Postural information system and method

• US 20100225498A1
• Filed: 03/10/2009
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Application Number:
  US12/381,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20100225498A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/686.100
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• 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 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1113 Local tracking of patients, e.g. in a hospital or private home
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4561 Evaluating static posture, e.g. undesirable back curvature A61B5/1116 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0492 Sensor dual technology, i.e. two or more technologies collaborate to extract unsafe condition, e.g. video tracking and RFID tracking

Abstract

For two or more devices, each device having one or more portions, a method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device, and determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device. 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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117. A system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device; and

circuitry for determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device.

118. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for wirelessly receiving one or more elements of the physical status information from one or more of the devices.

120. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

123. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more elements of the physical status information from one or more of the devices via infrared communication.

126. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

127. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the devices through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more optical aspects.

129. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

131. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

133. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the devices through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more photographic aspects.

137. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

138. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

140. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the devices through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more force aspects.

144. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

145. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

147. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

148. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

152. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for retrieving one or more elements of the physical status information from one or more storage portions.

153. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding physical status information expressed relative to one or more objects other than the one or more devices.

155. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding physical status information expressed relative to one or more portions of Earth.

157. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding physical status information expressed in absolute location coordinates.

160. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

circuitry for detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the devices through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more orientational aspects.

161. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

162. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device comprises:

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

165. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device comprises:

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

167. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device comprises:

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

169. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device comprises:

circuitry for determining user advisory information including one or more suggested user positions to position one or more of the users.

171. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device comprises:

circuitry for determining user advisory information including one or more suggested user conformations to conform one or more of the users.

172. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device comprises:

circuitry for determining user advisory information including one or more suggested schedules of operation for one or more of the devices.

174. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device comprises:

circuitry for determining user advisory information including one or more suggested duration of use for one or more of the devices.

177. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device comprises:

circuitry for determining user advisory information including one or more elements of suggested instruction for ergonomic adjustment of one or more of the devices.

178. The system of claim 117, wherein the circuitry for the one or more first devices includes a robotic system and wherein the circuitry for the determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device comprises:

circuitry for determining user advisory information regarding the robotic system.

179. The system of claim 117, further comprising circuitry for determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information.

180. The system of claim 179, wherein the circuitry for the determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for performing a table lookup based at least in part upon one or more elements of the physical status information obtained for one or more of the devices.

184. The system of claim 179, wherein the circuitry for the determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for determining one or more elements of the user status information based at least in part upon which of the devices includes visual output to the one or more users thereof.

185. The system of claim 179, wherein the circuitry for the determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for inferring one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more users of one or more of the devices based at least in part upon one or more elements of the physical status information obtained for one or more of the devices.

190. The system of claim 179, wherein the circuitry for the determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for determining one or more elements of the user status information for one or more users of the two or more devices based at least in part upon one or more characterizations assigned to the one or more users relative to one or more procedures being performed at least in part through use of the two or more devices by one or more of the users thereof.

196. The system of claim 179, wherein the circuitry for the determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for determining an historical physical impact profile being imparted upon one or more of the users of one or more of the devices.

202. The system of claim 179, wherein the circuitry for the determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for determining user status regarding a collection of rules.

203. The system of claim 179, wherein the circuitry for the determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for determining user status regarding a collection of recommendations.

207. The system of claim 179, wherein the circuitry for the determining user status information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the physical status information obtained regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device to provide user status information for determining user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for determining user status regarding one or more appendages of one or more of the users.

212. The system of claim 179, further comprising circuitry for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information.

213. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

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

214. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

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

216. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

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

220. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for outputting one or more elements of the output information wirelessly.

222. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

circuitry for outputting one or more elements of the output information as an electromagnetic transmission.

225. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

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

227. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

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

229. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

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

231. The system of claim 212, wherein the circuitry for the outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more portions of the user advisory information comprises:

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

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233. The system comprising:

means for obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device; and

means for determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device.

234. A system comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions for obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of a second device; and

one or more instructions for determining user advisory information regarding one or more users of the second device based at least in part upon the obtaining physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of the one or more first devices with respect to one or more portions of the second device.