Abstract: A method of automating a healthcare facility workflow process includes creating a rule set governing at least one of a collection phase, an organize phase, and a display phase of the healthcare facility workflow process. The rule set is based on at least one of a plurality of decision factors. The method also includes automatically processing a plurality of content based on the rule set. Automatically processing the plurality of content includes one of collecting the plurality of content from a plurality of heterogeneous content sources, organizing the plurality of content based on a desired content hierarchy, and displaying at least one content of the plurality of content based on the desired content hierarchy.

Abstract: A method of workflow management includes collecting heterogeneous content, associated with a surgical procedure, from a plurality of heterogeneous content sources, selecting a plurality of inputs from the heterogeneous content, and assigning each input of the plurality of inputs to at least one phase of a desired surgical sequence. A particular method also includes displaying a subset of the inputs assigned to a first phase of the surgical sequence and selecting one of the displayed inputs. Selecting one of the displayed inputs enables content-specific functionality associated with the selected one of the displayed inputs.

Abstract: A method for detecting copy restrictive documents is disclosed. At least one photograph (101) is placed on a scanner platen (10) and a low resolution scan is performed (20) to produce a low resolution image. A skew angle and a location of the photograph is determined (30). The photograph is rescanned at a high resolution (40) to produce a high resolution image, the high resolution image is deskewed (45), and the high resolution image is checked (50) for the presence of one or more microdots. Use of the high resolution image is inhibited if microdots are detected (55). In one embodiment, a plurality of photographs are placed on the scanner platen and a portion of each the high resolution images is checked by a software program for the presence of microdots.

Abstract: A system for automatically associating user-generated data to images, the system comprises a card reading device which receives and recognizes the user-generated data entered directly from manipulation of the terminal by a user. A camera captures an image and receives the data from the card reader device for associating a captured image and the data for forming a labeled image.

Abstract: A continuous process, namely the quality control of web production, is monitored and analyzed for defects with high resolution continuously, notwithstanding that the processing of signals for such continuous monitoring and analysis with high resolution requires handling of data at enormous data rates (e.g., billions of calculations per second). The system uses a computer architecture for continuous processing of the data in real time. In a first level of the architecture, signals arriving from the process (from the scanning of successive lines on the web) are digitized, and reduced to represent data corresponding to certain events, such as defects in the web. In a second level of the architecture, an array of parallel processors operate concurrently and continuously on the reduced data to provide outputs characterizing the events, for example, measurements of the locations and extents of the web defects.