Author: claimsbot

1. A method for browsing a collection of clinical documents, the method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of clinical documents for a patient, the clinical documents associated with a plurality of care visits, the care visits including a first care visit and a second care visit;
determining from the plurality of documents a first importance rating for the first care visit and a second importance rating for the second care visit;
generating commands and data for displaying a timeline including graphical elements representing the plurality of care visits, the graphical elements including a first graphical element representing the first care visit and a second graphical element representing the second care visit; and
generating commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element on the timeline in accordance with a time of the first care visit, a time of the second care visit, the first importance rating and the second importance rating.
2. The method of claim 1, and further comprising:
receiving a selection of a subset of the graphical elements representing the plurality of care visits; and
launching an application to browse clinical documents associated with care visits represented by the selected subset of the graphical elements.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein generating commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element further includes generating commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element in accordance with care delivery organizations associated with the first care visit and the second care visit.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element includes generating commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element in a color indicating a care delivery organization associated with the first care visit and the second care visit.
5. The method of claim 1, and further comprising determining a visual prominence of the first graphical element in accordance with the first importance rating.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein a greater visual prominence represents a greater importance.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein determining from the plurality of documents the first importance rating for the first care visit and the second importance rating for the second care visit includes determining the first importance rating according to the a size of documents associated with the first care visit and determining the second importance rating according to the size of the documents associated with the second care visit.
8. A computer program product for browsing a collection of clinical documents, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to:
obtain a plurality of clinical documents for a patient, the clinical documents associated with a plurality of care visits, the care visits including a first care visit and a second care visit;
determine from the plurality of documents a first importance rating for the first care visit and a second importance rating for the second care visit;
generate commands and data for displaying a timeline including graphical elements representing the plurality of care visits, the graphical elements including a first graphical element representing the first care visit and a second graphical element representing the second care visit;
generate commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element on the timeline in accordance with a time of the first care visit, a time of the second care visit, the first importance rating and the second importance rating.
9. The computer program product of claim 8, and wherein the computer usable program code further comprises computer usable program code configured to:
receive a selection of a subset of the graphical elements representing the plurality of care visits; and
launch an application to browse clinical documents associated with care visits represented by the selected subset of the graphical elements.
10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer usable program code configured to generate commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element further includes computer usable program code configured to generate commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element in accordance with care delivery organizations associated with the first care visit and the second care visit.
11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer usable program code configured to generate commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element includes computer usable program code configured to generate commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element in a color indicating a care delivery organization associated with the first care visit and the second care visit.
12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer usable program code further comprises computer usable program code configured to determine a visual prominence of the first graphical element in accordance with the first importance rating.
13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein a greater visual prominence represents a greater importance.
14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code configured to determine from the plurality of documents the first importance rating for the first care visit and the second importance rating for the second care visit includes computer usable program code configured to determine the first importance rating according to the a size of documents associated with the first care visit and determining the second importance rating according to the size of the documents associated with the second care visit.
15. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
a health information server executable by the one or more processors and configured to:
obtain a plurality of clinical documents for a patient, the clinical documents associated with a plurality of care visits, the care visits including a first care visit and a second care visit;
determine from the plurality of documents a first importance rating for the first care visit and a second importance rating for the second care visit;
generate commands and data for displaying a timeline including graphical elements representing the plurality of care visits, the graphical elements including a first graphical element representing the first care visit and a second graphical element representing the second care visit; and
generate commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element on the timeline in accordance with a time of the first care visit, a time of the second care visit, the first importance rating and the second importance rating.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, and wherein the health information server is further configured to:
receive a selection of a subset of the graphical elements representing the plurality of care visits; and
launch an application to browse clinical documents associated with care visits represented by the selected subset of the graphical elements.
17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element further includes commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element in accordance with care delivery organizations associated with the first care visit and the second care visit.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element includes commands and data for displaying the first graphical element and the second graphical element in a color indicating a care delivery organization associated with the first care visit and the second care visit.
19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the health information server is further configured to determine a visual prominence of the first graphical element in accordance with the first importance rating.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a greater visual prominence represents a greater importance.

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

1-11. (canceled)
12. An infrared (IR) sensor assembly, comprising:
an IR sensor element having a radiation-sensitive region responsive to IR radiation;
a first optical element arranged in front of the IR sensor element;
a second optical element arranged in front of the first optical element; and
a radiation trap arranged between the first optical element and the second optical element, the radiation trap configured to absorb a first portion of IR radiation incident the second optical element, and allow for the transmission of a second portion of IR radiation to the IR sensor element.
13. The sensor assembly of claim 12, wherein the first optical element comprises at least one of a refractive surface, a mirror, an aperture, and a wavelength-dependent filter.
14. The sensor assembly of claim 12, wherein the second optical element comprises at least one of a refractive surface, a mirror, an aperture, and a wavelength-dependent filter.
15. The sensor assembly of claim 12, wherein the IR sensor element is mounted within a heat sink.
16. The sensor assembly of claim 15, wherein the second optical element comprises an aperture formed in the heat sink.
17. The sensor assembly of claim 15, wherein the radiation trap is formed in the heat sink.
18. The sensor assembly of claim 15, wherein the first and second optical elements are connected via the heat sink.
19. The sensor assembly of claim 15, further comprising a base plate mounted to the heat sink, wherein the IR sensor element is arranged on the base plate.
20. The sensor assembly of claim 19, further comprising a reference temperature sensor arranged on the base plate, the reference temperature sensor configured to detect an ambient temperature for calibrating the IR sensor element.
21. The sensor assembly of claim 15, wherein the heat sink is formed from at least one of aluminum, copper, magnesium, and zinc.
22. The sensor assembly of claim 12, further comprising a housing defining an interior space, wherein the IR sensor element is arranged within the interior space of the housing.
23. The sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein the housing comprises one of a transistor outline (TO), leadless ceramic chip carrier (LCC), or a chip scale package (CSP) housing.
24. The IR sensor of claim 23, wherein the first optical element is arranged adjacent to the interior of the housing.
25. An infrared (IR) sensor package, comprising:
a heat sink defining a first interior space and a radiation trap adjacent the first interior space;
an IR sensor element having a radiation-sensitive region for detecting IR radiation, the IR sensor arranged within the first interior space of the heat sink;
a first optical element arranged at a first end of the radiation trap; and
a second optical element arranged at a second end of the radiation trap;
wherein the radiation trap is configured to allow for the passage of a first portion of IR radiation incident the second optical element, through the first optical element, and into communication with the IR sensor element, and to absorb a second portion of IR radiation incident the second optical element.
26. The sensor package of claim 25, wherein the radiation trap comprises a generally circular through-channel.
27. The sensor package of claim 25, wherein the first optical element comprises at least one of a refractive surface, a mirror, an aperture, and a wavelength-dependent filter.
28. The sensor package of claim 25, wherein the second optical element comprises at least one of a refractive surface, a mirror, an aperture, and a wavelength-dependent filter.
29. The sensor package of claim 28, wherein the second optical element comprises an aperture formed in the heat sink.
30. The sensor package of claim 25, further comprising a base plate mounted within the heat sink, wherein the IR sensor element is arranged on the base plate.
31. The sensor package of claim 30, further comprising a reference temperature sensor arranged on the base plate, the reference temperature sensor configured to detect an ambient temperature for calibrating the IR sensor element.

1. A DC backup power supply system having a plurality of loads to which AC from a commercial power source is supplied, and DC power storage means for supplying DC power to the plurality of the loads at the time of a power outage of the commercial power source, said DC backup power supply system comprising:
a control circuit having a first DC backup output for supplying a power from the DC power storage means to the plurality of the loads, including a specific load, only during the power outage of the commercial power source, and a second DC backup output for continuously supplying a power from the DC power storage means to the specific load regardless of the power outage of the commercial power source or sound operation thereof, the control circuit supplying the respective powers from the same DC power storage means to the first and second DC backup outputs.
2. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 1, wherein a line for the first DC backup output toward the plurality of the loads is a two-way output line through which recharging or discharging of the DC power storage means can be carried out.
3. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit supplies the first DC backup output from the DC power storage means to the plurality of the loads in response to the power outage of the commercial power source, and stops the first DC backup output upon passage of a predetermined time.
4. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 1, wherein a power capacity of the first DC backup output to the plurality of the loads, is not less than ten times as large as the power capacity of the second DC backup output to the specific load.
5. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 1, wherein a duration of the first DC backup output is not more than one tenth of a duration of the second DC backup output.
6. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit supplies the first DC backup output from the DC power storage means to the plurality of the loads in response to the power outage of the commercial power source, and stops the first DC backup output in response to a signal from the loads.
7. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the specific load comprises a cache memory or a non-volatile memory, andor a DCDC converter for supplying DC power to the memory.
8. A DC backup power supply system having an ACDC converter for receiving AC from a commercial power source, and supplying DC power to a plurality of loads, and DC power storage means for supplying DC power to the plurality of the loads at the time of a power outage of the commercial power source, said DC backup power supply system comprising:
a control circuit having a first DC backup output for supplying a power from the DC power storage means to the plurality of the loads, including a specific load, only during the power outage of the commercial power source, and for stopping thereafter the first DC backup output upon passage of a predetermined time, andor in response to a predetermined signal, and having a second DC backup output for continuously supplying a power from the DC power storage means to the specific load regardless of the power outage of the commercial power source or sound operation thereof, the control circuit supplying the respective powers from the same DC power storage means to the first and second DC backup outputs.
9. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 8, wherein a line for the first DC backup output toward the plurality of the loads is a two-way output line through which recharging or discharging of the DC power storage means can be carried out.
10. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 8, wherein a power capacity of the first DC backup output to the plurality of the loads, is not less than ten times as large as a power capacity of the second DC backup output to the specific load.
11. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 8, wherein a duration of the first DC backup output is not more than one tenth of a duration of the second DC backup output.
12. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 8, wherein the control circuit supplies the first DC backup output from the DC power storage means to the plurality of the loads in response to the power outage of the commercial power source, and stops the first DC backup output in response to a signal from the loads.
13. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 8, wherein the specific load comprises a cache memory or a non-volatile memory, andor a DCDC converter for supplying DC power to the memory.
14. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 8, wherein the specific load receives the first DC backup output via a diode, and receives the second DC backup output via a plurality of diodes.
15. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 8, wherein the DC power storage means comprise a plurality of secondary battery groups connected in parallel, each composed of a plurality of secondary batteries connected in series, including a secondary battery group different in kind from other secondary battery groups.
16. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 15, comprising the secondary battery group having a different discharge rate from the other secondary battery groups.
17. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 8, wherein the control circuit comprises a charger for supplying power to the DC power storage means, first and second output circuits for passing the first and second DC backup outputs from the DC power storage means, respectively, a latch circuit for controlling the second output circuit, an auxiliary power source as the power source of the latch circuit, and a CPU for controlling the charger, the output circuits, the latch circuit, and the auxiliary power source.
18. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 17, wherein power is supplied from the auxiliary power source to the latch circuit during supply of the second DC backup output to the specific load at the time of the power outage of the commercial power source, and while power supply to other circuits within the control circuit is stopped, the latch circuit is configured so as to interrupt the second output circuit in response to a predetermined instruction.
19. A disk array having an ACDC converter for receiving AC from a commercial power source to be converted into DC, a CPU to which DC output from the ACDC converter is supplied, a plurality of loads including a cache memory, and a plurality of hard disk drives, and DC power storage means for supplying DC power to the plurality of the loads at the time of a power outage of the commercial power source, said disk array comprising:
a control circuit having a first DC backup output for supplying a power from the DC power storage means to the plurality of the loads, including the cache memory until a predetermined time or a predetermined signal is received, only during the power outage of the commercial power source, and a second DC backup output for continuously supplying a power from the DC power storage means to the cache memory regardless of the power outage of the commercial power source or sound operation thereof, the control circuit supplying the respective powers from the same DC power storage means to the first and second DC backup outputs.
20. A disk array according to claim 19, comprising a plurality of DCDC converters for stepping down the first and second DC backup outputs to be thereby supplied to the CPU, the hard disk drives, andor the cache memory, respectively.
21. A DC backup power supply system having DC power storage means comprising: a unit battery composed of a single cell or a plurality of battery cells connected in series; and a plurality of parallel-connected unit battery groups composed of a plurality of the unit batteries connected in series, said DC backup power supply system further comprising a control circuit incorporating: connection switchover means capable of optionally changing the number of parallel-connections of the unit battery groups so as to correspond to a backup capacity of loads and implementing series-connection of the unit batteries inside the respective unit battery groups; a charger for recharging the respective unit battery group with DC power; and an output circuit through which DC power is discharged from the respective unit battery group to the loads.
22. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 21, wherein the charger and the output circuit comprise a DCDC converter.
23. A DC backup power supply system according to claim 21, wherein the connection switchover means comprise a relay circuit, and series-connection of the unit batteries is controlled by the relay circuit.

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 display, comprising:
(a) a display panel having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix having M pixel rows and N pixel columns, M scan lines electrically coupled to M pixel rows, respectively, and N data lines electrically coupled to N pixel columns, respectively, wherein M and N are integers greater than one;
(b) P signal lines for providing P video signals, wherein P is an integer greater than one;
(c) P multiplexers, wherein each multiplexer has an input electrically coupled to a corresponding signal line for receiving a corresponding video signal therefrom, and K channels, each channel comprising a first switch and a second switch parallel-connected between the input and a corresponding data line, for selectively transmitting the video signals, to the corresponding data line, wherein K is an integer greater than one; and
(d) K pairs of control lines for providing K pairs of control signals, respectively, wherein each pair of control lines is respectively and electrically coupled to the first and second switches of a corresponding channel of each multiplexer for providing a corresponding pair of control signals for turning on or off the first and second switches thereof, thereby selectively transmitting the video signal to the corresponding data line, wherein each pair of control signals are configured such that a time turning off one of the first and second switches is earlier than that turning off the other of the first and second switches,
wherein each of each pair of control signals has a waveform defined by a low voltage, a high voltage, a rising edge from the low voltage to the high voltage at a rising time, and a falling edge from the high voltage to the low voltage at a falling time, in a period, wherein for each control signal, the rising time is the time turning on a corresponding switch, and the falling time is the time turning off the corresponding switch, and wherein for each control signal, the rising time is earlier than the falling time; and
wherein for each pair of control signals, the falling time of the second control signal is later than the falling time of the first control signal, and the rising time of the second control signal is one of same as the falling time of the first control signal, later than the rising time but earlier than the falling time of the first control signal, and earlier than the rising time of the first control signal.
2. The display of claim 1, wherein P*K=N.
3. The display of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second switches of each channel of each multiplexer has a channel width, wherein the channel width of the first switch is identical to or different from that of the second switch.
4. The display of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second switches of each channel of each multiplexer comprises a transistor having a gate, a source and a drain, wherein the gate, the source and the drain of the first switch are electrically coupled to the first control signal of the pair of control signals, the input of the multiplexer, and the corresponding data line, respectively, and wherein the gate, the source and the drain of the second switch are electrically coupled to the second control signal of the pair of control signals, the source of the first switch and the drain of the first switch, respectively.
5. A multiplexer circuit for a display panel, wherein the display panel has a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix having M pixel rows and N pixel columns, M scan lines electrically coupled to M pixel rows, respectively, and N data lines electrically coupled to N pixel columns, respectively, wherein M and N are integers greater than one, comprising:
(a) P multiplexers, wherein each multiplexer has an input electrically coupled to a corresponding signal line for receiving a corresponding video signal therefrom, and K channels, each channel comprising a first switch and a second switch parallel-connected between the input and a corresponding data line, for selectively transmitting the video signal to the corresponding data line, wherein P and K are integers greater than one; and
(b) K pairs of control lines for providing K pairs of control signals, respectively, wherein each pair of control lines is respectively and electrically coupled to the first and second switches of a corresponding channel of each multiplexer for providing a corresponding pair of control signals for turning on or off the first and second switches thereof, thereby selectively transmitting the video signal to the corresponding data line, wherein each pair of control signals are configured such that a time turning off one of the first and second switches is earlier than that turning off the other of the first and second switches,
wherein each of each pair of control signals has a waveform defined by a low voltage, a high voltage, a rising edge from the low voltage to the high voltage at a rising time, and a falling edge from the high voltage to the low voltage at a falling time, in a period, wherein for each control signal, the rising time is the time turning on a corresponding switch, and the falling time is the time turning off the corresponding switch, and wherein for each control signal, the rising time is earlier than the falling time; and
wherein for each pair of control signals, the falling time of the second control signal is later than the falling time of the first control signal, and the rising time of the second control signal is one of same as the falling time of the first control signal, later than the rising time but earlier than the falling time of the first control signal, and earlier than the rising time of the first control signal.
6. The multiplexer circuit of claim 5, wherein each of the first and second switches of each channel of each multiplexer comprises a transistor having a gate, a source and a drain, wherein the gate, the source and the drain of the first switch are electrically coupled to the first control signal of the pair of control signals, the input of the multiplexer, and the corresponding data line, respectively, and wherein the gate, the source and the drain of the second switch are electrically coupled to the second control signal of the pair of control signals, the source of the first switch and the drain of the first switch, respectively.
7. A method for driving a display panel, wherein the display panel has a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix having M pixel rows and N pixel columns, M scan lines electrically coupled to M pixel rows, respectively, and N data lines electrically coupled to N pixel columns, respectively, wherein M and N are integers greater than one, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a multiplexer circuit comprising:
P multiplexers, wherein each multiplexer has an input electrically coupled to a corresponding signal line for receiving a corresponding video signal therefrom, and K channels, each channel comprising a first switch and a second switch parallel-connected between the input and a corresponding data line, for selectively transmitting the video signal line to the corresponding data line, wherein P and K are integers greater than one; and
K pairs of control lines, wherein each pair of control lines is respectively and electrically coupled to the first and second switches of a corresponding channel of each multiplexer; and

(b) applying K pairs of control signals to the K pairs of control lines, respectively, such that each pair of control signals is respectively and electrically coupled to the first and second switches of the corresponding channel of each multiplexer for turning on or off the first and second switches thereof, thereby selectively transmitting the video signal to the corresponding data line, wherein each pair of control signals are configured such that a time turning off one of the first and second switches is earlier than that turning off the other of the first and second switches,
wherein each of each pair of control signals has a waveform defined by a low voltage, a high voltage, a rising edge from the low voltage to the high voltage at a rising time, and a falling edge from the high voltage to the low voltage at a falling time, in a period, wherein for each control signal, the rising time is the time turning on a corresponding switch, and the falling time is the time turning off the corresponding switch, and wherein for each control signal, the rising time is earlier than the falling time; and
wherein for each pair of control signals, the falling time of the second control signal is later than the falling time of the first control signal, and the rising time of the second control signal is one of same as the falling time of the first control signal, later than the rising time but earlier than the falling time of the first control signal, and earlier than the rising time of the first control signal.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein each of the pair of control signals has a waveform defined by a low voltage, a high voltage, a rising edge from the low voltage to the high voltage at a rising time, and a falling edge from the high voltage to the low voltage at a falling time in a period, wherein for each control signal, the rising time is the time turning on a corresponding switch, and the falling time is the time turning off the corresponding switch, and wherein for each control signal, the rising time is earlier than the falling time.