Semantic medical devices

• US 9,262,589 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2010
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Potkonjak, Miodrag, Nahapetian, Ani
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): FINK, THOMAS ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US13/519,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20130041861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,135 Days
• Field of Search: 706/924
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A semantic medical technology is disclosed. In various embodiments, the technology organizes an initial data collection to collect data from the one or more sensors; processes the data to obtain an initial diagnosis wherein the initial diagnosis can be a syntax diagnosis or a semantic diagnosis; identifies an organization for an additional data collection to collect additional data; analyzes the additional data to obtain a refined diagnosis; and repeats the identifying and analyzing until a stopping criterion is satisfied.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computing system having a processor and memory to obtain analysis of data collected from one or more sensors, comprising:

organizing, by a first computing device, data collected from the one or more sensors;

determining, by the first computing device, from among a plurality of candidate computing devices for analysis of the data that include the first computing device, a computing device for analysis of the data, the determining based at least in part on power consumption required for sending the data to one of the plurality of candidate computing devices other than the first computing device and remaining power at the one of the plurality of candidate computing devices;

in response to the first computing device determining that the computing device for analysis of the data is the first computing device, analyzing the data by the first computing device;

in response to the first computing device determining that the computing device for analysis of the data is other than the first computing device, sending the data by the first computing device for the determined computing device for analysis of the data.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the determining includes one or more of semantic processing of the data or context processing of the data;

and

wherein the data includes at least one of information about a subject proximate to the one or more sensors, information about a current or future availability of expert personnel, a cost, or a status of equipment used for the data collection or processing.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data further includes at least one of geolocation, time, activities of a subject proximate to the one or more sensors, or a model.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein organizing the data includes using expected signals from the one or more sensors and operational conditions of sensing equipment.

5. The method of claim 2,

wherein the data further includes one or more of radiation intensity, resolution, exposition, sampling rate, or other operational characteristics of actuators or sensors, and

wherein the semantic processing includes semantically analyzing an importance and relevance of data from the one or more sensors.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the semantic processing includes semantically evaluating one or more detected events, statuses, trends or conditions of either or both of (a) an observed subject proximate to the one or more sensors or (b) equipment.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of a computing device for analysis of the data includes:

analyzing, by the first computing device, a portion of the data that is less than all of the data; and

determining whether the computing device for analysis of the data is the first computing device or other than the first computing device based on the analyzing of the portion of the data.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor and memory;

means for organizing data;

means for determining, from among a plurality of candidate computing devices for analysis of the data that include the processor, a computing device for analysis of the data, the determining based at least in part on power consumption required for sending the data to one of the plurality of candidate computing devices other than the processor and remaining power at the one of the plurality of candidate computing devices;

means for performing local data analysis, including analysis of the data, in response to determining that the computing device for analysis of the data is the processor; and

means for sending data, including sending the data for the determined computing device for analysis of the data in response to determining that the determined computing device for analysis of the data is other than the processor.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising means for receiving a diagnosis from a human operator or an expert system.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor and memory are embodied in one of a sensor node, a handheld computing device, or a computer in a data center.

19. The apparatus of claim 7,

wherein the means for performing local data analysis is further for performing analysis of a portion of the data that is less than all of the data;

and

wherein the means for determining is further for determining whether the computing device for analysis of the data is the processor or other than the processor based on the analyzing of the portion of the data.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor and memory; and

a communication interface;

wherein the processor is configured to;

organize data;

determine, from among a plurality of candidate computing devices for analysis of the data that include the processor, a computing device for analysis of the data, based at least in part on power consumption required for sending the data to one of the plurality of candidate computing devices other than the processor and remaining power at the one of the plurality of candidate computing devices;

control analysis of the data in response to determining that the computing device for analysis of the data is the processor; and

send, via the communication interface, the data for the determined computing device for analysis of the data in response to determining that the determined computing device for analysis of the data is other than the processor.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to receive, via the communication interface, a diagnosis from a human operator or an expert system.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor and memory are embodied in one of a sensor node, a handheld computing device, or a computer in a data center.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

perform one or more of semantic processing of the data or context processing of the data;

wherein the data includes at least one of information about a subject proximate to one or more sensors from which the data is collected, information about a current or future availability of expert personnel, a cost, or a status of equipment used for the data collection or processing; and

wherein determining of the computing device for analysis of the data is further based on the one or more of semantic processing or context processing of the data.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the data further includes at least one of geolocation, time, activities of a subject proximate to one or more sensors from which the data is collected, or a model.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein organizing the data includes using expected signals from one or more sensors from which the data is collected and operational conditions of sensing equipment.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the data further includes one or more of radiation intensity, resolution, exposition, sampling rate, or other operational characteristics of actuators or sensors, and

wherein the one or more of semantic processing or context processing of the data includes semantically analyzing an importance and relevance of data from one or more sensors from which the data is collected.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the one or more of semantic processing or context processing includes semantically evaluating one or more detected events, statuses, trends or conditions of either or both of (a) an observed subject proximate to one or more sensors from which the data is collected or (b) equipment.

20. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

control analysis of a portion of the data that is less than all of the data; and

determine whether the computing device for analysis of the data is the processor or other than the processor based on the analyzing of the portion of the data.