Patent ID: 7292709
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: A61B,H04J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting information including image signals and biological signals of a patient via a network, the system comprising: a plurality of nodes connected to the network, including: a master counter, provided in one of the nodes to provide a reference count; a first counter, provided in the first node to append a first count to a predetermined unit of the image signal data to be transmitted; and a second counter, provided in the second node to append a second count to a predetermined unit of the biological signal data to be transmitted, wherein: at least one of the first counter and the second counter issues a query to the master counter to receive the reference count as a response; and at least one of the first count and the second count is corrected, based on the reference count and a time period from the issuance of the query to the receipt of the response, so as to synchronous with the reference count.