Abstract: A method, apparatus, and non-transitory, computer readable medium for scheduling a plurality of procedures in a hospital. The method interfaces with a network of the hospital to acquire resource information by monitoring a plurality of hospital resources, obtain procedure information, and access personnel information. The plurality of hospital resources includes a plurality of rooms and medical devices and the personnel information includes qualifications and working hours. The method further includes processing the resource information, procedure information, and personnel information to generate one or more hospital schedules using a model based on a predetermined parameter hierarchy and modified based on a hardness quotient. The hospital schedule assigns an at least one room, medical device, and personnel for each procedure.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and non-transitory, computer readable medium for scheduling a plurality of procedures in a hospital. The method interfaces with a network of the hospital to acquire resource information by monitoring a plurality of hospital resources, obtain procedure information, and access personnel information. The plurality of hospital resources includes a plurality of rooms and medical devices and the personnel information includes qualifications and working hours. The method further includes processing the resource information, procedure information, and personnel information to generate one or more hospital schedules using a model based on a predetermined parameter hierarchy and modified based on a hardness quotient. The hospital schedule assigns an at least one room, medical device, and personnel for each procedure.

Abstract: Apparatus for processing a voice radio signal with a transcription unit configured to convert the voice radio signal into a text signal; an object determination unit configured to determine an object from which the voice radio signal originates; an object localization unit configured to determine position information of the object from which the voice radio signal originates; and an output unit configured to allocate the text signal to the object and to provide the same. The object determination unit is configured to determine a detection probability for at least one object whose position at least partly matches the determined position information. The object determination unit is configured to determine the object with the highest detection probability as the object from which the voice radio signal originates, or, with a very similar detection probability, to determine all objects with the similar detection probability as the object.

Abstract: Apparatus for processing a voice radio signal with a transcription unit configured to convert the voice radio signal into a text signal; an object determination unit configured to determine an object from which the voice radio signal originates; an object localization unit configured to determine position information of the object from which the voice radio signal originates; and an output unit configured to allocate the text signal to the object and to provide the same. The object determination unit is configured to determine a detection probability for at least one object whose position at least partly matches the determined position information. The object determination unit is configured to determine the object with the highest detection probability as the object from which the voice radio signal originates, or, with a very similar detection probability, to determine all objects with the similar detection probability as the object.

Abstract: Method of operating a ship, including the step of obtaining a ship itinerary by means of a processing unit of the ship, the ship itinerary including one or more defined ship operating conditions for one or more sections of a journey of the ship. During the journey, the method may detect a current ship operating condition of the ship, the current ship operating condition being temporally associated with one of the defined ship operating conditions of the ship itinerary. In addition, the method may compare the current ship operating condition to the temporally associated, defined ship operating condition of the ship itinerary so as to calculate an updated ship itinerary in response to deviations of the current ship operating condition from the defined ship operating condition, the calculation of the updated ship itinerary being based on a model which takes into account operation-relevant parameters for the operation of the ship.