Author: claimsbot

1. A resistive sensor read-out apparatus, comprising:
an active sensor;
a reference element;
a bias circuit coupled to the active sensor and the reference element, the bias circuit configured to calibrate one or more mismatches between the active sensor and the reference element;
a current-to-voltage converter coupled to an output of the bias circuit;
an analog-to-digital converter coupled to an output of the current-to-voltage converter; and
a calibration processor coupled to an output of the analog-to-digital converter and configured to estimate an error caused by limited resolution mismatch calibration, the calibration processor configured to at least partially control calibration performed at the bias circuit based on the error.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bias circuit is an adjustable current mirror configured to calibrate mismatches between the active sensor and the reference element based on digital control thereof.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to identify effects of quantization errors in the bias circuit.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to identify effects of quantization errors in the bias circuit based on the output of the analog-to-digital converter.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to cancel effects of quantization errors in the bias circuit.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to cancel effects of quantization errors in the bias circuit based on the output of the analog-to-digital converter.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to identify effects of non-linearities in the bias circuit.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to identify effects of non-linearities in the bias circuit based on the output of the analog-to-digital converter.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to cancel effects of non-linearities in the bias circuit.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to cancel effects of non-linearities in the bias circuit based on the output of the analog-to-digital converter.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calibration processor is configured to characterize and store non-linearities of the bias circuit in a look-up table.
12. A resistive sensor read-out apparatus, comprising:
an active sensor;
a reference element;
an adjustable current mirror coupled to the active sensor and the reference element, the adjustable current mirror configured to calibrate mismatches between the active sensor and the reference element;
a current-to-voltage converter coupled to an output of the adjustable current mirror;
an analog-to-digital converter coupled to an output of the current-to-voltage converter; and
a digital signal processor coupled to an output of the analog-to-digital converter, the digital signal processor having at least one look-up table, a calibration processor, at least one arithmetic block, and a quantizer, the digital signal processor configured to at least partially control calibration performed at the adjustable current mirror.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the look-up table is used to store current estimate coefficients of the reference element.
14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the calibration processor is configured to identify quantization errors caused by limited resolution mismatch calibration.
15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one arithmetic block is configured to cancel quantization errors caused by limited resolution mismatch calibration.
16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the quantizer is configured to convert high-to-low resolution coefficients.
17. A method for calibrating and compensating a resistive sensor read-out, comprising the steps of:
providing an active sensor;
providing a reference element;
providing a bias circuit for biasing the active sensor and the reference element;
determining a mismatch between the active sensor and the reference element;
identifying effects of limited resolution in the bias circuit based on the mismatch between the active sensor and the reference element; and
correcting the effects of limited resolution in the bias circuit.
18. The method of claim 17 further comprising a step of converting the mismatch between the active sensor and the reference element into digital form.
19. The method of claim 17, wherein the bias circuit is adjustably configured to bias the active sensor and the reference element at least partially based on the effects of limited resolution in the bias circuit.
20. The method of claim 17, wherein the bias circuit is an adjustable current mirror.

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 for forming a display device of organic light emitting diodes, comprising:
providing a panel with a pixel array thereon and surrounded by a peripheral region, at least a pixel of said pixel array comprising an organic light emitting diode;
providing a frame to be joined to said panel;
coupling a signal line to said pixel array electrically;
joining a power line to said frame; and
joining said frame to said panel.
2. The method as in claim 1, wherein said coupling a signal line comprises physically joining said signal line to said panel.
3. The method as in claim 2, wherein said signal line is disposed on a surface of a printed circuit board and wherein said physically joining said signal line to said panel comprises joining said printed circuit board to said panel such that said surface faces a surface of said panel upon which said pixel array is disposed.
4. The method as in claim 1, wherein said coupling a signal line to said pixel array electrically comprises joining said signal line to said periphery at a first peripheral location and said joining said frame to said panel comprises said power line being positioned at a second peripheral location spaced apart from said first peripheral location.
5. The method as in claim 1, wherein said coupling a signal line to said pixel array electrically comprises using an anisotropic conductive film.
6. The method as in claim 5, wherein said signal line is disposed on a flexible printed circuit board and said coupling a signal line to said pixel array electrically comprises placing said anisotropic conductive film between said flexible printed circuit board and said panel and compressing said flexible printed circuit board and said panel, together.
7. The method as in claim 6, wherein said signal line comprises at least one signal line terminal disposed on said flexible printed circuit board, said panel comprises terminals of interconnect leads connected to said pixel array, and said coupling a signal line to said pixel array electrically comprises electrically coupling each of said terminals to a corresponding signal line terminal of said at least one signal line terminal.
8. The method as in claim 5, further comprising curing said anisotropic conductive film.
9. The method as in claim 1, further comprising illuminating said display device by providing power to said pixel array via said power line and providing a signal to said pixel array via said signal line.
10. The method as in claim 1, wherein said joining said frame to said panel comprises providing at least one conductive contact on said panel and soldering an electrical contact of said power line to said at least one conductive contact.
11. The method as in claim 9, wherein said power line is formed of copper.
12. The method as in claim 1, wherein said joining said frame to said panel comprises electrically coupling said power line to said pixel array.
13. A method for forming a display device of organic light emitting diodes, comprising:
providing a panel with a pixel array thereon and surrounded by a peripheral region, at least a pixel of said pixel array comprising an organic light emitting diode and a thin film transistor;
electrically coupling a signal line formed on a surface, to said pixel array by physically joining said signal line and said surface to said panel at a first peripheral location;
electrically coupling a power line to said pixel array by physically joining said power line to said panel at a second peripheral location peripherally spaced apart from said first peripheral location, said power line comprising an insulated electrical cable; and
providing a frame and joining said frame to said panel.
14. An electroluminescent display device comprising a substrate with a pixel array disposed thereon and a peripheral area surrounding said pixel array, at least a pixel of said pixel array comprising an organic light emitting diode,
a signal line formed on a surface and physically coupled to said substrate; and
a frame with a power line joined thereto, said frame joined to said substrate.
15. The electroluminescent display device as in claim 14, wherein said signal line is physically joined to said peripheral area at a first peripheral location and said power line is positioned at a second peripheral location and said first peripheral location is spaced from said second peripheral location by an angle of at least 60\xb0 with respect to a geometrical center of said substrate.
16. The electroluminescent device as in claim 14, wherein said power line is an insulated electrical cable formed of copper.
17. The electroluminescent device as in claim 14, wherein said signal line comprises a terminal disposed on a flexible printed circuit board and an anisotropic conductive film is positioned between said flexible printed circuit board and said substrate.
18. The electroluminescent device as in claim 17, wherein said substrate comprises a plurality of conductive interconnect leads disposed thereon, said conductive interconnect leads coupled to said pixel array, and said terminal is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of said of conductive interconnect leads.
19. The electroluminescent display device as in claim 14, wherein said signal line is formed of copper.
20. The electroluminescent display device as in claim 14, wherein said power line is electrically coupled to said pixel array.

1. An amount measuring apparatus for measuring, on the basis of weight, the remaining fuel amount in a gas fuel container carried on board a vehicle, said amount measuring apparatus comprising:
a weight gauge that is disposed between said vehicle and said gas fuel container, and measures the weight of said gas fuel container;
an acceleration gauge that measures acceleration of said vehicle; and
a calculating module that samples measured weight at times that acceleration measured by said acceleration gauge is 0, samples measured weight after a predetermined time period if the measured acceleration exceeds a predetermined acceleration, and calculates the amount of fuel remaining in said gas fuel container from said measured weight.
2. An amount measuring apparatus according to claim 1 wherein
said calculating module uses an average value of the sampled measured weights as said measured weight to calculate said fuel amount.
3. An amount measuring apparatus according to claim 2 wherein
said gas fuel container is an elongated body having a first end and second end, and fixed to said vehicle via elastic elements in proximity to said first and second ends, and
said weight gauge is disposed on said vehicle in such a way as to indicate a value of 0 when the empty container weight of said gas fuel container counterbalances the resilient force of said elastic elements.
4. An amount measuring apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said gas fuel container is an elongated body having a first end and second end, and fixed to said vehicle via elastic elements in proximity to said first and second ends, and
said weight gauge is disposed on said vehicle in such a way as to indicate a value of 0 when the empty container weight of said gas fuel container counterbalances the resilient force of said elastic elements.
5. An amount measuring apparatus according to claim 1 wherein
said gas fuel container is an elongated body having a first end and second end, in proximity to said first end thereof supported rotatably in the vertical direction on said vehicle, and in proximity to said second end thereof disposed on said vehicle via said weight gauge.
6. A method of measuring, on the basis of weight, the remaining fuel amount in a gas fuel container carried on board a vehicle, said amount measuring method comprising:
measuring the weight of said gas fuel container;
measuring acceleration of said vehicle;
sampling measured weight at times that acceleration measured by said acceleration gauge is 0, and if the measured acceleration exceeds a predetermined acceleration, sampling measured weight after a predetermined time period; and
calculating the remaining fuel amount in said gas fuel container using said measured weight.
7. An amount measuring method according to claim 6, wherein
calculation of said remaining fuel is executed by using an average value of the sampled measured weights as said measured weight.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-22. (canceled)
23. A method of clinical tracking, comprising:
gathering healthcare data from a plurality of sources;
processing the healthcare data, wherein processing comprises identifying, mapping and normalizing healthcare data elements,
wherein the mapping comprises assigning data to a field of a database according to a hierarchically organized lexicon of healthcare data elements, wherein multiple data element entries in the lexicon are mapped to a single field for at least one field;
analyzing the healthcare data to obtain at least one report; and
presenting the report in a graphical user interface, wherein the report can be customized based on a criterion.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the report identifies at least one risk relevant to at least one patient based at least in part on the gathered healthcare data.
25. The method of claim 23, wherein the report comprises an alert relating to at least one risk associated with at least one patient based at least in part on the gathered healthcare data, such alert presented in at least one of an audible or visual manner.
26. The method of claim 23, wherein the report comprises an alert identifying at least one patient care error and at least one recommendation for correcting such at least one error.
27. The method of claim 23, wherein the report comprises instructions for the manner in which one or more healthcare providers are to provide care to one or more patients based at least in part on the gathered healthcare data.
28. The method of claim 23, wherein the report identifies a disparity between the available healthcare resources and the patient needs identified based at least in part on the gathered healthcare data.
29. The method of claim 23, wherein the report identifies a high-cost patient based at least in part on the gathered healthcare data.
30. The method of claim 23, wherein processing the healthcare data also comprises validating the healthcare data elements.
31. The method of claim 23, wherein the data are gathered on a periodic basis.
32. The method of claim 23, wherein the data are gathered on a real-time basis, the report comprises instructions for the manner in which one or more healthcare providers are to provide care to one or more patients based at least in part on the gathered healthcare data and the report is updated on a real-time basis.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein the real-time basis is at least as frequent as every five minutes.
34. The method of claim 23, wherein the graphical user interface is presented via a software-as-a-service architecture.
35. The method of claim 23, wherein the report relates to at least one of a patient, a medical care protocol, an outcome, a demographic, a behavioral risk factor, a disease risk factor, a procedure, a therapeutic, a therapeutic over a given time period, a risk level, a cost, an admission information, a utilization, readmission information, mortality, and a complication.
36. The method of claim 23, wherein the criterion comprises at least one of a patient name, an issue, a physician, a location, a due by time for care or therapy, a risk level, a clinical measure, a procedure completed and an image taken.
37. A method of optimizing a healthcare resource plan, comprising:
gathering healthcare data relating to a plurality of patients from a plurality of sources, wherein the data are gathered on a periodic basis;
processing the healthcare data, wherein processing comprises identifying, mapping and normalizing healthcare data elements, wherein processing is repeated when new healthcare data are gathered,
wherein the mapping comprises assigning data to a field of a database according to a hierarchically organized lexicon of healthcare data elements, wherein multiple data element entries in the lexicon are mapped to a single field for at least one field;
analyzing the healthcare data to obtain at least one patient risk identification and patient tracking report, wherein analyzing is repeated when new healthcare data are gathered and processed; and
preparing a healthcare resource plan for care of the plurality of patients and optimizing the healthcare resource plan based on the data contained in the at least one patient risk identification and patient tracking report.
38. The method of claim 37, wherein the periodic basis is in real-time.
39. The method of claim 38, wherein the real-time basis is at least as frequent as every five minutes.
40. The method of claim 37, wherein processing the healthcare data also comprises validating the healthcare data elements.
41. The method of claim 37, further comprising, re-optimizing the healthcare resource plan when new healthcare data are gathered, processed, and analyzed.
42. The method of claim 37, further comprising, re-optimizing the healthcare resource plan when a manual change is made to an element of the plan.
43. The method of claim 37, wherein the tracking report relates to at least one of a patient, a medical care protocol, an outcome, a demographic, a behavioral risk factor, a disease risk factor, a procedure, a therapeutic, a therapeutic over a given time period, a risk level, a cost, an admission information, a utilization, readmission information, mortality, and a complication.
44. The method of claim 37, wherein patients at risk are automatically detected by the analysis and an alert is generated identifying such patients.
45. The method of claim 37, wherein high-cost patients are automatically detected by the analysis and an alert is generated identifying such patients.
46. The method of claim 37, wherein the healthcare resource plan is presented in a graphical user interface via a software-as-a-service architecture.