Postural information system and method including determining response to subject advisory information

• US 20100228154A1
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• 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:
  US12/589,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228154A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/587
• 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: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system includes, but is not limited to: one or more determining advisory modules configured for determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects, and one or more response determining modules configured for determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers. 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

1. A system comprising:

one or more determining advisory modules configured for determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects; and

one or more response determining modules configured for determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more determining influencer location modules configured for

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

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more determining influencer orientation modules configured for

determining subject advisory information including one or more suggested postural influencer orientations to orient one or more of the postural influencers.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more determining influencer position modules configured for

determining subject advisory information including one or more suggested postural influencer positions to position one or more of the postural influencers.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more determining subject conformation modules configured for

determining subject advisory information including one or more suggested subject conformations to conform one or more of the subjects.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more determining subject schedule modules configured for

determining subject advisory information including one or more suggested schedules of operation for one or more of the subjects.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more determining postural adjustment modules configured for

determining subject advisory information including one or more elements of suggested postural adjustment instruction for one or more of the subjects.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the first postural influencers includes a robotic system and wherein the determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects based at least in part upon postural influencer status information including information involving one or more spatial aspects for each of two or more postural influencers of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more determining robotic module modules configured for

determining subject advisory information regarding the robotic system.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more radar detecting modules configured for

detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the first postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more radar aspects.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more image recognition detecting modules configured for

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

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more RFID detecting modules configured for

detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the first postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) aspects.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more gyroscopic detecting modules configured for

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

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more force detecting modules configured for

detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the first postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more force aspects.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more inertial detecting modules configured for

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

34. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more grid reference detecting modules configured for

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

36. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more beacon detecting modules configured for

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

39. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining a response to the subject advisory information including one or more changes regarding one or more spatial aspects for one or more of the postural influencers comprises:

one or more triangulation detecting modules configured for

detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the first postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more triangulation aspects.

42. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more obtaining conformation modules configured for

obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects.

44. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more network receiving modules configured for

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

46. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more peer-to-peer receiving modules configured for

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

49. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more acoustic receiving modules configured for

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

51. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more detecting modules configured for

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

54. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more EM detecting modules configured for

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

56. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more image capture detecting modules configured for

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

59. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more pattern recognition detecting modules configured for

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

61. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more contact detecting modules configured for

detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the first postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more contact sensing aspects.

64. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more accelerometry detecting modules configured for

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

66. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more pressure detecting modules configured for

detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the first postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more pressure aspects.

69. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more GPS detecting modules configured for

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

71. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more edge detecting modules configured for

detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the first postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more edge detection aspects.

74. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more acoustic reference detecting modules configured for

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

76. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more subject input modules configured for

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

79. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more influencer relative obtaining modules configured for

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

81. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more building relative obtaining modules configured for

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

84. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more positional detecting modules configured for

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

86. The system of claim 42, wherein the obtaining postural influencer status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more first postural influencers of one or more subjects with respect to a second postural influencer of the one or more subjects comprises:

one or more conformational detecting modules configured for

detecting one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of one or more of the first postural influencers through at least in part one or more techniques involving one or more conformational aspects.

89. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more obtaining information modules configured for

obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers.

91. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more network receiving modules configured for

receiving one or more elements of the subject status information via a network.

94. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more EM receiving modules configured for

receiving one or more elements of the subject status information via electromagnetic communication.

96. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more acoustic receiving modules configured for

receiving one or more elements of the subject status information via acoustic communication.

99. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more optical detecting modules configured 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 optical aspects.

105. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more photographic detecting modules configured 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 photographic aspects.

106. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more pattern recognition detecting modules configured 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.

109. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more gyroscopic detecting modules configured 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 gyroscopic aspects.

111. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more accelerometry detecting modules configured 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 accelerometry aspects.

114. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more inertial detecting modules configured 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 inertial aspects.

116. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more GPS detecting modules configured 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.

119. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more beacon detecting modules configured 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.

121. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more acoustic reference detecting modules configured 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.

124. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more storage retrieving modules configured for

retrieving one or more elements of the subject status information from one or more storage portions.

126. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more subject relative obtaining modules configured for

obtaining information regarding subject status information expressed relative to one or more portions of one or more of the subjects.

129. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more locational obtaining modules configured for

obtaining information regarding subject status information expressed in absolute location coordinates.

131. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more positional detecting modules configured 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 positional aspects.

133. The system of claim 89, wherein the obtaining subject status information associated with one or more postural aspects regarding one or more subjects of one or more of the first postural influencers comprises:

one or more conformational detecting modules configured 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.

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