1. A sound synthesizer comprising:
a storage that stores a plurality of sound data respectively representing a corresponding plurality of sounds collected by a plurality of sound collecting devices positioned at different locations with respect to the location of at least one sound source, each of said plurality of sound collecting devices collecting at least one of said plurality of sounds;
a setting unit that variably sets a position of a sound receiving point with respect to the location of said at least one sound source according to an instruction received from a user; and
a sound synthesis unit that synthesizes a synthesized sound by processing each of the plurality of the sound data according to a positional relation between the position of each of the sound collecting devices corresponding to the sound data and the position of the sound receiving point as set according to the instruction received from the user.
2. The sound synthesizer according to claim 1, wherein the sound synthesis unit synthesizes the synthesized sound by processing each of the plurality of the sound data according to a distance between the sound collecting device corresponding to the sound data and the sound receiving point.
3. The sound synthesizer according to claim 1,
wherein the setting unit variably sets a directionality attribute of the sound receiving point according to an instruction from a user, and
wherein the sound synthesis unit synthesizes the synthesized sound by processing each of the plurality of the sound data according to a sensitivity that the directionality attribute represents for a direction of the position of the sound collecting device corresponding to the sound data from the sound receiving point.
4. The sound synthesizer according to claim 3, wherein the setting unit sets at least one of a sound receiving direction and a directionality type as the directionality attribute of the sound receiving point.
5. The sound synthesizer according to claim 1, wherein the sound synthesis unit weighs an envelope of a frequency spectrum of a sound represented by each of the plurality of the sound data by a factor according to a relation between the position of the sound collecting device corresponding to the sound data and the position of the sound receiving point, then calculates a new envelope by summing the weighted envelopes of the frequency spectrums of the sounds represented respectively by the plurality of the sound data, and synthesizes the sound based on the new envelope.
6. A machine readable recording medium for use in a computer having a processor and a storage that stores a plurality of sound data respectively representing a corresponding plurality of sounds collected by a plurality of sound collecting devices positioned at different locations with respect to the location of at least one sound source, each of said plurality of sound collecting devices collecting at least one of said plurality of sounds, the medium containing program instructions executable by the processor to perform:
a setting process to variably set a position of a sound receiving point with respect to the location of said at least one sound source according to an instruction received from a user; and
a sound synthesis process to synthesize a synthesized sound by processing each of the plurality of the sound data according to a positional relation between the position of each of the sound collecting devices corresponding to the sound data and a position of the sound receiving point as set according to the instruction received from the user.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A ventilator-implemented method for issuing a prompt in response to detecting a fluctuation in resistance during ventilation of a patient, the method comprising:
retrieving ventilatory data;
identifying a maximum threshold and a minimum threshold for resistance;
trending resistance during ventilation of the patient;
detecting a fluctuation in resistance when the trended resistance breaches one of the maximum threshold and the minimum threshold; and
displaying a notification regarding detection of the fluctuation in resistance.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving patient data, wherein the patient data comprises at least one of: a patient diagnosis, a patient predicted body weight (PBW), and a patent gender.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining one or more potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance based at least in part on the retrieved ventilatory data.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
determining one or more potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance based at least in part on the retrieved patient data.
5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
determining one or more recommendations for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance based on the determined one or more potential causes and at least some ventilatory data; and
displaying the one or more recommendations.
6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:
determining one or more recommendations for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance based on the determined one or more potential causes and at least some patient data; and
displaying the one or more recommendations.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying further comprises:
displaying an icon for accessing the one or more recommendations, wherein upon activating the icon the one or more recommendations are displayed.
8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
displaying the notification regarding detection of the fluctuation in resistance on an expandable prompt; and
displaying an icon for expanding the prompt to display one or more of: the one or more potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance and the one or more recommendations for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance.
9. A ventilatory system for issuing a prompt in response to detecting a fluctuation in resistance during ventilation of a patient, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
retrieving ventilatory data;
identifying a maximum threshold and a minimum threshold for resistance;
trending resistance during ventilation of the patient;
detecting a fluctuation in resistance when the trended resistance breaches one of the maximum threshold and the minimum threshold; and
displaying a notification regarding detection of the fluctuation in resistance.
10. The ventilatory system of claim 9, further comprising:
determining one or more potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance based at least in part on the retrieved ventilatory data.
11. The ventilatory system of claim 10, further comprising:
determining one or more recommendations for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance based on the determined one or more potential causes and at least some ventilatory data; and
displaying the one or more recommendations.
12. The ventilatory system of claim 10, displaying further comprises:
displaying an icon for accessing the one or more potential causes, wherein upon activating the icon the one or more potential causes are displayed.
13. The ventilatory system of claim 11, wherein displaying further comprises:
displaying an icon for accessing the one or more recommendations, wherein upon activating the icon the one or more recommendations are displayed.
14. A graphical user interface for displaying one or more prompts in response to detecting a fluctuation in resistance, the ventilator configured with a computer having a user interface including the graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising:
at least one window; and
one or more elements within the at least one window comprising at least one prompt element for communicating information regarding detection of a fluctuation in resistance, wherein the at least one prompt element displays a notification regarding the fluctuation in resistance.
15. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein the at least one prompt element displays one or more potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance.
16. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein the at least one prompt element displays one or more recommendations for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance.
17. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein the at least one prompt element is an expandable prompt element, the expandable prompt element further comprising:
a selectable icon, wherein upon selection the expandable prompt element displays one or more potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance.
18. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein the at least one prompt element is an expandable prompt element, the expandable prompt element further comprising:
a selectable icon, wherein upon selection the expandable prompt element displays one or more recommendations for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance.
19. A ventilator processing interface for displaying one or more prompts in response to detecting a fluctuation in resistance, comprising:
means for retrieving at least some ventilatory data;
means for determining the fluctuation in resistance; and
means for displaying a prompt comprising a notification of the fluctuation in resistance.
20. The ventilator processing interface of claim 19, wherein the prompt further comprises one or more recommendations for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance.