POSTURAL INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING CENTRAL DETERMINING OF SUBJECT ADVISORY INFORMATION BASED ON SUBJECT STATUS INFORMATION AND POSTURAL INFLUENCER STATUS INFORMATION

• US 20100225490A1
• Filed: 03/20/2009
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Application Number:
  US12/383,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20100225490A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.700
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/103 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes A61B5/08 takes precedence; measuring aids for tailors A41H1/00; measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry A61C19/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4561 Evaluating static posture, e.g. undesirable back curvature A61B5/1116 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 1/00 Measuring arrangements giving results other than momentary value of variable, of general application G01D3/00 takes precedence; in tariff metering apparatus G01D4/00; transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable G01D5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 15/00 Component parts of recorders for measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers, determining subject advisory information regarding the one or more subjects based at least in part upon the subject status information and the postural influencer status information., and determining subject advisory information regarding the one or more subjects based at least in part upon the subject status information and the postural influencer status information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

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130. A system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers;

circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects; and

circuitry for determining subject advisory information regarding the one or more subjects based at least in part upon the subject status information and the postural influencer status information.

131. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for wirelessly receiving one or more elements of the subject status information.

133. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more elements of the subject status information via a cellular system.

136. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more elements of the subject status information via infrared communication.

138. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more elements of the subject status information via optical communication.

141. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more acoustic aspects.

143. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more radar aspects.

145. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more image recognition aspects.

148. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) aspects.

151. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more inclinometry aspects.

154. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more pressure aspects.

157. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more global positioning satellite (GPS) aspects.

158. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more grid reference aspects.

160. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more reference beacon aspects.

162. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more acoustic reference aspects.

164. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more subject input aspects.

166. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding subject status information expressed relative to one or more objects other than the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects.

169. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding subject status information expressed relative to one or more portions of a building structure.

171. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more locational aspects.

174. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more conformational aspects.

176. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more visual appearance aspects.

178. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more elements of the postural influencer status information from one or more of the postural influencers via a network.

180. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more elements of the postural influencer status information from one or more of the postural influencers via peer-to-peer communication.

183. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more elements of the postural influencer status information from one or more of the postural influencers via acoustic communication.

185. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers.

188. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more electromagnetic aspects.

190. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more image capture aspects.

193. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more pattern recognition aspects.

196. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more gyroscopic aspects.

198. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more accelerometry aspects.

201. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more inertial aspects.

203. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more global positioning satellite (GPS) aspects.

206. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more reference beacon aspects.

208. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more acoustic reference aspects.

210. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more subject input aspects.

213. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding postural influencer status information expressed relative to one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers.

215. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding postural influencer status information expressed relative to one or more portions of a building structure.

218. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more positional aspects.

221. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more visual placement aspects.

222. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more visual appearance aspects.

224. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for determining subject advisory information regarding the one or more subjects based at least in part upon the subject status information and the postural influencer status information comprises:

circuitry for determining subject advisory information including suggested one or more subject locations to locate one or more of the subjects.

226. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for determining subject advisory information regarding the one or more subjects based at least in part upon the subject status information and the postural influencer status information comprises:

circuitry for determining subject advisory information including one or more suggested subject orientations to orient one or more of the subjects.

238. The system of claim 130, further comprising circuitry for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the subject advisory information.

239. The system of claim 238, wherein the circuitry for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the subject advisory information comprises:

circuitry for outputting one or more elements of the output information in audio form.

242. The system of claim 238, wherein the circuitry for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the subject advisory information comprises:

circuitry for outputting one or more elements of the output information as visible light.

251. The system of claim 238, wherein the circuitry for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the subject advisory information comprises:

circuitry for outputting one or more elements of the output information as a transmission to one or more of the postural influencers.

252. The system of claim 238, wherein the circuitry for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the subject advisory information comprises:

circuitry for outputting one or more elements of the output information as a projection.

254. The system of claim 238, wherein the circuitry for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the subject advisory information comprises:

circuitry for outputting one or more elements of the output information as a general alarm.

257. The system of claim 238, wherein the circuitry for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the subject advisory information comprises:

circuitry for outputting one or more elements of the output information as one or more log entries.

261. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more image capture aspects.

262. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more postural aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the subjects through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more pattern recognition aspects.

263. The system of claim 130, wherein the circuitry for determining subject advisory information regarding the one or more subjects based at least in part upon the subject status information and the postural influencer status information comprises:

circuitry for determining subject advisory information including one or more suggested postural influencer locations to locate one or more of the postural influencers.

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259. A system comprising:

means for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers;

means for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects; and

means for determining subject advisory information regarding the one or more subjects based at least in part upon the subject status information and the postural influencer status information.

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a signal-bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions for obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of two or more postural influencers;

one or more instructions for obtaining postural influencer status information regarding one or more spatial aspects regarding the two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects; and

one or more instructions for determining subject advisory information regarding the one or more subjects based at least in part upon the subject status information and the postural influencer status information.