U.S. patent application number 11/896798 was filed with the patent office on 2009-03-12 for broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital and a method of the same.
This patent application is currently assigned to CHUNGHWA UNITED TELEVISION CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Shiun-Chih Liao.
Application Number | 20090065523 11/896798 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40430758 |
Filed Date | 2009-03-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090065523 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Liao; Shiun-Chih |
March 12, 2009 |
Broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital
and a method of the same
Abstract
The present invention provides a broadcasting system extracting
characters from images in hospital and the method of the same. The
said broadcasting system extracting characters from images in
hospital is adapted to transmit the characters contained in the
images of the display unit to a remote end to broadcast. It
comprises of an image extracting unit acquiring the frames of the
display unit and converting them into a digital image information;
a reading unit acquiring the digital image information of the image
extracting unit and reading a character information, a transmission
unit acquiring and transmitting the character information of the
reading unit, and an output unit collecting and broadcasting the
transmitted character information of the transmission unit.
Inventors: |
Liao; Shiun-Chih; (Taichung,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE, FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314-1176
US
|
Assignee: |
CHUNGHWA UNITED TELEVISION CO.,
LTD.
Taichung
TW
|
Family ID: |
40430758 |
Appl. No.: |
11/896798 |
Filed: |
September 6, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
221/8 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G16H 40/67 20180101;
G16H 30/40 20180101; G16H 40/20 20180101; G16H 20/10 20180101 |
Class at
Publication: |
221/8 |
International
Class: |
B65D 47/00 20060101
B65D047/00 |
Claims
1. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in
hospital, adapted to transmit the characters contained in the
images of a display unit to a remote end to broadcast, comprising
of: an image extracting unit acquiring the frames of the display
unit and converting them into a digital image information; a
reading unit acquiring the digital image information of the image
extracting unit and reading a character information; a transmission
unit acquiring and transmitting the character information of the
reading unit; and an output unit collecting and broadcasting the
transmitted character information of the transmission unit.
2. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 1, wherein the characters displayed in
the display unit is prescription collecting information.
3. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 2, wherein the prescription collecting
information contains information about prescription collecting
location and information about prescription collecting number.
4. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 1, wherein the image extraction unit is
a charge coupled device (CCD) camera.
5. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 1, wherein the image extraction unit is
a complementary metal-oxide (CMOS) semiconductor camera.
6. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is a display
and broadcasts the character information at one of a plurality of
display blocks equipped in the display.
7. A broadcasting system extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is an audio
broadcaster which applies a text-to-speech (TTS) converter to
broadcast the character information in audio format.
8. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in
hospital, adapted to transmit the characters contained in the
broadcasting image of the display unit to a remote end and
broadcast, comprising of: an image extraction step acquiring the
frames of a display unit and converting them into a digital image
information; a reading step acquiring the digital image information
and reading a character information from it; a transmission step
acquiring and transmitting the character information; and an output
step collecting and broadcasting the character information.
9. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 8, wherein the characters displayed in
the display unit is prescription collecting information.
10. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 9, wherein the prescription collecting
information contains information about prescription collecting
location and information about prescription collecting number.
11. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 8, wherein the output step includes an
image broadcasting step which broadcasts the character information
in image format.
12. A broadcasting method extracting characters from images in
hospital according to claim 8, wherein the output step includes an
audio broadcasting step which broadcasts the character information
in audio format.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a transmission broadcasting
system and the method of the same, particularly to a system
extracting characters from images to broadcast at a remote end.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In the conventional prescription collecting process of the
hospital a display screen broadcasts the prescription collecting
information which contains the prescription collecting window and
the prescription collecting numbers after the pharmacist dispenses
the prescription to inform patients to go to prescription
collecting window orderly to collect their prescription. However,
since there are a lot of patients in medium or large scale hospital
they have to wait at the display screen and watch screen closely
for a long time until their prescription collecting number are
broadcasted to go to the prescription collecting window to collect
their prescription. Consequently it does not only cause
inconvenience for patients to wait at the place where the display
screen is broadcasted but also a crowd gathers around. Therefore
the hospital installs a broadcasting system to broadcast the
prescription collecting information on the display screen in
hospital and each merchandising store in the hospital or its
neighborhood to disperse the crowd waiting for collecting their
prescription.
[0003] However, the said broadcasting system is generally installed
by a contractor in the form of outsourcing contract. In order to
protect his advantage the broadcasting system vendors generally
adds a decoding/encoding device to encode the prescription
collecting information before they are transmitted to each
merchandising store. Each merchandising store decodes the
transmitted information and broadcasts accordingly. If the
encoding/decoding device is damaged or the broadcasting system is
out of order, since the encoding/decoding technology is a
proprietary technology of the broadcasting system vendor the
service for solution will be provided in high price. It causes an
increase in cost for hospital. Alternatively, the same service may
be provided by means of deciphering by other vendors. However, it
takes time and waste cost to overcome the limits imposed by the
encoding/decoding technology of the original broadcasting system
vendor. It is still not the best solution.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The main objective of the present invention is to transmit
and broadcast the prescription collecting information directly to
each merchandising store in hospital or its neighborhood without
deciphering the encoding/decoding technology of the original
broadcasting system vendor.
[0005] To achieve the above mentioned objective, the present
invention provides a broadcasting system extracting characters from
images in hospital. It is adapted to transmit the characters
contained in the images of a display unit to a remote end to
broadcast. It comprises of an image extracting unit acquiring the
frames of the display unit and converting them into a digital image
information; a reading unit acquiring the digital image information
of the image extracting unit and reading a character information; a
transmission unit acquiring and transmitting the character
information of the reading unit; and an output unit receiving and
broadcasting the transmitted character information of the
transmission unit.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0006] FIG. 1 is a schematic system structure representation of an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0007] FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of another embodiment of the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The other advantage, objective, technical feature and
effectiveness of the present invention will be better understood by
the detail description of preferred embodiment in conjunction with
the following figures.
[0009] Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention provides a
broadcasting system extracting characters from images in hospital.
It is adapted to transmit the contained characters (i.e.
information about prescription collecting window/information about
prescription collecting location and information about prescription
collecting number) of the broadcasted images of the main display
unit 1 in hospital to remote merchandising stores and broadcast it
comprises of an image extracting unit 2 acquiring the frames of the
display unit 1 and converting them into a digital image information
wherein the image extracting unit 2 is a CCD (charge coupled
device) camera or a CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)
camera; a reading unit 3 acquiring the digital image information of
the image extracting unit 2 and reading a character information
from the digital image information; a transmission unit 4 acquiring
and transmitting the character information of the reading unit 3;
and an output unit 5 acquiring and broadcasting the transmitted
character information of the transmission unit 4 wherein the output
unit 5 is a display (not shown in the figure) and broadcasts the
character information at one of a plural display blocks or a audio
broadcaster (not shown in the figure) which applies a
text-to-speech (TTS) converter to broadcast the character
information.
[0010] Referring to FIG. 2, furthermore the present invention
provides a broadcasting method extracting characters from images in
hospital. It is adapted to transmit the characters contained in the
broadcasted images of the main display unit 1 (i.e. information
about prescription collecting window/information about prescription
collecting location and information about prescription collecting
number) in hospital to remote merchandising stores and broadcast.
It comprises of an image extraction step S1 acquiring frames of the
display unit 1 and converting them into a digital image
information; a reading step S2 acquiring the digital image
information and reading a character information; a transmission
step S3 acquiring and transmitting the character information; and
an output step S4 acquiring and broadcasting the character
information wherein it includes an image broadcasting step S40 and
a audio broadcasting step S42 which the image broadcasting step
broadcasts the character information in image format and the audio
broadcasting step broadcasts the character information in audio
format.
[0011] To sum up, since the present invention of a broadcasting
system extracting characters from images in hospital and the method
of the same merely apply the image extraction unit 2 and reading
step 3 to acquire the prescription collecting information
broadcasted by the display unit 1 and transmit to each
merchandising store in hospital or its neighborhood to broadcast,
it can overcome the limits imposed by the encoding/decoding
technology of the original broadcasting system vendor without
deciphering. It saves time and cost required in deciphering the
codes in conventional technology.
[0012] While the invention has been described by way of example and
in terms of a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the
invention is not limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended
to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and
procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should
be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such
modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.
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