determine a value of at least one parameter of the performance; and displaying a graphical representation of the at least one parameter. A graphical representation of a desired value or range of values of the at least one parameter may be displayed in a position for visual comparison with the determined value. A method for presenting information on a sequence of events during a resuscitation event includes: obtaining data on the sequence and timing of chest compression and lung ventilations from a defibrillator; and displaying symbols for chest compressions and lung ventilations in a linear sequence corresponding to the order in which the compressions and ventilations occurred, the linear distance between successive symbols being proportional to the temporal distance between the corresponding actions.

A system and method for measuring, animating, and analyzing motion in real-time is provided which operates with or without markers. System variables are used with a motion model to restrict the number of possible locations of a subject. The system variables are based on known or detected relationships between the motions of the various elements of the model. Visual comparisons and quantitative comparisons provide feedback and help a subject learn or improve a motor skill.

A system for pre-authenticating a magnetic stripped card or smart card holder for a non-checking account transaction at the point-of-sale that includes a database that contains sensitive data, corresponding to digital photographic images of said account holders that employs a pre-authentication process whereby all account holders undergo a meticulous comparison with their submitted data against a plethora of objective public, private and internal databases culminating in a video displayed image at some point in the future enabling a merchant to make a visual comparison of the account holder either on site or during a mail order or telephone order transaction corresponding to the pre-authenticated image to prevent identity theft. While the invention has been described with respect to particular illustrated embodiments, those skilled in the art of technology to which the invention pertains will have no difficulty devising variations which in no way depart from the invention. For example, while the illustrated embodiments have been described in connection with physical links, it will be appreciated that a wireless architecture could be employed to like effect. In addition the modem illustrated in the embodiments could be replaced by embedded software in a magstripe reader or access devices that might also include smart card readers as well as in the video phone and still be employed to like effect. Furthermore voice input / output devices could be deployed during data capture at the front end. The present invention has been described with several embodiments, a plethora of changes, substitutions, variations, alterations, and transformations, and modifications may be suggested to one skilled in the art, and it is intended that the present invention encompass such changes, substitutions, variations, alterations, transformations, and modifications as fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

A method for facilitating an online selection of an item by a user is described. The item is selected out of a plurality of selection items of different sizes, the selection being based on a reference item located remotely from the plurality of selection items. The method is performed on an electronic system and starts with accessing data related to a first image of the reference item, and at least one known first reference measurement associated with the first image. Data is then accessed related to one or more second images of one or more selection items, and at least one known second reference measurement associated with each of the second images. The data associated with the first and second images is then processed so as to facilitate dimensional comparison of the reference item with at least one of the selection items. Finally, the user is enabled to visually compare at least one dimension of the at least one of the selection items, with a corresponding dimension of the reference item, the result of the comparison enabling the user to select an item out of the plurality of selection items.

Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods for allowing a user to compare his or her financial data to the financial data of a hypothetical peer person. For example, an apparatus is provided including: (a) a communication interface configured to communicate with a user terminal, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive user input from the user terminal; and (b) a processor configured to compare a user's finances with finances of an average member of a select group of people, the comparison based at least partially on the received user input, wherein the communication interface is configured to provide the user terminal with a visual comparison of the user's finances with the finances of an average member of the select group of people.

An impedance spectroscopy system for monitoring ischemic mucosal damage in hollow viscous organs comprises a sensor catheter and an impedance spectrometer for electrically driving the catheter to obtain a complex tissue impedance spectrum. Once the catheter is in place in one of a patient's hollow viscous organs, the impedance spectrometer obtains the complex impedance spectrum by causing two electrodes in the tip of the catheter to inject a current into the mucosal tissue at different frequencies, while two other electrodes measure the resulting voltages. A pattern recognition system is then used to analyze the complex impedance spectrum and to quantify the severity of the mucosal injury. Alternatively, the complex impedance spectrum can be appropriately plotted against the spectrum of normal tissue, allowing for a visual comparison by trained personnel.

A system and method for displaying graphical information indicative of a plurality of material characteristics for a portion of a part under test. Energy is directed at the selected portion of the part under test. Resultant energy is detected from the selected portion of the part under test and data representative of each of a plurality of material characteristics for the portion of the part under test is obtained based, at least in part, upon the detected energy. A plurality of graphs is formed based upon the obtained data. Each of the graphs has information indicative of a separate one of the plurality of material characteristics. The plurality of graphs is displayed discrete from each other in a manner that facilitates substantially simultaneous visual comparisons between the information contained in each of the plurality of graphs.

Embodiments of the present disclosure help to synchronize multiple video segments of an actor or actors performing athletic maneuvers. Among other things, various embodiments help provide a side-by-side visual comparison of athletic maneuvers.

Numerical image processing of two or more medical images to provide grayscale registration thereof is described, the numerical image processing algorithms being based at least in part on a model of medical image acquisition. The grayscale registered temporal images may then be displayed for visual comparison by a clinician and / or further processed by a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for detection of medical abnormalities therein. A parametric method includes spatially registering two images and performing gray scale registration of the images. A parametric transform model, e.g., analog to analog, digital to digital, analog to digital, or digital to analog model, is selected based on the image acquisition method(s) of the images, i.e., digital or analog / film. Gray scale registration involves generating a joint pixel value histogram from the two images, statistically fitting parameters of the transform model to the joint histogram, generating a lookup table, and using the lookup table to transform and register pixel values of one image to the pixel values of the other image. The models take into account the most relevant image acquisition parameters that influence pixel value differences between images, e.g., tissue compression, incident radiation intensity, exposure time, film and digitizer characteristic curves for analog image, and digital detector response for digital image. The method facilitates temporal comparisons of medical images such as mammograms and / or comparisons of analog with digital images.

A document authentication system and method combine digital and non-electronic (or visual) authentication methodologies in an integrated, unified manner. As well as providing indicia of digital authentication, the invention generates a physical artifact that can be validated by unaided human visual perception. The present invention thus provides an opportunity to improve the level of trust in authentication of documents, while preserving the advantages of both traditional and digital authentication mechanisms.

A document creation and citation system designed to maintain a database of reference documents. The content of a selected document may be automatically scanned and indexed by the system. The selected documents may also be manually indexed by a user prior to the upload. The indexed documents may be uploaded and stored within a database for later use. The system allows a user to generate new documents by selecting content within the reference documents stored within the database and inserting the selected content into a new document. The system allows the user to customize and augment the content of the new document. The system also generates citations to the selected content retrieved from the reference documents. The citations may be inserted into the new document in the appropriate location and format, as directed by the user. The new document may be uploaded into the database and included with the other reference documents. The system also maintains the database of reference documents so that when changes are made to a reference document, the author of a document referencing the changed document will be alerted to make appropriate changes to his document. The system also allows visual comparison of documents so that the user may see differences in the text of the documents.

Methods, systems and computer programs can electronically provide a visual comparison of rendered 3-D medical images. The methods include: (a) providing first and second 3-D medical digital images of a patient on at least one display; (b) electronically altering a visualization of the first 3-D image on the at least one display; and (c) automatically electronically synchronizing visualization of the second 3-D image responsive to the altering of the first 3-D image.

A computer based expert system and method of grading gems by their inherent properties of shape and color, including hue-tone-saturation. Each of the properties is variable over a practical range derived from a data-base; the database prepared by digital methods from real gems. The grading is conducted interactively on-screen by visual comparison to the image of a real target gem, and the result, translated into alpha-numeric code, can be communicated by phone or via the Internet to any other user of the same system and database. The communicated code can be reconstructed by the system into an identical gem image, enabling remote discussion and evaluation of the same target gem, including matching and pairing of gems. A practical embodiment of the grading system and method is described, including application modes specifically aimed at gems and diamonds.

Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying a candidate product in an electronic marketplace based on a visual comparison between candidate product image visual content and input query image visual content. Embodiments generate and store descriptive image signatures from candidate product images or selected portions of such images. A subsequently calculated visual similarity measure serves as a visual search result score for the candidate product in comparison to an input query image. Any number of images of any number of candidate products may be analyzed, such as for items available for sale in an online marketplace. Image analysis results are stored in a database and made available for subsequent automated on-demand visual comparisons to an input query image. The embodiments enable substantially real time visual based product searching of a potentially vast catalog of items.

Root cause analysis of changes impacting database performance, availability and continuity to the underlying business may be performed. A system for doing so may include analytical and visual comparison root cause analysis engines to identify changed database performance statistical parameters (such as CPU consumption, physical I / O, etc) related to a historical period of time on a single database or across multiple databases. Result data may be displayed through a series of charts and reports that may indicate whether correlations exist between unexpected database performance and relative changes in database performance statistical parameters. A visual root cause analysis system may further apply noise reduction algorithms to clarify trends in changes of database system performance.

A method and apparatus for processing a plurality of financial documents, comprising, a document processor, wherein, for each financial document, the document processor captures data encoded on the financial document and an image of the financial document during a prime pass, and assigns a prime pass sequence number to each financial document. The apparatus includes a computer database in which the prime pass data and image is stored in association with the prime pass sequence number for the financial document. The document processor is adapted to determine whether the financial document should be rejected because the data and document image needs to be repaired or the data only needs to be repaired. If the data and image needs to be repaired, the document processor, or a desktop scanner / reader, recaptures the data and image, assigns a recapture sequence number to the financial document, and the recaptured data and image is stored in the computer database in association with the recapture sequence number. An image repair application is adapted to permit an operator to locate a prime pass image that matches the recaptured image, and to repair the document image by visually comparing the recaptured image with the prime pass image. The repaired document image is then stored in the computer database in association with the corresponding prime pass sequence number.

A method of providing visualization of market offers includes receiving offer data for multiple offers, the received offer data reflecting values specified in the offers for multiple offer variables. The method further includes generating a display of the received offer data. The display comprising multiple dimensions each corresponding to an offer variable and defining a range of values of the corresponding offer variable. The dimensions define a multi-dimensional space, each position within the multi-dimensional space corresponding to a set of values of the offer variables. The display also includes multiple geometrically-shaped icons, each icon representing an offer and being positioned with respect to the dimensions of the display according to the values of the offer variables for the offer. The different positions of the offers within the display allow a user to readily visually compare the offers in connection with a market decision.

A Web-based method for identifying matching or comparable siding materials for use in construction repair, remodeling and the like. The method employs an online computer network such as the Internet to provide access to a database of siding materials organized by siding profile and grain information—including such information not only for currently available products but for discontinued products—from different siding manufacturers. When performing a search for siding matching a given sample, a user accesses the database, selects a desired profile based on visual similarity between the sample and images of siding profiles stored in the database, and then selects a desired grain type based on visual similarity between the sample and images of siding of various grain types for the selected profile. The database preferably also contains a color specimen for each siding profile and grain type for visual comparison of color.

The invention provides an electronic intelligent auxiliary writing training and analysis evaluation system, and belongs to the field of electronic auxiliary writing training. Aiming to solve the key problem of good character writing in the writing training, the technical feedback about the writing quality is given in time by using an intelligent electronic or computer auxiliary means to answer thequestions of 'how about the writing'or what's the difference', so that the psychological doubts are resolved and the lack of skills is pointed out. The character image or the information is acquiredby the aid of a sensing device. The device is characterized in that quantitative or visual comparison is conducted on the writing words acquired by the sensing device and the corresponding standard copybook words called out from the system, the consistency quantitative evaluation and / or visual comparison image can be given as the feedback to guide the writing training, so that the writing skills and levels can be improved. The interactive and gain cycling of the writing training process can be realized, the effect is remarkable, the cost is low, the on-purpose, guiding, and assisting properties are achieved. The system makes the user feel it like a good teacher and student, and the writing level is stably improved by means of the aiding.

A method, media, and systems for performing incremental visual comparison of web browser screens are provided. Structured representations of a current state of an event-driven application are accessed, one with respect to a plurality of client-tier environments. Where the current state is not an initial state of the event-driven application, structured representations of a prior state of the event-driven application are accessed, with respect to each client-tier environment. A set of one or more pairwise equivalences between the current state and the prior state of the event-driven application are determined with respect to each client-tier environment. A set of one or more matched portions between the first and second sets of pairwise equivalences is determined. Finally, one or more differences in a first end-user experience in the first client-tier environment are determined with respect to a second end-user experience in the second client-tier environment.

A system and method for measuring, animating, and analyzing motion in real-time is provided which operates with or without markers. System variables are used with a motion model to restrict the number of possible locations of a subject. The system variables are based on known or detected relationships between the motions of the various elements of the model. Visual comparisons and quantitative comparisons provide feedback and help a subject learn or improve a motor skill.

Root cause analysis of changes impacting database performance, availability and continuity to the underlying business may be performed. A system for doing so may include analytical and visual comparison root cause analysis engines to identify changed database performance statistical parameters (such as CPU consumption, physical I / O, etc) related to a historical period of time on a single database or across multiple databases. Result data may be displayed through a series of charts and reports that may indicate whether correlations exist between unexpected database performance and relative changes in database performance statistical parameters. A visual root cause analysis system may further apply noise reduction algorithms to clarify trends in changes of database system performance.

An electronic console with a system for indicating the motion power having one large indicating area with light color change and one setting / comparing area. Judging from the change of light color in the indicating area, the observer (operator himself and other related persons) can easily acquire the relevant information of the current dynamic status of this exercise apparatus or the current physical status of the operator. Meanwhile, in the setting mode, the user can define a specific light color of the LED in this setting / comparing area to make a simple visual comparison with the light color in the indicating area to judge whether the current exercise or physical status of the user corresponds to that of the “setting color”.

In one embodiment, a thermographic imaging device having a visual compare mode that allows a user to compare a live image of a subject to a previously captured image of the same subject to aid the user in aligning the live image with the previously captured image. In this manner, a user can capture a series of images of the subject with the device located and oriented at a common location and orientation that is consistent throughout the series. In another embodiment, trend analysis software that includes a thermographic tool copying feature for copying one or more thermographic tools from a tooled thermographic image file to one or more non-tooled thermographic image files. In some embodiments, the software includes a trend-graphing feature that generates one or more trend plots after one or more tools have been copied to one or more non-tooled thermographic image files.

The present invention is directed to a system and method for measuring the dilatation and effacement of the uterine cervix in a manner that is non-invasive to the cervix. The system having a probe and a monitoring unit serve to measure the cervix dimensions during routine clinical visits and is also suitable for personal checkup at home. The probe primarily includes a camera for imaging the cervix and a set of circles of different diameters imprinted on the imaging window of the probe. The probe is inserted into the vagina until its imaging window abuts the cervix. The system captures and displays images of the cervix opening superimposed with the set of concentric circles, which allows the user to perform a visual comparison and determine the diameter of the opening. The probe may also include an ultrasonic transducer operating in pulse-echo mode to measure the thickness of the cervix and determine its effacement.

Systems, apparatus, instructions, and methods for medical machine time-series event data processing are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a data processor to process one-dimensional data captured over time with respect to patient(s). The example apparatus includes a visualization processor to transform the processed data into graphical representations and to cluster the graphical representations including the first graphical representation into at least first and second blocks arranged with respect to an indicator of a criterion to provide a visual comparison of the first block and the second block with respect to the criterion. The example apparatus includes an interaction processor to facilitate interaction, via the graphical user interface, with the first and second blocks of graphical representations to extract a data set for processing from at least a subset of the first and second blocks.