Theodore M Olson

Author:

Theodore Olson

ISBN #:

0802055060

US Patent:

43123597, Jan 26, 1982

Filed:

Feb 19, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/122371

Inventors:

Theodore A. Olson - Minneapolis MN

Assignee:

Life Care Systems, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

A61B 502

US Classification:

128680

Abstract:

A noninvasive blood pressure measuring system includes an inflatable cuff for encircling a portion of the human body. The cuff is inflated to a pressure sufficient to occlude arterial flow, and the pressure is then released by opening of a pressure relief valve for short periods of time to reduce the pressure until both the systolic and diastolic events have occurred. The incremental decrease in pressure with each opening of the pressure relief valve is controlled by monitoring the pressure before opening and after closing the pressure relief valve. The time duration of the next valve opening cycle is controlled as a function of the comparison of the two pressures so as to maintain an average incremental decrease in pressure. In addition to systolic and diastolic blood pressures, pulse rate is also determined by counting the number of pulses between the systolic and diastolic events and determining the time elapsed between the two events. After occurrence of the systolic event, the valve is opened between pulses and the microphone and signal processing circuitry are disabled during the valve opening to prevent valve noise from creating false pulse signals.

US Patent:

20200369024, Nov 26, 2020

Filed:

May 24, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/422864

Inventors:

- Fremont CA, US
Theodore A. OLSON - Minneapolis MN, US

International Classification:

B41J 2/045
H04N 1/60
B41J 2/21

Abstract:

When a job does not exactly match the purpose of a printing profile but would benefit from some of the characteristics of a different printing profile, dynamically making the tradeoffs between the printing profiles is desirable. For example, a high-ink, large gamut profile might not be needed for a particular job, but an ink-saving profile would be excessively grainy. An intermediate profile would be recommended. Alternatively, the ink-saving profile can be adequate for everything except the skin tones in the print. Presented here are systems and methods to create a blended representation that could adopt the high-ink rules for a portion of the image, but ink-saving rules elsewhere. For example, the high-ink rules can be applied to the skin colors, but ink-saving rules can be applied in other parts of the image.