SBIR-STTR Award

This proposal presents Think-A-Move, Ltd's (TAM's) approach to heads-up, hands-free interaction with electronic medical records (EMR), while maintaining the situational awareness (SA) needed to provide the level of care needed on today's battlefield. This solution will combine the state-of-the-art in mobile computing technology, Heads-Up Displays (HUD), Electronic Information Carriers (EIC), and automatic speech transcription software, all controlled hands free through the use of speech commands. The user will wear a set of augmented reality ballistic goggles, which contain a HUD, a small but powerful mobile computing device, and TAM's SPEAR™ earpiece. The operator will issue voice commands to control software through the use of speech recognition, call up and enter patient records, and navigate through medical databases.

Keywords:
Medic Spear Voice Control Speech Control In-Ear Heads-Up Transcription Situational Awareness Augmented Reality

Think-A-Move’s (TAM’s) proposed solution, with its purely hands-free system, will allow Medics to call up critical applications and data they need, display them using heads-up display (HUD) goggles, and enter information, all through the use of speech. TAM’s speech recognition software will be run natively on an Android OS device, such as a tablet computer or smart phone. TAM will develop a connectivity software framework to enable a Medic to interact with multiple heterogeneous sources of information including communications, e.g. video chat, medical databases, and electronic medical records. Medics will use speech to enter data about the injured into an Electronic Medical Record (EMR), including free-form progress notes, and to query remote data bases, such as for information regarding medical procedures, medications, and local poisonous flora fauna. The patient data will then be wirelessly stored on an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) USB storage device, where it can be transferred with the patient to the next level of care, such as a Battalion Aid Station (BAS). TAM will also improve the speed and accuracy of its speech recognition engine. Finally, TAM will gain feedback from Medics on how to integrate this prototype system with the kit that they currently use.

Keywords:
• Enable Medics to easily record critical information including progress notes using speech, without interrupting the treatment provided to casualties, through the creation of