Abstract: Systems that include user interfaces for handling images may deal with large amounts of image data, such as magnified medical images. Such systems may benefit by workspace interfaces, methods, and systems. For example, a method can include providing a workspace in a graphical user interface by a machine. The workspace can be located in a fixed location with respect to a plurality of applications. The method can also include sharing, by the workspace, content between or among the plurality of applications. The content can include at least one of a set of predefined functions or dynamically generated data.

Abstract: Image viewing systems, such as clinical medical image viewing systems, can be equipped for image browsing. Such systems may benefit from synchronized image browsing. A method can include displaying a plurality of related images at a same time. The method can also include synchronizing the related images with respect to an operation performed on one of the images. Likewise, an apparatus can include a user interface configured to display a plurality of related images at a same time. The apparatus also includes a synchronizer configured to synchronize the related images with respect to an operation performed on one of the images.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods can present images that can be viewed at higher and lower levels of resolution, a feature that can be referred to as zooming. Zooming can be enhanced by, for example providing blending of resolution layers for fractional zoom layers. A method can include determining, by a machine, a fractional zoom level to provide based on an input. The method can also include combining at least two integer zoom levels to provide the fractional zoom level. The method can further include providing the fractional zoom level in response to the input.

Abstract: Imaging systems, such as optical microscopes, can benefit from automatic focus enhancements including sample detection. For example, systems that use a charge coupled device (CCD) video camera to capture a field of view for making focus determinations can benefit from automatic focus and sample detection. A method according to certain embodiments can include obtaining, by a machine, a high level image of a sample. The method can also include determining, by the machine, whether a plurality of auto-focus areas of a plurality of fields of view are aligned with a portion of the sample. The method can further include obtaining, by the machine, a low level image of the sample when the plurality of auto-focus areas are aligned.

Abstract: A cellular phone call management system using a microprocessor-controlled remote card reader interface for a cellular telephone system to record calls onto a card as they are placed or received. A microprocessor reads information from a card placed in the remote card reader and ensures the card is valid. The cellular telephone's transceiver logic bus is monitored to determine the transaction information of a call as it is placed or received. After the call is completed, the call transaction information is recorded on the card. When all calls are complete, the card is placed in a host card reader attached to a host computer where the call transaction information is read from the card, processed, and written to a host storage device. The call transactions may then be analyzed and reports may be generated and printed by host computer software.

Abstract: A secure computer controlling access to data storage devices via a card reader. A microprocessor-controlled card reader interface logically connected to the card reader and the central processing unit (CPU) of the computer reads and writes information from and to a card placed in the card reader and performs additional functions in response to commands received from the CPU. The card reader interface includes an encryption engine for encrypting data in a data storage device and a boot ROM containing verification program code executed during an initialization procedure. The verification program verifies that a valid user card has been placed in the card reader, reads one or more questions from the user card, asks the questions of the user and verifies the answers against the contents of the card. If authorization is verified, the card reader interface permits the user to access the encrypted data.

Abstract: A secure computer controlling access to internal devices via an integrated card reader. A microprocessor-controlled card reader interface logically connected to the CPU of the computer reads and writes information from and to a card placed in the card reader and performs additional functions in response to commands received from the CPU. The boot ROM of the computer is programmed to start execution from a program logic device which runs a verification program to verify the authenticity of a user. Upon a valid user card being placed in the card reader, one or more questions are read from the card and displayed to the user. The user's responses are saved and compared to the correct answers stored on the card, and if the responses match the correct answers, a power control circuit is used by the CPU to turn on power to computer peripherals the user has been authorized to use.The system additionally provides for a method of initializing and authorizing a user card with a security administrator card.

Abstract: A secure computer controlling access to internal devices via an integrated card reader. A microprocessor-controlled card reader interface logically connected to the CPU of the computer reads and writes information from and to a card placed in the card reader and performs additional functions in response to commands received from the CPU. The boot ROM of the computer is programmed to start execution from a program logic device which runs a verification program to verify the authenticity of a user. Upon a valid user card being placed in the card reader, one or more questions are read from the card and displayed to the user. The user's responses are saved and compared to the correct answers stored on the card, and if the responses match the correct answers, a power control circuit is used by the CPU to turn on power to computer peripherals the user has been authorized to use.The system additionally provides for a method of initializing and authorizing a user card with a security administrator card.