Systems And Methods For Patient Identification Using Mobile Face Recognition

• US 20090136094A1
• Filed: 11/26/2007
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Sundaram, Senthilnathan, Khandelwal, Govind, Driver, Tushad Percy, Sahasrabudhe, Maneesha
• Application Number:
  US11/945,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20090136094A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a patient identifier system including an image capture component adapted to capture a patient image, an image lookup component adapted to compare the patient image to a plurality of stored images to identify a matching image, and a record retrieval component adapted to retrieve medical data using patient data associated with the matching image. The patient image is an image of a patient. Each stored image is associated with patient data.

Claims

1. A method of patient identification, the method comprising:

capturing a patient image, wherein the patient image is an image of a patient;

comparing the patient image to a plurality of stored images to determine a matching image, wherein each stored image is associated with patient data; and

selecting the patient data associated with the matching image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient image comprises an image of a face of the patient.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving medical data using the patient data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying the medical data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the patient image with the plurality of stored images; and

associating the stored patient image with the selected patient data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient data comprises at least one of a patient identification number and a patient name.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the patient data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the capturing step is performed by an image capturing component.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing step is performed by an image lookup component.

10. A patient identifier system, the system comprising:

an image capture component adapted to capture a patient image, wherein the patient image is an image of a patient;

an image lookup component adapted to compare the patient image to a plurality of stored images to identify a matching image, wherein each stored image is associated with patient data; and

a record retrieval component adapted to retrieve medical data using the patient data associated with the matching image.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the patient image comprises an image of a face of the patient.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the image capture component comprises at least one of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a tablet personal computer, and a digital camera.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising a data display component adapted to display the medical data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the data display component is integrated with the image capture component.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the data display component is adapted to display the captured patient image.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the patient data is at least one of a patient identification number and a patient name.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the patient image is a two-dimensional image.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the patient image is a three-dimensional image.

19. A computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions comprising:

an image lookup routine configured to compare a patient image to a plurality of stored images to select a matching image, wherein the patient image is an image of a patient, wherein each stored image is associated with patient data; and

a record retrieval routine configured to retrieve medical data using the patient data associated with the matching image.

20. A computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions comprising:

an image capture routine configured to capture a patient image and to transmit the patient image to an image lookup component, wherein the patient image is an image of a patient, wherein the image lookup component is adapted to compare the patient image to a plurality of stored images to identify a matching image, wherein each stored image is associated with patient data; and

a data display routine configured to receive and display medical data of the patient, wherein the medical data is received from a record retrieval component adapted to retrieve the medical data using the patient data associated with the matching image.