Patent ID: 7949192
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for converting analog medical video data to digital objects, comprising the steps of: a. receiving a digital video signal produced by converting an analog video signal received in response to playing a recording of analog medical video associated with a legacy system on an analog video player compatible with the legacy system; b. determining without human intervention a first portion of a video frame of the digital video signal where characters are imaged onto the analog medical video by the legacy system, wherein the first portion is associated with a particular context for the legacy system; c. processing the first portion of the video frame in a video optical character recognition process to generate first character code data; d. determining without human intervention non-video descriptive data associated with the analog medical video data based on the first character code data and the particular context; and e. storing without human intervention digital video data based on the digital video signal in association with the non-video descriptive data.