190 results about "Colour coding" patented technology

A method of monitoring a computer network by collecting resource data from a plurality of network nodes, analyzing the resource data to generate historical performance data, and reporting the historical performance data to another network node. The network nodes can be servers operating on different platforms, and resource data is gathered using separate programs having different application programming interfaces for the respective platforms. The analysis can generate daily, weekly, and monthly historical performance data, based on a variety of resources including CPU utilization, memory availability, I / O usage, and permanent storage capacity. The report may be constructed using a plurality of documents related by hypertext links. The hypertext links can be color-coded in response to at least one performance parameter in the historical performance data surpassing an associated threshold. An action list can also be created in response to such an event.

A method and system provides coded access to a transactional or other type of system by acquiring account identification data corresponding to a combination of a plurality of colors. The account identification data is transmitted to, for example, a remote server to correlate the account identification data against an account database to evaluate corresponding account information. Based on the account information, access to the transactional or other type of system may be controlled.

A method is described comprising: positioning a plurality of color-coded motion capture markers at a plurality of points on a performer's body, wherein the color-coded motion capture markers are colored with at least two or more different colors; and tracking the color-coded motion capture markers during a motion capture session using two or more color cameras and a color-coded motion capture subsystem, the color-coded motion capture subsystem identifying each individual color-coded motion capture element based on its color and / or its relationship to the other color-coded motion capture markers.

A method of displaying medical data, particularly data representative of the condition of patients suffering from chronic medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension. The display consists of two graphical elements, one of which indicates the current value of a parameter indicative of the patient's condition, this being displayed against another graphical element which represents a model of normality for that patient. The graphical element indicating the current condition may be, for example, a needle, against a scale which is constructed according to the patient-specific model of normality. This is particularly advantageous in the case of displays which have a small display area, such as mobile telephones and PDAs. Other forms of display are disclosed, such as histograms with the display being dynamically colour-coded and auto-scaled, or displays including limits which may vary. Another form of display is also disclosed which illustrates administrations of a pharmacological agent and corresponding measurements of the patient's condition, with a visual link such as colour-coding linking the administration to the corresponding condition measurement. For example several days of insulin administration dosages may be displayed alongside several days of blood glucose measurements, with the administrations colour-coded to the corresponding blood glucose measurement, to assist the patient in determining whether the insulin administration is stably controlling their condition.

A video annotation interface includes a video pane configured to display a video, a video timeline bar including a video play-head indicating a current point of the video which is being played, a segment timeline bar including initial and final handles configured to define a segment of the video for playing, and a plurality of color-coded comment markers displayed in connection with the video timeline bar. Each of the comment markers is associated with a frame or segment of the video and corresponds to one or more annotations for that frame or segment made by one of a plurality of users. Each of the users can make annotations and view annotations made by other users. The annotations can include annotations corresponding to a plurality of modalities, including text, drawing, video, and audio modalities.

In a system comprising a beverage machine and comprising portion capsules of at least two different types which each contain a beverage substance, portion capsules of different types are provided with colour codings which differ from one another. The beverage machine is designed to prepare beverages, in particular to brew hot coffee beverages, by means of the portion capsules and has a pressurized-water device, a capsule holder which is provided to accommodate a portion capsule, and a control means. The beverage machine also contains a colour-identification device which is designed to detect the colour coding of a portion capsule which is to be or is inserted into the capsule holder and to select a program, in the control means, for operating the beverage machine, which program is associated with this colour coding.

An apparatus and method are directed to enabling backlighting of a modified keyboard employing various mechanisms to enhance a game playing experience. Such mechanisms may include, for example, programmable Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that are configured within each key on the modified keyboard. The LEDs may be arranged to vary color, intensity, and duration of lighting for each key. Lighting of the keys may be programmed to dynamically vary based on a game use. For example, in one embodiment, keys may be dynamically color coded according to a use, such as red for keys that may be employed for managing a weapon in the game, green for keys that may be employed to direct movement, and so forth. In another embodiment, the lighting mechanism may include programmable Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs), that are configured to enable a dynamic display of text and icons on the key face.

For two or more versions of a video with different spatial, temporal or SNR resolution, scalability can be achieved by generating a base layer and an enhancement layer. When a version of a video is available that has higher color bit depth than can be displayed, a common solution is tone mapping. A more efficient compression method is proposed for the case where the two or more versions with different color bit depth use different color encoding. The present invention is based on joint inter-layer prediction among the available color channels. Thus, color bit depth scalability can also be used where the two or more versions with different color bit depth use different color encoding. In this case the inter-layer prediction is a joint prediction based on all color components. Prediction may also include color space conversion and gamma correction.

Methods and systems for forming a team of experts and evaluating a portfolio of patent documents have been provided. The methods comprise the step of determining a bias of an expert, and then providing evaluations of patent documents assigned to the expert according to a selected evaluation method, which is bias corrected to reduce or compensate for the bias of the expert. A system for evaluating a patent portfolio comprises means for assigning the patent documents to said experts and monitoring progress of the evaluation process of each expert, and means for performing evaluations of the assigned patent documents by each expert. The system is further enhanced with the means for determining the bias of the expert, and with a 10 visualization unit for visualizing the results of the patent portfolio evaluation by color coding the evaluation results, wherein patent documents having different values are represented by different colors of a visible part of the light spectrum. A corresponding computer program product, a computer memory and a web site for providing access to the system and management of activities of the experts are also described.

Method and system for combining a 2D image with a 3D point cloud for improved visualization of a common scene as well as interpretation of the success of the registration process. The resulting fused data contains the combined information from the original 3D point cloud and the information from the 2D image. The original 3D point cloud data is color coded in accordance with a color map tagging process. By fusing data from different sensors, the resulting scene has several useful attributes relating to battle space awareness, target identification, change detection within a rendered scene, and determination of registration success.

A method for processing three-dimensional data that defines a three-dimensional scene, and determining and displaying lines-of-sight (LOS) and viewsheds on all visible surfaces of the scene, includes: i) assigning at a user-selected location at least one viewpoint in the scene; ii) applying ray tracing from locations in the scene to the viewpoint to determine locations in the scene that are in a line of sight (LOS) and outside the LOS of the viewpoint, thus determining the viewshed relative to the viewpoint while generating a set of color-coding information; iv) saving the set of color-coding information as a 2D texture image in graphics hardware memory; and v) compositing the 2D texture image over the 3D scene in a 3D window at a frame rate that enables real-time updating of the color coding as the scene is translated or rotated or the viewpoint is changed.

The method of the present invention enables representation of musical compositions using symbols and color. Symbols and variable shades of colors are used to provide enhanced and visually attractive representation of a musical composition that guides a performer in performing the composition in particular predefined emotional overtones. An color-coded emotional hint line is provided along with colored representations of notes to further assist the performer in setting an appropriate predefined overall emotional tone when the composition is performed.

A color coding system and method process the data of an image or document to blend the data using a predetermined mapping to generate color indicia being a series of color bars or shapes having different lengths and heights. The color indicia is uniquely associated with the input data, and the use of color has a greater ability to visually distinguish one object from another.

A method facilitating the learning of music by matching coded note symbols (38) of musical compositions to coded note location and formation identifiers (32) of instruments. Colors, each having a name beginning with one of the letter names of the musical alphabet (45), are combined with pitch marks (39), enabling the coding of musical notes. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the colors are paired with stylized animal images (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62). These animal images' names are coupled with the color names of the invention via reiteration of the first letter of the names (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62) to enhance the remembering of the relationship between color and note. The invention's color coding system is also applied to musical composition structures (31, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46, 92, 93, 94, 95) for easy identification of musical elements such as compositional keys and key signature (92).

A video annotation interface includes a video pane configured to display a video, a video timeline bar including a video play-head indicating a current point of the video which is being played, a segment timeline bar including initial and final handles configured to define a segment of the video for playing, and a plurality of color-coded comment markers displayed in connection with the video timeline bar. Each of the comment markers is associated with a frame or segment of the video and corresponds to one or more annotations for that frame or segment made by one of a plurality of users. Each of the users can make annotations and view annotations made by other users. The annotations can include annotations corresponding to a plurality of modalities, including text, drawing, video, and audio modalities.

To enable a user to readily determine the gauge of the needle of a needle assembly that has a base and a needle protective housing pivotably attached thereto, the needle assembly is injection molded from a color coded molding material which color was preassigned to correspond to the gauge of the needle. As a result, both the base and the protective housing of the needle assembly are the same specific color, and reflect or provide an indication of the given gauge of the needle. The needle sheath that covers the needle prior to use may be made of a plastics material that may be clear, or have the same or a different color than that of the needle assembly.

A system, method, and storage medium for an interactive metro guide map, including a computer connected to a remote computer via a network connection, and capable of transmitting a map with color coded markers representing points of interest (“POI”). Each color is indicative of a particular category or genre of attraction and is situated on the map in approximate correlation to the POI actual geographic location. In response to a user's action, additional information on the particular POI is provided which could include both basic and detailed information. Additionally, the user can both manipulate the map to view a different geographic area and / or restrict the POI displayed on the map to one or more particular categories or genres.

Computer-based group brainstorming system and method are disclosed. The invention system and method provide a certain area (e.g., a depicted room) as a brainstorming area in a virtual environment. A processor engine enables brainstorming sessions of multiple users in the certain area. For a given brainstorming session, the engine (i) indicates each user in the brainstorming session, and (ii) indicates communications (e.g., chat bubbles, votes, etc.) of each user in the brainstorming session. Color-coding of the users / avatars and communications may be used. Users may arrange indicia (e.g., indicators of project tasks) in the certain area in a manner that provides work flow or work assignments to users. Snapshots of the different states of a brainstorming session are enabled. User interaction with the artifacts of the brainstorming session remains active in the snapshots. Artifacts of a brainstorming session may later be reconstituted (reinstated) from a reloading of a snapshot into a subsequent session.

A system and method for 3D visualization of a pair of lungs are provided. The method comprises: segmenting image data of the pair of lungs and lung parenchyma; generating a 3D map as a function of the segmented image data; and rendering the 3D map as a color-coded semi-transparent 3D volume, wherein an opaque region highlights an area of interest.

A colored indicator packaging system and method of use is described. The packaging entails providing an inner wrap for protecting and identifying surgical products just before use. The package has at least one kind of colored indicia to let a user understand the physical properties of the surgical product.

A web-based endoscope management system and method for managing, scheduling and tracking in real-time the processing of endoscopy equipment in a single site or across multiple sites. The system allows various useful information relating to the managed endoscopy equipment and its processing history (such as equipment status, equipment movement, equipment repair history, cost and procedural efficiencies, what individuals have processed or come into contact with the equipment) to be tracked and analyzed. The system incorporates a user display and prompt to assist users in following the proper processing and cleaning protocols (preparation, pre-cleaning, automated reprocessing, repair, etc.) for the equipment. The system uses a colour-coded display so that pertinent information can be seen at a glance. This system is used in conjunction with a suitable colour-coded labeling scheme to reduce the possibility that users will process the wrong equipment or improperly store it.

A system and method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and / or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.

A method for computing a color-coded analysis image of an examination area of an examination object from a temporal sequence of fluoroscopic images of the examination area comprising a vascular system containing arteries and / or veins is provided. An acquisition time instant has been assigned to each of the fluoroscopic images representing a given distribution of a material embolizing some of the vascular system. The fluoroscopic image spatially corresponds to an analysis image pixel by pixel. A computer receives the fluoroscopic images with a color attribute assigned to each pixel of the analysis image at an image point and a time instant. If a pixel differs from a pixel at a preceding time instant, the color attribute assumes a color attribute of the time instant and the difference. If a pixel corresponds to a background color of the analysis image, the color attribute assumes a background color.

A method and apparatus for combined 4D presentation of quantitative regional parameters on a surface rendering is disclosed herewith. The method comprises: identifying a region of interest in a volumetric image data. Then, the following steps are iterated to produce a 4D surface rendering. The iterated steps include: tracking the region of interest of the volumetric image data to produce a displacement field. A color coded texture representing at least one quantitative regional parameter is applied on a surface defined by the volumetric data and the surface is being surface rendered with reference to the displacement field.

A trolley 2 for use in recyclable waste collection in an aircraft or other catering environment is conformal with a normal aircraft trolley. The trolley 2 comprises a horizontal tray 14 18 19 20 21 comprising a plurality of horizontal apertures, each aperture comprising a rubbish bag 19 20 held therein by its edges 22 between a tray base 14 and tray cover 18 that snap together. Before use the rubbish bags 19 20 are contained within the horizontal tray 14 18 19 20 and are freed to hang vertically within the trolley 2 when in use. The trolley 2 comprises a retractable lid which covers the tray assembly 14 18 19 20 21 when the trolley 2 is not in use. A liquid waste container 21 also fits into the tray and is independently removable for emptying without removing rubbish bags 19 20. The apertures and / or the rubbish bags 19 20 are colour coded according to the type of waste they are intended to receive and according to the colour coding employed in the country where recycling is intended to occur.

A system for the collection of data about health problems, handicaps, water supplies, living conditions, and people at risk is disclosed. The system uses an iconographic, color-coded indicia to denote family members, dead children, major medical conditions, handicaps and treatments, and other data. Such iconographic, color-coded indicia are selectively positionable on an anonymous but individually coded survey form, from which a digital image is made and electronically transmitted to a searchable database storing a collection of such survey forms for purposes of providing ease of access to medical records and the development and implementation of palliative care, intervention, and prevention programs.