公开(公告)号：US08659423B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-25

申请号：US13474446

申请日：2012-05-17

申请人： Benjamin Kuris ,  Steven M. Ayer ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Douglas F. Busch

发明人： Benjamin Kuris ,  Steven M. Ayer ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Douglas F. Busch

IPC分类号： G08B1/08

CPC分类号： G08B21/0461

摘要： A wireless contextual prompting device provides contextual (context-aware) prompting in the home for applications such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring, medication adherence, journaling, social messaging and coaching. The device combines the advantages of a small, wireless, battery-operated sensor that may be easily mounted at critical places in a person's daily routine with a low-power, high-contrast display panel that may be palm sized. The context may be displayed on the display screen as images, icons and/or text such that it is easy to interpret warnings by the young, elderly, or the language-challenged.

摘要翻译： 无线上下文提示设备在家庭中提供上下文（上下文感知）提示，用于诸如“日常生活活动”（ADL）监控，药物依从，日志记录，社交信息和辅导等应用。 该设备结合了小型，无线，电池供电的传感器的优点，可以在人的日常生活中的关键位置轻松安装低功率，高对比度显示面板，可能是手掌大小。 上下文可以在显示屏幕上显示为图像，图标和/或文本，使得容易解释年轻人，老年人或受到语言挑战的警告。

公开(公告)号：US07427266B2

公开(公告)日：2008-09-23

申请号：US10737229

申请日：2003-12-15

申请人： Steven M. Ayer ,  Donald R. Denning, Jr. ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Andrew D. Christian ,  James E. Hicks, Jr.

发明人： Steven M. Ayer ,  Donald R. Denning, Jr. ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Andrew D. Christian ,  James E. Hicks, Jr.

IPC分类号： A61B5/07 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/117

CPC分类号： A61B5/42 ,  A61B5/062 ,  A61B5/073 ,  A61B5/4833 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B90/98

摘要： A method and apparatus keeps track of ingestible objects (such as pills or food items) ingested by humans or animals. The objects are supplied with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags encoding data describing the objects. The humans or animals ingesting the objects are equipped with RFID sensors for detecting, decoding, and archiving the data encoded in the tags. A user may scan the body of the human or animal subject with a sensor to determine if a tagged object has been ingested. The tags may be covered with substances or contain elements that dissolve upon entering a digestive system. This allows detection of ingestion and also allows the RFID tag encoding to change in the course of digestion.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和装置跟踪人或动物摄入的可摄取物体（如药丸或食物）。 这些对象被提供有编码描述对象的数据的射频识别（RFID）标签。 摄入物体的人体或动物装备有用于检测，解码和归档标签中编码的数据的RFID传感器。 用户可以用传感器扫描人或动物受试者的身体，以确定是否已经被标记的物体被摄取。 标签可能被物质覆盖或含有在进入消化系统时溶解的元素。 这允许检测摄取，并且还允许RFID标签编码在消化过程中改变。

公开(公告)号：US4706190A

公开(公告)日：1987-11-10

申请号：US755952

申请日：1985-07-16

申请人： Frank C. Bomba ,  Stephen R. Jenkins

发明人： Frank C. Bomba ,  Stephen R. Jenkins

IPC分类号： G06F13/42

CPC分类号： G06F13/4213

摘要： When a device on a computer communications bus receives a request to enter into a transaction and is not yet ready to perform the transaction, it sends a retry signal to the requesting device to indicate to it that it should terminate the transaction that it has initiated. If the responding device may later be ready to engage in the transaction if the transaction is initiated again some time in the future, the signal is a retry signal and differs from the signal that the requesting device would receive if the transaction were to be terminated for some other reason. As a result, the master device can be arranged to re-initiate only those transactions for which there is a likelihood that they can be carried out to completion when they are attempted again.

摘要翻译： 当计算机通信总线上的设备接收到进入事务的请求并且尚未准备好执行事务时，它向请求设备发送重试信号，以向其指示应该终止其已经发起的事务。 如果响应设备可能随后准备好参与交易，如果事务在将来再次启动一段时间，则信号是重试信号，并且如果交易将被终止，则请求设备将接收的信号不同于 其他原因 因此，主设备可以被安排为仅重新启动那些在再次尝试时可能执行完成的那些事务。

公开(公告)号：US08184001B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-22

申请号：US12316415

申请日：2008-12-12

申请人： Benjamin Kuris ,  Steven M. Ayer ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Doug F. Busch

发明人： Benjamin Kuris ,  Steven M. Ayer ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Doug F. Busch

IPC分类号： G08B1/08

CPC分类号： G08B21/0461

摘要： A wireless contextual prompting device provides contextual (context-aware) prompting in the home for applications such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring, medication adherence, journaling, social messaging and coaching. The device combines the advantages of a small, wireless, battery-operated sensor that may be easily mounted at critical places in a person's daily routine with a low-power, high-contrast display panel that may be palm sized. The context may be displayed on the display screen as images, icons and/or text such that it is easy to interpret warnings by the young, elderly, or the language-challenged.

摘要翻译： 无线上下文提示设备在家庭中提供上下文（上下文感知）提示，用于诸如“日常生活活动”（ADL）监控，药物依从，日志记录，社交信息和辅导等应用程序。 该设备结合了小型，无线，电池供电的传感器的优点，可以在人的日常生活中的关键位置轻松安装低功率，高对比度显示面板，可能是手掌大小。 上下文可以在显示屏幕上显示为图像，图标和/或文本，使得容易解释年轻人，老年人或受到语言挑战的警告。

公开(公告)号：US4769768A

公开(公告)日：1988-09-06

申请号：US917319

申请日：1986-10-09

申请人： Frank C. Bomba ,  Stephen R. Jenkins

发明人： Frank C. Bomba ,  Stephen R. Jenkins

IPC分类号： G06F13/26 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F13/14 ,  G06F13/36 ,  G06F13/40

CPC分类号： G06F13/26 ,  G06F15/161

摘要： A process for directing an interrupt request from an interrupting device to a selected number of processing devices by a bus. The interrupting device asserts one or more data lines during an interrupt command, each asserted data line corresponding to a selected processing device to which the interrupt command is directed. During an identify transaction, the interrupting device monitors which data line is asserted by a processing device to determine whether the asserted data line corresponds to a processing device selected by a destination mask stored in the interrupting device. Subsequently, one or more data lines are asserted by the interrupting device corresponding to a particular interrupt routine. The interrupting device itself selects particular processing devices, eliminating the need for a central interrupt arbiter. The process allows the interrupting device to seek interrupt servicing from any number of other devices, and to accept service from the first device which is available.

摘要翻译： 用于通过总线将中断请求从中断装置引导到选定数量的处理装置的处理。 中断装置在中断命令期间断言一个或多个数据线，每个断言的数据线对应于中断命令所针对的所选择的处理装置。 在识别事务期间，中断设备监视处理设备确定哪个数据线，以确定所断言的数据线是否对应于存储在中断设备中的目的地掩码所选择的处理设备。 随后，一个或多个数据线由对应于特定中断程序的中断装置断言。 中断设备本身选择特定的处理设备，消除了对中央仲裁器的需要。 该过程允许中断设备从任何数量的其他设备寻求中断服务，并接受来自可用的第一设备的服务。

公开(公告)号：US20120223835A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-06

申请号：US13474446

申请日：2012-05-17

申请人： Benjamin Kuris ,  Steven M. Ayer ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Douglas F. Busch

发明人： Benjamin Kuris ,  Steven M. Ayer ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Douglas F. Busch

IPC分类号： G08B5/36 ,  G08B1/08

CPC分类号： G08B21/0461

摘要： A wireless contextual prompting device provides contextual (context-aware) prompting in the home for applications such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring, medication adherence, journaling, social messaging and coaching. The device combines the advantages of a small, wireless, battery-operated sensor that may be easily mounted at critical places in a person's daily routine with a low-power, high-contrast display panel that may be palm sized. The context may be displayed on the display screen as images, icons and/or text such that it is easy to interpret warnings by the young, elderly, or the language-challenged.

摘要翻译： 无线上下文提示设备在家庭中提供上下文（上下文感知）提示，用于诸如“日常生活活动”（ADL）监控，药物依从，日志记录，社交信息和辅导等应用。 该设备结合了小型，无线，电池供电的传感器的优点，可以在人的日常生活中的关键位置轻松安装低功率，高对比度显示面板，可能是手掌大小。 上下文可以在显示屏幕上显示为图像，图标和/或文本，使得容易解释年轻人，老年人或受到语言挑战的警告。

公开(公告)号：US4661905A

公开(公告)日：1987-04-28

申请号：US534781

申请日：1983-09-22

申请人： Frank C. Bomba ,  Reinhard Schumann ,  Steven R. Jenkins ,  Paul Binder

发明人： Frank C. Bomba ,  Reinhard Schumann ,  Steven R. Jenkins ,  Paul Binder

IPC分类号： G06F15/17 ,  G06F13/374 ,  G06F13/38 ,  G06F13/18

CPC分类号： G06F13/374

摘要： Control of a communications path interconnecting separate devices in a digital computer system is provided by only two signals generated and received locally within each device on the path and asserted on a systems-wide basis on two separate lines of the path. The generation and utilization of the control signals is independent of the physical location of the devices on the path, and position-dependent delays in transmission of the signals from one device to another are avoided.

摘要翻译： 在数字计算机系统中互连单独设备的通信路径的控制仅由在路径上的每个设备内本地生成和接收的两个信号提供，并且在系统的基础上在路径的两条不同的线路上被断言。 控制信号的产生和利用与路径上的设备的物理位置无关，并且避免了将信号从一个设备传输到另一个设备的位置相关延迟。

公开(公告)号：US4648030A

公开(公告)日：1987-03-03

申请号：US534782

申请日：1983-09-22

申请人： Frank C. Bomba ,  Dileep P. Bhandarkar ,  J. J. Grady, III ,  Stanley A. Lackey, Jr. ,  Jeffrey W. Mitchell ,  Reinhard Schumann

发明人： Frank C. Bomba ,  Dileep P. Bhandarkar ,  J. J. Grady, III ,  Stanley A. Lackey, Jr. ,  Jeffrey W. Mitchell ,  Reinhard Schumann

IPC分类号： G06F12/08 ,  G06F13/36 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/14

CPC分类号： G06F13/36 ,  G06F12/0833

摘要： One of a plurality of devices on a common communications path (68) has a local memory (54) that is accessible by other devices on the common communications path (68). Another device on the common communications path (68) may include a cache memory (190) that keeps copies of certain of the data contained by the local memory (54). If another device on the common communications path (68) accesses the local memory (54), the cache (190) is kept apprised of this fact by monitoring of the common communications path (68), and it sets an internal flag to indicate that the data involved may not be valid. However, the contents of memory 54 may also be accessed by means of a processor (50) without using the common communications path (68). Accordingly, provisions are made to send an invalidate signal over the common communications path (68) when a non-path access of the local memory (54) has been made to a location to which access was previously afforded over the common communications path ( 68). In this way, non-path accesses of a local memory can be permitted, yet proper invalidation of cache memories can be performed in a simple manner.

摘要翻译： 公共通信路径（68）上的多个设备中的一个具有可由公共通信路径（68）上的其他设备访问的本地存储器（54）。 公共通信路径（68）上的另一个设备可以包括保持由本地存储器（54）包含的某些数据的副本的高速缓冲存储器（190）。 如果公共通信路径（68）上的另一个设备访问本地存储器（54），则通过监视公共通信路径（68）来保持高速缓存（190）的这一事实，并且设置内部标志以指示 所涉及的数据可能无效。 然而，也可以借助于处理器（50）来访问存储器54的内容而不使用公共通信路径（68）。 因此，当本地存储器（54）的非路径访问已经到达先前通过公共通信路径进行访问的位置（68）时，通过公共通信路径（68）发送无效信号 ）。 以这种方式，可以允许本地存储器的非路径访问，但是可以以简单的方式执行缓存存储器的适当无效。

公开(公告)号：US4787033A

公开(公告)日：1988-11-22

申请号：US534829

申请日：1983-09-22

申请人： Frank C. Bomba ,  William D. Strecker ,  Steven R. Jenkins

发明人： Frank C. Bomba ,  William D. Strecker ,  Steven R. Jenkins

IPC分类号： G06F13/14 ,  G06F13/374 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/40

CPC分类号： G06F13/374

摘要： Devices for interconnection into a digital computer system contain arbitration mechanisms for assigning control of a common communications path among the devices. Several modes of device arbitration are provided for, and the modes may be mixed among devices, and changed during operation of the system, in the system without interfering with communications. The arbitration mechanism requires only a single additional line in the communications pathway, and thus a single additional pin on the integrated circuit on which it is implemented, for the arbitration function. It thus facilitates implementation of the arbitration mechanism along with all other interconnect logic on a single integrated circuit.

摘要翻译： 用于互连到数字计算机系统的设备包含仲裁机制，用于分配设备之间的公共通信路径的控制。 提供了多种设备仲裁模式，并且可以在设备之间混合模式，并在系统运行期间在系统中改变，而不会干扰通信。 仲裁机制仅在通信路径中仅需要一条附加线路，并且因此在其被实现的集成电路上的单个额外的引脚用于仲裁功能。 因此，它便于在单个集成电路上实现仲裁机制以及所有其他互连逻辑。

公开(公告)号：US20090184821A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-23

申请号：US12316415

申请日：2008-12-12

申请人： Benjamin Kuris ,  Steven M. Ayer ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Douglas F. Busch

发明人： Benjamin Kuris ,  Steven M. Ayer ,  Frank C. Bomba ,  Douglas F. Busch

IPC分类号： G08B13/00

CPC分类号： G08B21/0461

摘要： A wireless contextual prompting device provides contextual (context-aware) prompting in the home for applications such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring, medication adherence, journaling, social messaging and coaching. The device combines the advantages of a small, wireless, battery-operated sensor that may be easily mounted at critical places in a person's daily routine with a low-power, high-contrast display panel that may be palm sized. The context may be displayed on the display screen as images, icons and/or text such that it is easy to interpret warnings by the young, elderly, or the language-challenged.

摘要翻译： 无线上下文提示设备在家庭中提供上下文（上下文感知）提示，用于诸如“日常生活活动”（ADL）监控，药物依从，日志记录，社交信息和辅导等应用。 该设备结合了小型，无线，电池供电的传感器的优点，可以在人的日常生活中的关键位置轻松安装低功率，高对比度显示面板，可能是手掌大小。 上下文可以在显示屏幕上显示为图像，图标和/或文本，使得容易解释年轻人，老年人或受到语言挑战的警告。