1. A syringe for use with an injector having at a plurality of sensors located at different predetermined longitudinal positions on the injector, the syringe comprising:
a body comprising a wall and defining a longitudinal syringe axis;
an attachment mechanism to attach the syringe to the injector; and
a length of material disposed along at least a portion of the wall, the length of material adapted to propagate electromagnetic energy therethrough in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal syringe axis, the length of material comprising at least two indicators, each of the indicators being located at a different predetermined longitudinal position along the length of material, each of the indicators being positioned to longitudinally align with a sensor when the syringe is attached to the injector, each of the indicators being adapted to interact concurrently with at least a portion of the energy being propagated through the length of material in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal syringe axis in a manner that is readily detectable by the sensor in longitudinal alignment with the indicator, the at least two indicators providing information about the syringe configuration in the form of a binary code on the basis of presence or absence of one of the indicators at a predetermined longitudinal position on the length of material.
2. The syringe of claim 1 further comprising at least one mounting flange associated with the body and wherein the length of material is located rearward of the mounting flange.
3. The syringe of claim 2 further comprising a drip flange connected to the body at a location forward of the mounting flange.
4. The syringe of claim 2 wherein the indicators extend around the circumference of the body.
5. The syringe of claim 2 wherein the mounting flange extends around the circumference of the body.
6. The syringe of claim 1 wherein each of the indicators is adapted to absorb at least a portion of the energy or to scatter at least a portion of the energy.
7. The syringe of claim 1 wherein the length of material is formed integrally with the syringe.
8. The syringe of claim 1 wherein the length of material is a portion of the syringe wall.
9. The syringe of claim 1 wherein the electromagnetic energy is light and each of the indicators comprises a first surface that is angled with respect to an orientation of light propagated through the length of material in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal syringe axis to redirect at least a portion of the light in a manner that is readily detectable.
10. A syringe comprising:
a body comprising a wall and defining a longitudinal syringe axis, a length of the syringe wall being adapted to propagate electromagnetic energy therethrough in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal syringe axis, the syringe wall defining a plurality of indicators positioned at unique and different predetermined longitudinal positions therealong, each of the indicators being positioned at a different depth within the syringe wall so that each of the indicators are adapted to interact concurrently with at least a portion of the energy being propagated through the syringe wall to redirect light outside of the syringe wall in a manner that is detectable, the light redirected from the indicators providing a code that provides information about the syringe configuration.
11. The syringe of claim 10, further comprising: a plunger movably disposed in the body.
12. The syringe of claim 11, further comprising at least one mounting flange associated with the body.
13. The syringe of claim 12, further comprising a drip flange associated with the body.
14. The syringe of claim 12 wherein the plurality of indicators are positioned rearward the at least one mounting flange.
15. The syringe of claim 10 wherein each of the plurality of indicators comprises a first, generally flat surface that is angled with respect to the energy propagated through the length of the syringe wall to redirect at least a portion of the energy in a manner that is readily detectable, the first surface of each indicator being positioned at a different depth within the syringe wall.
16. The syringe of claim 15 wherein each of the plurality of indicators is positioned within a notch defined in the length of the syringe wall the notch comprising a second surface through which the energy passes to contact the first surface, the first surface reflecting a portion of the energy.
17. The syringe of claim 16 wherein the first surface is angled at approximately 45\xb0 to the orientation of the energy propagated through the length of material.
18. The syringe of claim 10 wherein the electromagnetic energy is light energy and the length of the syringe wall has a refractive index greater than the refractive index of an adjacent environment.
19. The syringe of claim 18 wherein at least one of the plurality of indicators comprises an angled surface adapted to transmit light energy outside of the syringe wall.
20. The syringe of claim 10 wherein the plurality of indicators comprises at least a first plurality of indicators positioned along the syringe wall at different longitudinal positions, the first plurality of indicators representing a binary code providing information about the syringe configuration.
21. The syringe of claim 20 wherein the plurality of indicators further comprises at least a second plurality of indicators located along the length of the syringe wall at unique predetermined positions, the second plurality of indicators representing a second binary code.
22. The syringe of claim 10 wherein each of the plurality of indicators extends around at least a portion of the circumference of the syringe.
23. The syringe of claim 22 wherein each of the indicators extends completely around the circumference of the syringe.
24. The syringe of claim 10 wherein the electromagnetic energy is light energy.
25. The syringe of claim 10 wherein the syringe wall is generally cylindrical in shape and the plurality of indicators are aligned along the syringe wall at different longitudinal positions.
26. A syringe comprising:
a body defining a longitudinal axis;
a plunger movably disposed within the body;
a length of material disposed along at least a portion of the body and being adapted to propagate light energy therethrough in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, the length of material defining a plurality of indicators located at unique predetermined positions therealong, each of the indicators being adapted to redirect at least a portion of the light energy outside of the body in a manner that is detectable, each of the indicators being positioned at a different depth within the length of material, the light redirected from the indicators providing a code that provides information about the syringe configuration; and
at least one mounting flange associated with the body.
27. The syringe of claim 26 wherein each of the indicators comprises an angled surface adapted to reflect at least a portion of the light energy outside of the body in a manner that is detectable, each of the angled surfaces being positioned at a different depth within the length of material.
28. The syringe of claim 27 wherein each of the plurality of indicators extends around at least a portion of the circumference of the syringe.
29. The syringe of claim 28 wherein each of the indicators extends completely around the circumference of the syringe.
30. The syringe of claim 27 wherein the length of material is located rearward of the at least one mounting flange.
31. The syringe of claim 27, further comprising a drip flange associated with the body at a location forward of the at least one mounting flange.
32. The syringe of claim 26 wherein each of the plurality of indicators extends around at least a portion of the circumference of the syringe.
33. The syringe of claim 32 wherein each of the indicators extends completely around the circumference of the syringe.
34. The syringe of claim 26 wherein the length of material is integrally formed with the body at a location rearward of the at least one mounting flange.
35. The syringe of claim 26 wherein the length of material is integrally formed with the body.
36. The syringe of claim 26, further comprising a drip flange associated with the body at a location forward of the at least one mounting flange.
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 cloud access server for audio rendering accessed by an audio device, comprising:
a communication port; and
a processor coupled to a communication port, that identifies original audio content in response to receipt of an audio content request at the communication port where the audio content request has associated with it a device profile and an environment profile and directs the processing of the original audio content into processed audio content in response to attributes contained in both the device profile and the environment profile after which the processor directs the transmission of the processed audio content to the audio device that originated the audio content request,
where the device profile indicates a first audio encoding format and the original audio content is encoded in a second audio encoding format, and
where the processor further directs the transcoding of the original audio content from the second audio encoding format to a first audio encoding format.
2. The cloud access server of claim 1, where the audio content request carries the device profile.
3. The cloud access server of claim 1, where the audio content request has an environment profile.
4. The cloud access server of claim 1, where the process directs the application of filters to the original audio content when having the processed audio content generated.
5. A method for audio rendering, comprising:
receiving an audio content request that originated from an audio device;
identifying a unique device identifier that identifies the audio device;
acquiring an environment profile associated with the audio device;
acquiring a device profile associated with the audio device;
acquiring a location of an original audio content that corresponds to the audio content request;
directing the processing of the original audio content into processed audio content based upon both the device profile and environment profile;
directing the transmission of the processed audio content to the audio device;
identifying a first audio encoding format from the device profile and a second audio encoding format associated with the original audio content; and
transcoding the original audio content from the second audio encoding format to the first audio encoding format.
6. The method for audio rendering of claim 5, including applying filters in response to at least one attribute in the environment profile and at least one attribute from the device profile.
7. The method for audio rendering of claim 5 where identifying the unique device identifier occurs when the device profile is acquired, where the audio content request includes the device profile.
8. The method for audio rendering of claim 5, where the unique device identifier identifies a type of audio device and the audio device that sends the audio content request.
9. A tangible computer-readable media containing machine readable instructions for a cloud access server, comprising instructions for the steps of:
receiving an audio content request that originated from an audio device;
identifying a unique device identifier that identifies the audio device;
acquiring an environment profile associated with the audio device;
acquiring a device profile associated with the audio device;
acquiring a location of an original audio content that corresponds to the audio content request;
directing the processing of the original audio content into processed audio content based upon both the device profile and environment profile;
directing the transmission of the processed audio content to the audio device;
identifying a first audio encoding format from the device profile and a second audio encoding format associated with the original audio content; and
transcoding the original audio content from the second audio encoding format to the first audio encoding format.
10. The tangible computer-readable containing machine readable instructions for a cloud access server of claim 9, further including instructions for applying filters in response to at least one attribute in the environment profile and at least one attribute from the device profile.
11. The tangible computer-readable media containing machine readable instructions for a cloud access server of claim 9, where identifying the unique device identifier occurs when the device profile is acquired, where the audio content request includes the device profile.
12. The tangible computer-readable media containing machine readable instructions for a cloud access server of claim 9, where the unique device identifier identifies a type of audio device and the audio device that send the audio content request.