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Diagnostic voice instructing apparatus

Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1988-11-30
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Granted: 1991-04-16
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Expires: 2008-11-30
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Abstract

Abstract A diagnostic voice instructing apparatus has a recording/playback device including a voice recording/playback LSI and a RAM, and converts an arbitrary instruction voice to a patient, which has been input through a microphone by a user for use in a scanning operation, into a digital signal and stores the signal in corresponding one of 15 channels of the RAM, the instructing voice may be input in an arbitrary language, dialect or expression. The recording/playback device is coupled to a scan controller, which controls the scanning operation of a CT apparatus, and a host controller, which sends commands to the recording/playback device and scan controller and receives control data from the scan controller. The host controller permits an operator to prepare ID data to each patient, which includes the name, and condition, of the patient, as well as designation of the necessary instructing voice to the patient in terms of a channel quantity. When the patient ID data is read out from the host controller and supplied to the recording/playback device, and when the CT apparatus starts scanning the patient in response to a command from the scan controller, an instructing voice is read out from the channel designated by the patient ID data at the proper timing in synchronism with the scanning operation and is supplied through an amplifier to a speaker for its reproduction.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hiromi Kikuchi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 20:50
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B6/00; A61B6/46; A61B6/467; A61B6/468; G; G10; G10L; G10L13/00; G10L13/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 91 words
A voice instruction-generating apparatus for use with a medical diagnostic apparatus, the voice instruction-generating apparatus comprising: recording means for recording plural types of voice instructions to a patient to be diagnosed, the plural types of one voice instruction having a same meaning in different types of expressions; designating means for specifying a series of said recorded voice instructions, each instruction of the series being one of the same types of expressions; and playback means for reproducing the series of voice instructions in synchronism with an operation of said medical diagnostic apparatus.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 91 words
A voice instruction-generating apparatus for use with a medical diagnostic apparatus, the voice instruction-generating apparatus comprising: recording means for recording plural types of voice instructions to a patient to be diagnosed, the plural types of one voice instruction having a same meaning in different types of expressions; designating means for specifying a series of said recorded voice instructions, each instruction of the series being one of the same types of expressions; and playback means for reproducing the series of voice instructions in synchronism with an operation of said medical diagnostic apparatus.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said expressions include different languages and dialects.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said recording means includes means for recording a plurality of instructions of instructing voices.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said recording means includes conversion means for sampling and converting an instructing voice into a digital signal and rewritable non-volatile memory means for storing said digital signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 49 words
The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said memory means has a plurality of areas with a given capacity each for storing a digital signal corresponding to one instructing voice, and said conversion means include means for specifying a sampling frequency, the duration of the digital signal being constant.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 38 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said designating means includes means for preparing patient ID data having specifying data for the series of voice instructions and means for detecting the specifying data of the patient ID data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 38 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said designating means includes means for preparing scan condition data having specifying data for the series of voice instructions and means for detecting the specifying data of the scan condition data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 25 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said designating means includes key input means for designating a type of an instructing voice as a numeral.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 15 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said diagnosis apparatus is an X-ray CT apparatus.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 27 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said designating means includes means for respectively specifying each of the voice instructions included in the series of voice instructions.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1994-04-15 1994-10-15 1995-04-16 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1998-04-15 1998-10-15 1999-04-16 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2002-04-15 2002-10-15 2003-04-16 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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