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Method and system for recording, processing and displaying visually observed information from physical structure
Assignee: National Computer Systems Inc
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Filing: 1971-12-09
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Granted: 1973-06-26
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Expires: 1991-12-09
Abstract
Abstract A method and system for recording visually observed information of a physical structure and producing graphic displays of the information in accordance with a predetermined program. The system includes a record sheet provided with a graphic illustration of a typical anatomical structure together with indicia receiving sites on the sheet with certain of the sites being superimposed on selected portions of the anatomical structure and arranged in a pattern which, when read by mark sense reading means, provides an input into data processing equipment programed to generate a print-out of diagnostic descriptions of the anatomical structure. The program is arranged to generate diagnostic descriptions which progress from generalized statements to more specific descriptions and nuances of the diagnosis in accordance with the order in which the sites are marked. In one embodiment certain of the sites are arranged in a first group adjacent to or superimposed over a portion of the anatomical illustration for which information is to be described, with additional sites being provided on the sheet adjacent the illustration for recording specific descriptions and nuances of pathology for one or more sites marked in the first group. Additional sites are provided on the sheet for recording generalized information regarding the observed pathology and patient access information and the like. Certain of the sites are provided adjacent printed pattern recognition symbols generally descriptive of the information to be recorded by marking such site.
Inventors
- 👤 R Mani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 17:10
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
A method for recording and graphically displaying information as visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof with a record surface provided with a typical illustration of said structure and a plurality of indicia receiving sites, at least certain of said sites being arranged in a first group which is superimposed over or immediately adjacent to portions of said illustration, including the steps of applying indicia to selected ones of the indicia receiving sites for which an item of information has been observed on the corresponding portion of said physical structure or representation, scanning said sites with indicia sensing means in a predetermined order on said surface, generating a series of coded signals responsive to the sensing of indicia on the sites, and generating a series of predetermined graphic displays of said information responsive to said coded signals.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
140 words
A method for recording and graphically displaying information as visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof with a record surface provided with a typical illustration of said structure and a plurality of indicia receiving sites, at least certain of said sites being arranged in a first group which is superimposed over or immediately adjacent to portions of said illustration, including the steps of applying indicia to selected ones of the indicia receiving sites for which an item of information has been observed on the corresponding portion of said physical structure or representation, scanning said sites with indicia sensing means in a predetermined order on said surface, generating a series of coded signals responsive to the sensing of indicia on the sites, and generating a series of predetermined graphic displays of said information responsive to said coded signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
137 words
A method as in claim 1 in which said indicia receiving sites are grouped in a plurality of discrete areas on said surface, at least one of said areas including said first mentioned group of sites for recording the location on said structure or representation for said observed item of information, at least another of said areas including a second group of said sites adapted for recording additional items of information describing the portion of said structure or representation at said location, in which the step of applying said indicia includes applying indicia to a selected site within said first group, and applying indicia to one or more additional selected sites within said second group, each of said additional selected sites corresponding to a given physical condition or nuance which is observed from said structure or representation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
103 words
A method as in claim 1 in which said physical structure comprises an anatomical structure, and given ones of said sites are arranged in a predetermined order on said surface with individual sites corresponding to predetermined statements describing a given anatomical or pathological condition or feature relating to said structure or representation, and the step of generating said coded signals includes generating one or more coded signals each of which represents a statement describing a condition or feature responsive to the sensing of indicia on a site of the illustration corresponding to the portion of the structure or representation which said statement describes.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
159 words
A method for producing a mark-sense sheet from a substrate layer for recording items of information as visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof, including the steps of forming at least one graphic illustration of a typical one of said physical structures on said layer, forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said layer, certain of said sites being arranged in at least a first group superimposed over a portion of said illustration whereby the presence of indicia on individual sites thereon identifies the location of an item of information which is observed on a corresponding portion of said physical structure or representation, and with certain other of sites being arranged in at least a second group on said sheet whereby the presence of indicia on individual sites thereon identifies an item of information descriptive of the corresponding portion of said structure or representation identified by indicia on a selected site within said first group.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
159 words
A method for producing a mark-sense sheet from a substrate layer for recording items of information as visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof, including the steps of forming at least one graphic illustration of a typical one of said physical structures on said layer, forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said layer, certain of said sites being arranged in at least a first group superimposed over a portion of said illustration whereby the presence of indicia on individual sites thereon identifies the location of an item of information which is observed on a corresponding portion of said physical structure or representation, and with certain other of sites being arranged in at least a second group on said sheet whereby the presence of indicia on individual sites thereon identifies an item of information descriptive of the corresponding portion of said structure or representation identified by indicia on a selected site within said first group.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as in claim 4 in which said physical structure comprises an anatomical structure, and said first mentioned step includes forming an illustration of a typical one of said anatomical structures.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method as in claim 4 In which said second mentioned step includes forming certain others of said sites within said first group substantially adjacent to a portion of said illustration which correspond to a portion of said physical structure or representation to be identified by said indicia.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
113 words
In a system for use in recording and displaying a plurality of items of information visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof, the combination of means forming a record surface, means forming a graphic illustration on said surface of a typical one of said structures, and means forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said surface, certain of said sites being arranged in a first group juxtaposed with or superimposed on said illustration, said means forming the sites substantially permanently recording an information item with the presence of indicia thereon to identify the location of said item of information observed on a corresponding portion of said structure or representation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
113 words
In a system for use in recording and displaying a plurality of items of information visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof, the combination of means forming a record surface, means forming a graphic illustration on said surface of a typical one of said structures, and means forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said surface, certain of said sites being arranged in a first group juxtaposed with or superimposed on said illustration, said means forming the sites substantially permanently recording an information item with the presence of indicia thereon to identify the location of said item of information observed on a corresponding portion of said structure or representation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system as in claim 7 in which said surface means comprises a sheet printed with a typical graphic illustration of said structure.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
61 words
A system as in claim 7 in which means are provided forming a plurality of pattern recognition symbols on said surface individual ones of said symbols graphically representing an item of information regarding a portion of said structure and being arranged on said surface adjacent to respective sites which are adapted to record said item with the presence of indicia thereon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
61 words
A system as in claim 9 in which at least certain of said pattern recognition symbols are formed on or adjacent to selected portions of said graphic illustration, and said last mentioned symbols graphically represent a given physical condition or nuance which can be observed on portions of said physical structure or representation corresponding to the selected portions of the illustration.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
63 words
A system as in claim 7 which includes means for scanning said indicia receiving sites in a predetermined order on said surface to sense indicia on said sites, means for generating a series of coded signals responsive to the sensing of said indicia, and means for generating a series of predetermined graphic displays of said items of information responsive to said coded signals.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
159 words
A system for recording diagnostic information as observed from a given anatomical structure or representation thereof to provide a plurality of diagnostic descriptions of the anatomical or pathological condition of said structure, including means forming a record surface, means forming a typical illustration of said structure on said surface, means forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said surface, at least certain of said sites being positioned adjacent to or superimposed on a portion of said illustration corresponding to a portion of said structure or representation for which a description is to be made, means for scanning said sites to sense indicia thereon, means to generate a series of coded signals responsive to sensing of said marks, said signals representating given anatomical or pathological descriptions of the structure corresponding to individual sites, and electronic signal processing means coupled with said signal generating means and programmed to generate a series of graphic displays of said anatomical or pathological descriptions.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
159 words
A system for recording diagnostic information as observed from a given anatomical structure or representation thereof to provide a plurality of diagnostic descriptions of the anatomical or pathological condition of said structure, including means forming a record surface, means forming a typical illustration of said structure on said surface, means forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said surface, at least certain of said sites being positioned adjacent to or superimposed on a portion of said illustration corresponding to a portion of said structure or representation for which a description is to be made, means for scanning said sites to sense indicia thereon, means to generate a series of coded signals responsive to sensing of said marks, said signals representating given anatomical or pathological descriptions of the structure corresponding to individual sites, and electronic signal processing means coupled with said signal generating means and programmed to generate a series of graphic displays of said anatomical or pathological descriptions.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
162 words
In a system for use in recording and displaying a plurality of items of information visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof, the combination of means forming a record surface, means forming a graphic illustration on said surface of a typical one of said structures, and means forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said surface, certain of said sites being arranged in a first group adjacent to or superimposed on said illustration whereby the presence of indicia on individual sites thereof identifies the location of an item of information observed on a corresponding portion of said strUcture or representation, and at least certain others of said indicia receiving sites being arranged in at least a second group on said surface whereby the presence of indicia on selected sites thereof identifies additional items of information describing a selected portion of said physical structure or representation identified by the presence of indicia on a site within said first group.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
162 words
In a system for use in recording and displaying a plurality of items of information visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof, the combination of means forming a record surface, means forming a graphic illustration on said surface of a typical one of said structures, and means forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said surface, certain of said sites being arranged in a first group adjacent to or superimposed on said illustration whereby the presence of indicia on individual sites thereof identifies the location of an item of information observed on a corresponding portion of said strUcture or representation, and at least certain others of said indicia receiving sites being arranged in at least a second group on said surface whereby the presence of indicia on selected sites thereof identifies additional items of information describing a selected portion of said physical structure or representation identified by the presence of indicia on a site within said first group.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
241 words
In a system for use in recording and displaying a plurality of items of information visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof, the combination of means forming a record surface, means forming a graphic illustration on said surface of a typical one of said structures, said illustration comprising an anatomical structure, means forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said surface, certain of said sites being arranged in a first group adjacent to or superimposed on said illustration whereby the presence of indicia on individual sites thereof indentifies the location of an item of information observed on a corresponding portion of said structure or representation, and means forming a plurality of pattern recognition symbols on said surface, individual ones of said symbols graphically representing an item of information regarding a portion of said structure and being arranged on said surface adjacent to respective sites which are adapted to record said item with the presence of indicia thereon, one or more of said pattern recognition symbols being formed on or adjacent to selected portions of said graphic illustration, said last mentioned symbols graphically representing a given physical condition or nuance which can be observed on portions of said physical structure or representation corresponding to the selected portions of the illustration, and at least certain of the symbols formed on said illustration graphically represent a typical observed pathologic condition of the observed portion of an anatomical structure or representation.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
241 words
In a system for use in recording and displaying a plurality of items of information visually observed from a given physical structure or representation thereof, the combination of means forming a record surface, means forming a graphic illustration on said surface of a typical one of said structures, said illustration comprising an anatomical structure, means forming a plurality of indicia receiving sites on said surface, certain of said sites being arranged in a first group adjacent to or superimposed on said illustration whereby the presence of indicia on individual sites thereof indentifies the location of an item of information observed on a corresponding portion of said structure or representation, and means forming a plurality of pattern recognition symbols on said surface, individual ones of said symbols graphically representing an item of information regarding a portion of said structure and being arranged on said surface adjacent to respective sites which are adapted to record said item with the presence of indicia thereon, one or more of said pattern recognition symbols being formed on or adjacent to selected portions of said graphic illustration, said last mentioned symbols graphically representing a given physical condition or nuance which can be observed on portions of said physical structure or representation corresponding to the selected portions of the illustration, and at least certain of the symbols formed on said illustration graphically represent a typical observed pathologic condition of the observed portion of an anatomical structure or representation.
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