Abstract: Methods and systems for insertion of an instrument into a body cavity of an animal for performing a surgical procedure using a processor circuit controlled robotic surgery system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method involves receiving body cavity image data representing an interior view of the body cavity captured by a camera inserted into the body cavity, determining, by the processor circuit, instrument parameters associated with physical extents of the instrument to be inserted, determining, by the processor circuit, an instrument envelope identifying a region through which the instrument is capable of moving in the body cavity, and generating, by the processor circuit, display signals operable to display a composite view of the interior of the body cavity on a display, the composite view being based on the body cavity image data and including an envelope overlay image generated to represent the instrument envelope.

Abstract: An encoder operable to filter audio signals into a plurality of frequency band components, generate quantized digital components for each band, identify a potential for pre-echo events within the generated quantized digital components, generate an approximate signal by decoding the quantized digital components using inverse pulse code modulation, generate an error signal by comparing the approximate signal with the sampled audio signal, and process the error signal and quantized digital components. The encoder operable to process the error signal by processing delayed audio signals and Q band values, determining the potential for pre-echo events from the Q band values, and determining scale factors and MDCT block sizes for the potential for pre-echo events.

Abstract: A method for generating and managing incentive offers includes receiving incentive offer input and generating, based on the incentive offer input, an incentive offer data object. The method also includes communicating the incentive offer data object to a first remote computing device corresponding to a first approving entity. The method also includes receiving, from the first remote computing device, a first approving entity message and, in response to a determination that the first approving entity message indicates that the first approving entity approved the incentive offer data object, communicating the incentive offer data object to a second remote computing device corresponding to a second approving entity. The method includes receiving, from the second remote computing device, a second approving entity message and, in response to a determination that the second approving entity message indicates that the second approving entity the incentive offer data object, storing the incentive offer data object.