Broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital and a method of the same

• US 20090065523A1
• Filed: 09/06/2007
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United International Commerce Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Chunghwa United Television Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liao, Shiun-Chih
• Application Number:
  US11/896,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20090065523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 221/8
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The present invention provides a broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital and the method of the same. The said broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital is adapted to transmit the characters contained in the images of the display unit to a remote end to broadcast. It comprises of an image extracting unit acquiring the frames of the display unit and converting them into a digital image information; a reading unit acquiring the digital image information of the image extracting unit and reading a character information, a transmission unit acquiring and transmitting the character information of the reading unit, and an output unit collecting and broadcasting the transmitted character information of the transmission unit.

Claims

1. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital, adapted to transmit the characters contained in the images of a display unit to a remote end to broadcast, comprising of:

an image extracting unit acquiring the frames of the display unit and converting them into a digital image information;

a reading unit acquiring the digital image information of the image extracting unit and reading a character information;

a transmission unit acquiring and transmitting the character information of the reading unit; and

an output unit collecting and broadcasting the transmitted character information of the transmission unit.

2. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 1, wherein the characters displayed in the display unit is prescription collecting information.

3. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 2, wherein the prescription collecting information contains information about prescription collecting location and information about prescription collecting number.

4. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 1, wherein the image extraction unit is a charge coupled device (CCD) camera.

5. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 1, wherein the image extraction unit is a complementary metal-oxide (CMOS) semiconductor camera.

6. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is a display and broadcasts the character information at one of a plurality of display blocks equipped in the display.

7. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is an audio broadcaster which applies a text-to-speech (TTS) converter to broadcast the character information in audio format.

8. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in hospital, adapted to transmit the characters contained in the broadcasting image of the display unit to a remote end and broadcast, comprising of:

an image extraction step acquiring the frames of a display unit and converting them into a digital image information;

a reading step acquiring the digital image information and reading a character information from it;

a transmission step acquiring and transmitting the character information; and

an output step collecting and broadcasting the character information.

9. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 8, wherein the characters displayed in the display unit is prescription collecting information.

10. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 9, wherein the prescription collecting information contains information about prescription collecting location and information about prescription collecting number.

11. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 8, wherein the output step includes an image broadcasting step which broadcasts the character information in image format.

12. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in hospital according to claim 8, wherein the output step includes an audio broadcasting step which broadcasts the character information in audio format.