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App. No. 12/590,105

Methods and apparatus for image recognition and dictation

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App. No.
12/590,105
Abstract

The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for producing and digitizing a number of images to create a digital library of images, providing an image from outside the digital library, digitizing it and comparing it to the digital images in the digital library, and providing a text descriptive of the image from outside the digital library.

Claims (15)

1 - 4 . (canceled)

5 . A device for producing a text suitable for use in a record concerning a surgical procedure, comprising:

a library of digital images drawn from surgical procedures;

a microprocessor;

a digital image from outside said library; and

a digital library of texts, wherein the microprocessor is adapted to compare at least a portion of the image from outside the library to the images in the library, and wherein, based on the comparison, one of none, one or more portions of one or more of said texts, and one or more of said texts is selected for use in the record.

6 . (canceled)

7 . The device according to claim 5 , wherein the image from outside the library is a recorded image.

8 . The device according to claim 5 , wherein the image from outside the library is a real-time image.

9 - 10 . (canceled)

11 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising means for communicating said images and texts.

12 - 37 . (canceled)

38 . The device according to claim 11 , further comprising one or more remote accesses.

39 . The device according to claim 38 , wherein said remote accesses comprise an in-wall or wireless connector.

40 - 42 . (canceled)