Author: claimsbot

1. A dynamic data management system for locating, obtaining, analyzing, and reporting desired patient information in real-time, the system comprising:
an order in the form of a query that requests information regarding a specific patient or group of patients; the information residing as source information on an electronics records server;
a data collection and conversion system (DCCS); the DCCS comprising:
a query processor; and
an application interface capable of linking the query processor with the electronic records server through a generic interface; and
a business intelligence engine; the business intelligence engine being in communication with the DCCS;
wherein the DCCS is capable of transporting the information from the electronic records server and creating a document that includes XML data; the business intelligence engine capable of breaking down the XML data to form at least one de-normalized fact table used to report the desired information in real-time.
2. The data management system of claim 1, wherein the DCCS further comprises:
a communication channel;
a query transmitter; and
an XML receiver.
3. The data management system of claim 1, wherein the business intelligence engine comprises:
a query manager capable of interacting with the DCCS; and
a dynamic ETL system.
4. The data management system of claim 3, wherein the dynamic ETL system includes the de-normalized fact tables and dimensional tables.
5. The data management system of claim 4, wherein the de-normalized tables and dimensional tables define a dimensional cube that is used as a data formatting tool for reporting.
6. The data management system of claim 5, wherein the dimensional cube is dynamically updated at predetermined time intervals or upon predetermined events.
7. The data management system of claim 1, the system further comprising a document management and storage system (DMSS) having an application processor and a tool processor designed to manage and control the storage of electronic documents.
8. The data management system of claim 1, wherein the query processor further comprises a communication processor; a datastream processor, and an XML creation procedure system.
9. The data management system of claim 1, wherein the electronic records server contains one selected from the group of electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR).
10. A method of locating, obtaining, analyzing, and reporting desired patient information in real-time, the method comprising the steps of:
providing an order in the form of a query that requests information regarding a specific patient or group of patients;
providing an electronics records server upon which the information regarding the specific patient or group of patients resides as source information;
providing a data collection and conversion system (DCCS); the DCCS comprising a query processor; and an application interface capable of linking the query processor with the electronic records server through a generic interface;
providing a business intelligence engine; the business intelligence engine being in communication with the DCCS;
causing the DCCS to transport the information from the electronic records server and to create a document that includes XML data;
causing the business intelligence engine to break down the XML data to form at least one de-normalized fact table containing the desired patient information; and
using the de-normalized fact table to report the desired information in real-time.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of providing a business intelligence engine in communication with the DCCS includes the business intelligence engine having a query manager capable of interacting with the DCCS and a dynamic ETL system.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the business intelligence engine further forms at least one dimensional table in addition to the at least one de-normalized table.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further includes defining a dimensional cube for use as a data formatting tool in reporting; the dimensional cube including the de-normalized and dimensional tables.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further includes the step of dynamically updating the dimensional cube at predetermined time intervals or upon predetermined events.
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 method, comprising the steps of:
displaying an interface including a cursor on a display;
detecting an occurrence of an event; and
relocating the cursor at a specified position on said display upon said occurrence of said event.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said event is a user-controlled command.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said event is lapse of a period of time.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said specified position is user configurable.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising enlarging a size of said cursor upon said detection of said occurrence of said event.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising reducing said size of said cursor upon detection of movement of said cursor.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising flashing said cursor upon said occurrence of said event.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said specified position location includes a visible window.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a shape of said cursor is modified upon detection of said occurrence of said event.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein a modified shape of said cursor is user configurable.
11. A computer readable medium containing program instructions for presenting a cursor, the program instructions comprising:
displaying an interface including a cursor on a display;
detecting an occurrence of an event; and
relocating the cursor at a specified position on said display upon said occurrence of said event.
12. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein said event is a user-controlled command.
13. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein said event is lapse of a period of time.
14. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, further comprising enlarging a size of said cursor upon said occurrence of said event.
15. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 14, further comprising reducing said size of said cursor upon detection of movement of said cursor.
16. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, further comprising flashing said cursor upon said occurrence of said event.
17. A method, comprising the steps of:
displaying an interface including a cursor on a display;
detecting a lapse of a period of time of inactivity;
relocating said cursor at a specified position on said display upon said lapse of said period of time of inactivity; and
flashing said cursor upon said occurrence of said lapse of said period of time of inactivity.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising enlarging a size of said cursor upon said lapse of said period of time of inactivity.
19. The method as claimed in claim 18, further comprising reducing said size of said cursor upon user-controlled movement of said cursor.
21. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein inactivity includes lack of detected movement of said cursor for said period of time.
22. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein said period of time is user adjustable.

1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image capturing unit a flicker detection unit configured to detect a flicker;
a generation unit configured to generate a flicker image which is affected by the flicker or appears to be affected by the flicker based on an image captured by said image capturing unit;
a display unit configured to display an image;
a control unit configured to control said display unit to display an image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image; and
an instruction unit configured to instruct to display the flicker image when said flicker detection unit detects the flicker,
wherein the flicker image is displayed on said display unit in a case that said instruction unit instructs to display the flicker image.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit controls said display unit to display that the flicker is occurring when said flicker detection unit detects the flicker.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a correction unit configured to correct the image affected by the flicker,
wherein said correction unit corrects the image affected by the flicker by delaying an image capturing timing of said image capturing unit in accordance with a light amount change cycle of the flicker.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said correction unit corrects an influence of the flicker by one of a method of brightening a dark part caused by the influence of the flicker and a method of darkening a bright part of the image captured by said image capturing unit.
5. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a selection unit configured to cause the user to select whether to perform correction by said correction unit.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said generation unit generates the flicker image by one of a method of further darkening the dark part and a method of further brightening the bright part of the image captured by said image capturing unit.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said generation unit generates the flicker image by causing said image capturing unit to capture an image at a timing with the most conspicuous flicker.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit controls said display unit to display the image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image simultaneously.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit controls said display unit to display the image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image by switching.
10. A method of controlling an image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit and a display unit comprising:
detecting a flicker of illumination light which illuminates an object;
generating a flicker image which is affected by the flicker or appears to be affected by the flicker based on an image captured by the image capturing unit;
controlling the display unit to display an image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image; and
instructing to display the flicker image when the flicker is detected,
wherein the flicker image is displayed on the display unit in a case that there is an instruction to display the flicker image.
11. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image capturing unit;
a flicker detection unit configured to detect a flicker;
a generation unit configured to generate a flicker image which is affected by the flicker or appears to be affected by the flicker based on an image captured by said image capturing unit;
a display unit configured to display an image; and
a control unit configured to control said display unit to display an image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image,
wherein said generation unit generates the flicker image by one of a method of further darkening the dark part and a method of further brightening the bright part of the image captured by said image capturing unit.
12. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image capturing unit;
a flicker detection unit configured to detect a flicker;
a generation unit configured to generate a flicker image which is affected by the flicker or appears to be affected by the flicker based on an image captured by said image capturing unit;
a display unit configured to display an image;
a control unit configured to control said display unit to display an image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image; and
a correction unit configured to correct the image affected by the flicker,
wherein said correction unit corrects the image affected by the flicker by delaying an image capturing timing of said image capturing unit in accordance with a light amount change cycle of the flicker, and
wherein said correction unit corrects an influence of the flicker by one of a method of brightening a dark part caused by the influence of the flicker and a method of darkening a bright part of the image captured by said image capturing unit.
13. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image capturing unit;
a flicker detection unit configured to detect a flicker;
a generation unit configured to generate a flicker image which is affected by the flicker or appears to be affected by the flicker based on an image captured by said image capturing unit;
a display unit configured to display an image;
a control unit configured to control said display unit to display an image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image;
a correction unit configured to correct the image affected by the flicker; and
a selection unit configured to cause a user to select whether to perform correction by said correction unit,
wherein said correction unit corrects the image affected by the flicker by delaying an image capturing timing of said image capturing unit in accordance with a light amount change cycle of the flicker.
14. A method of controlling an image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit and a display unit, comprising:
detecting a flicker;
generating a flicker image which is affected by the flicker or appears to be affected by the flicker based on an image captured by the image capturing unit; and
controlling the display unit to display an image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image,
wherein in the generating, the flicker image is generated by one of a method of further darkening the dark part and a method of further brightening the bright part of the image captured by the image capturing unit.
15. A method of controlling an image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit and a display unit, comprising:
detecting a flicker;
generating a flicker image which is affected by the flicker or appears to be affected by the flicker based on an image captured by the image capturing unit;
controlling the display unit to display an image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image; and
correcting the image affected by the flicker,
wherein in the correcting, the image affected by the flicker is corrected by delaying an image capturing timing of the image capturing unit in accordance with a light amount change cycle of the flicker, and
wherein in the correcting, an influence of the flicker is corrected by one of a method of brightening a dark part caused by the influence of the flicker and a method of darkening a bright part of the image captured by the image capturing unit.
16. A method of controlling an image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit and a display unit, comprising:
detecting a flicker;
generating a flicker image which is affected by the flicker or appears to be affected by the flicker based on an image captured by the image capturing unit;
controlling the display unit to display an image which is not affected by the flicker and the flicker image;
correcting the image affected by the flicker; and
causing a user to select whether to perform correction in the correcting,
wherein in the correcting, the image affected by the flicker is corrected by delaying an image capturing timing of the image capturing unit in accordance with a light amount change cycle of the flicker.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A responsive system for treating a neurological disorder in a patient, the system comprising:
a control module adapted to be implanted in the patient; and
a plurality of electrodes connected to the control module, at least one of which is adapted to be located within a cranium of the patient;
wherein the control module is adapted to transmit an output electrical signal from the control module to the patient’s brain in response to an input electrical signal originating in a brain of the patient and received by the control module.
2. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 1, wherein at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes is adapted to be implanted on the brain of the patient.
3. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 1, wherein at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes is adapted to be implanted in the brain of the patient.
4. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 3, wherein at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes is adapted to be implanted substantially near a focus of neurological activity.
5. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 1, wherein the output electrical signal comprises a electrical stimulation signal.
6. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 5, wherein the electrical stimulation signal is therapeutic.
7. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 6, wherein the electrical stimulation signal is intended to terminate or prevent a seizure.
8. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 1, wherein the output electrical signal includes a pulse.
9. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 8, wherein the pulse is biphasic.
10. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 1, wherein the input electrical signal comprises an EEG signal.
11. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 10, wherein the control module comprises an event detection sub-system adapted to process the EEG signal to identify a neurological event.
12. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 11, wherein the event detection sub-system is adapted to cause the control module to produce the output electrical signal in response to the identification of a neurological event.
13. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 1, wherein the control module is implanted intracranially.
14. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 13, wherein the control module is implanted in a recess formed in the patient’s cranium.
15. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 14, wherein the recess defines a hole in the patient’s cranium.
16. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 1, further comprising an insulated lead connecting at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes to the control module.
17. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 16, wherein the output electrical signal is transmitted to at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes via the lead.
18. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 16, wherein the input electrical signal is received from at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes via the lead.
19. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 1, wherein:
the control module comprises a data communication sub-system;
the responsive system further comprises at least one piece of external equipment including an external data interface; and
wherein the data communication sub-system and the external data interface cooperatively enable a communication data link between the control module and the external equipment.
20. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 19, wherein the data communication link is bidirectional.
21. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 19, wherein the data communication link is wireless.
22. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 19, wherein the external equipment is adapted to transmit at least one programmable parameter to the control module.
23. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 19, wherein the external equipment is adapted to retrieve data from the control module.
24. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 23, wherein the data comprises stored EEG information.
25. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 19, wherein the external equipment includes a physician’s workstation.
26. The responsive system for treating a neurological disorder of claim 19, wherein the external equipment includes a patient’s initiating device.