Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Application
Patent
1996-08-30
1999-10-19
Dorvil, Richemond
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Application
704231, G10L 708
Patent
active
059704578
ABSTRACT:
A voice command and control medical care system is provided which comprises a processor having a continuous speech recognition capability. The processor is programmed to process a user's conversational speech to identify valid commands therein and to generate control signals for operating medical equipment such as surgical tools in accordance with the commands. The processor is programmed to generate audio messages reporting status information when requested, and to generate confirmation messages and await acknowledgement before executing a command. The system is configurable to interface with and control via voice activation essentially any piece of medical equipment having instruments and control switches that can be controlled via electrical or electromagnetic signals.
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Broadcast news segment on Channel 13 WJZ-TV on Oct. 26, 1994 including an interview with Dr. DeJuan, one of the inventors. Dr. DeJuan demonstrated the use of voice-controlled surgical equipment during eye surgery. A videotape copy of the news broadcast and a transcript prepared by the undersigned is available upon the Examiner's request.
"Voice Assisted Surgery", Second International Symposium on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Nov. 5-7, 1995; Baltimore, Maryland.
Brant Arthur
deJuan, Jr. Eugene
Greenberg Robert
Mandell Kenneth
Rader R. Scott
Dorvil Richemond
Johns Hopkins University
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