1. A method comprising:
receiving, at an agent processor, one or more photos related to damage of an item, wherein the received photos are associated with claim information;
receiving a first annotation associated with a first photo of the one or more photos and a second photo of the one or more photos, wherein the first annotation indicates damage to the item;
receiving estimate data associated with a damaged part of the item for the first annotation;
determining cost information for the first annotation based on the received estimate data;
calculating an estimate for the first annotation based on the received estimate data and the determined cost information;
receiving an indication for viewing data about the first annotation; and
displaying the calculated estimate, the first photo associated with the first annotation, and the second photo associated with the first annotation.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a clone annotation associated with the first photo, wherein the clone annotation is linked to the first annotation.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first annotation is associated with the first photo based on the clone annotation.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first annotation and the clone annotation indicate the same damage to the item.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the item comprises a vehicle.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the estimate data comprises a labor duration for at least one of repairing damage to the item and replacing the item.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the estimate data comprises a labor type for at least one of repairing damage to the item and replacing the item.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of photos related to damage of the item are received, and wherein a plurality of annotations are received for the plurality of photos such that the plurality of annotations indicate damage of the item.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein an estimate is calculated for each of the plurality of annotations.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein an aggregate of estimates for the plurality of annotations is calculated, and wherein the calculated aggregate of estimates for the plurality of annotations is displayed.
11. A system comprising:
a first computing device configured to:
receive one or more photos related to damage of an item, wherein the one or more photos are associated with claim information;
receive a first annotation associated with a first photo of the one or more photos and a second photo of the one or more photos, wherein the first annotation indicates damage to the item;
receive estimate data associated with a damaged part of the item for the first annotation;
determine cost information for the first annotation based on the received estimate data;
calculate an estimate for the first annotation based on the received estimate data and the determined cost information;
receive an indication for viewing data about the first annotation; and
display the calculated estimate, the first photo associated with the first annotation, and the second photo associated with the first annotation.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
receive a clone annotation associated with the first photo, wherein the clone annotation is linked to the first annotation.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first annotation is associated with the first photo based on the clone annotation.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein the first annotation and the clone annotation indicate the same damage to the item.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the item comprises a vehicle.
16. The system of claim 11, wherein the estimate data comprises a labor duration for at least one of repairing damage to the item and replacing the item.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the estimate data comprises a labor type for at least one of repairing damage to the item and replacing the item.
18. The system of claim 11, wherein a plurality of photos related to damage of the item are received, and wherein a plurality of annotations are received for the plurality of photos such that the plurality of annotations indicate damage of the item.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein an estimate is calculated for each of the plurality of annotations.
20. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive one or more photos related to damage of an item, wherein the one or more photos are associated with claim information;
receive a first annotation associated with a first photo of the one or more photos and a second photo of the one or more photos, wherein the first annotation indicates damage to the item;
receive estimate data associated with a damaged part of the item for the first annotation;
determine cost information for the first annotation based on the received estimate data;
calculate an estimate for the first annotation based on the received estimate data and the determined cost information; and
receive an indication for viewing data about the first annotation.
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 cardiac event detection system for detecting a cardiac event in a patient, comprising:
(a) at least two sensors for sensing an analog signal from said patient’s heart;
(b) a device coupled to said sensors, said device having an analog-to-digital circuit system contained therein for digitizing said electrical signal to produce a digitized waveform;
(c) a processor electrically coupled to said analog-to-digital circuit system, said processor configured to:
(i) compute from the digitized waveform both heart rate data and parameter value data, thereby generating a plurality of raw trajectories of parameter values as a function of heart rate;
(ii) process the plurality of raw trajectories to generate a plurality of processed trajectories of parameter values as a function of heart rate, wherein each processed trajectory has reduced high frequency components compared to its corresponding raw trajectory;
(ii) based on the plurality of processed trajectories, generate upper and lower normal boundaries of the value of the parameter as a function of heart rate;
(iv) perform a cardiac event detection test that involves comparing a value of the parameter with its associated heart rate dependent upper and lower normal boundaries.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processed trajectories are computed by filtering the raw trajectories.
3. A cardiac event detection system for detecting a cardiac event in a patient, comprising:
(a) at least two sensors for sensing an analog signal from said patient’s heart;
(b) a device coupled to said sensors, said device having an analog-to-digital circuit system contained therein for digitizing said electrical signal to produce a digitized waveform of a heart rate of said patient over a plurality of heart beats, said heart rate defining a first parameter;
(c) a processor electrically coupled to said analog-to-digital circuit system, said processor configured for:
(i) computing both heart rate time series data and a second parameter value data from the digitized waveform over said plurality of heart beats;
(ii) low pass filtering and averaging of the heart rate time series data and the second parameter value data, thereby producing filtered and averaged heart rate time series data and filtered parameter value data;
(iii) performing a cardiac event detection test that involves comparing the filtered parameter value data of at least one beat with upper and lower boundary values that are determined from upper and lower normal boundaries according to the filtered and averaged heart rate time series data.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to compute the upper and lower normal boundaries.
5. A cardiac event detection system for detecting a cardiac event in a patient, comprising:
(a) at least two sensors for sensing an analog signal from said patient’s heart;
(b) a device coupled to said sensors, said device having an analog-to-digital circuit system contained therein for digitizing said electrical signal to produce a digitized waveform;
(c) a processor electrically coupled to said analog-to-digital circuit system, said processor configured to:
(i) compute from the digitized waveform both heart rate data and parameter value data;
(ii) select certain parameter value data associated with normal sinus rhythm beats to be excluded from a determination of upper and lower normal bounds of the value of the parameter as a function of heart rate;
(iii) based on the heart rate data and parameter value data other than the parameter value data selected for exclusion, generate upper and lower normal bounds of the value of the parameter as a function of heart rate;
(iv) perform a cardiac event detection test that involves comparing a value of the parameter with its associated heart rate dependent upper and lower normal bounds.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the parameter value data selected for exclusion is associated with a rapid change in heart rate.
7. The system of claim 5, wherein the parameter value data selected for exclusion is associated with a cardiac event that does not persist for longer than a predetermined threshold.
8. A cardiac event detection system for detecting a cardiac event in a patient, comprising:
(a) at least two sensors for sensing an analog signal from said patient’s heart;
(b) a device coupled to said sensors, said device having an analog-to-digital circuit system contained therein for digitizing said electrical signal to produce a digitized waveform;
(c) a processor electrically coupled to said analog-to-digital circuit system, said processor configured to:
(i) compute from the digitized waveform heart rate data;
(ii) low pass filter the heart rate data, thereby producing filtered heart rate data;
(iii) compute a change in the heart rate from the filtered heart rate data;
(iv) based on the computed change in heart rate, perform a cardiac event detection test.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to perform a cardiac event detection test only if the change in heart rate is less than a predetermined threshold.
10. A cardiac event detection system for detecting a cardiac event in a patient, comprising:
(a) at least two sensors for sensing an analog signal from said patient’s heart;
(b) a device coupled to said sensors, said device having an analog-to-digital circuit system contained therein for digitizing said electrical signal to produce a digitized waveform;
(c) a processor electrically coupled to said analog-to-digital circuit system, said processor configured to:
(i) compute from the digitized waveform both heart rate data and parameter value data;
(ii) compute the value of a function of changes in the value of the parameter;
(iii) correcting the value of the function according to a change in heart rate, thereby generating a corrected function value
(iii) perform a cardiac event detection test based on the corrected function value.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the function is an estimate of the average value of the change in parameter over time.