Dynamic ocular visual monitoring system
First Claim
1. A medical device for capturing eye movement in response to a moving target, comprising:
- a. a camera for capturing images of at least one eye focused on at least one eye; and
b. a movement system for supporting a target and moving the target relative to at least one eye;
c. wherein the camera captures images of at least one eye as the movement system moves the target relative to at least one eye.
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Abstract
A medical device for capturing eye movement in response to a moving target (20) includes a camera (40) for capturing images of the eye while the eye is focused on the moving target (20). A movement system (86) controls the motion of the target (20). One or more communication interfaces (110) communicate with external devices. The external devices may include a computing device (115) or a recording device (90) for recording the image and target position data. Computing device (115) may include computer executable software components for controlling the movement system (86) and analyzing the images captured by the camera (40), including determining the position of the center of the pupil within each image and plotting that position against the corresponding position of the target (20) when the image was captured.
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74 Claims
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1. A medical device for capturing eye movement in response to a moving target, comprising:
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a. a camera for capturing images of at least one eye focused on at least one eye; and
b. a movement system for supporting a target and moving the target relative to at least one eye;
c. wherein the camera captures images of at least one eye as the movement system moves the target relative to at least one eye. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for capturing and analyzing eye movement in response to a moving target, comprising:
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a camera;
a movement system;
a target;
a computing device comprising a. a processing unit;
b. a camera communication interface for communicating with the camera wherein the camera communication interface is coupled to both the processing unit and the camera so that a plurality of images captured by the camera are transmitted to and received by the processing unit;
c. a movement system communication interface for communicating with the movement system coupled to both the processing unit and the movement system enabling the processing unit to send signals to the movement system; and
d. a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium storing program code implemented by the processing unit for 1. controlling the movement system by sending signals to the movement system through the movement system communication interface and determining the position of the target coupled to the movement system at the time each image of the plurality is captured; and
2. analyzing the movement of at least one eye in response to the moving target by analyzing the plurality of images captured by the camera;
wherein the camera is focused on at least one eye and captures images while the movement system is moving the target; and
the movement system supports and moves the target positioned in front of at least one eye in response to signals sent by the processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for assisting in diagnosing, treating, and monitoring a patient with a malfunction of the central nervous system, comprising:
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a. positioning a target in front of at least one eye of the patient;
b. positioning a camera to capture a series of images of at least one eye of the patient;
c. moving the target along a trajectory relative to at least one eye of the patient after the patient has focused at least one eye on the target;
d. capturing the series of images of at least one eye with the camera as the target moves;
e. determining the position of the target at the time each image is captured; and
f. analyzing the position of a pupil of at least one eye in each image of the series of images captured by the camera. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A computer readable medium having computer executable components for analyzing eye motion in response to an external visual stimulus, the computer executable components comprising an eye movement analysis module for
a. identifying a pupil in each image of a series of images of at least one eye of a patient captured while observing the external visual stimulus; -
b. determining a coordinate system having an origin common to all images in the series of images;
c. determining the coordinates of the center of the pupil within the coordinate system relative to the origin for each image of a series of images; and
d. calculating the distance of the external visual stimulus from the pupil for each image of a series of images. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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