Postural information system and method including direction generation based on collection of subject advisory information

• US 20100228492A1
• Filed: 09/29/2009
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC A Limited Liability Corporation of The State of Delaware
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Application Number:
  US12/587,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/19
• 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: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• 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

Abstract

A method includes, but is not limited to: for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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 generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances. 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 method comprising:

for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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

generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances.

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124. A system comprising:

for each of more than one instances, circuitry for determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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

circuitry for generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances.

125. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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:

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

128. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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:

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

130. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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:

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

132. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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:

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

134. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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:

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

137. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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:

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

139. The system of claim 124, wherein one or more of the first postural influencers includes a robotic system and wherein the circuitry for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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:

circuitry for determining subject advisory information regarding the robotic system.

142. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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:

circuitry for one or more of the postural influencers being associated with less than all of the more than one instances.

144. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances comprises:

circuitry for at least a portion of the one or more generated directions being incorporated into a policy.

147. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances comprises:

circuitry for generating directions is based upon a biasing of subject advisory information determined for the most recent instance.

149. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances comprises:

circuitry for at least a portion of the one or more generated directions regard placement of one or more of the postural influencers.

152. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances comprises:

circuitry for at least a portion of the one or more directions being generated on a periodic basis.

154. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry for generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances comprises:

circuitry for at least a portion of the one or more directions being generated a predetermined period of time after the determining subject advisory information for one of the one or more instances.

157. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

159. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

162. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

164. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

167. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

169. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

172. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

174. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

177. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

179. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

182. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

184. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

187. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

189. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

192. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

194. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

197. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

199. The system of claim 124, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

circuitry 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.

202. The system of claim 124, further comprising:

circuitry 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.

204. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

207. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

209. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

212. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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 optical aspects.

214. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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 electromagnetic aspects.

217. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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.

219. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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.

222. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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 gyroscopic aspects.

224. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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 accelerometry aspects.

227. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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 inertial aspects.

229. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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.

232. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 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.

239. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

240. The system of claim 202, wherein the circuitry 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 comprises:

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

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247. A system comprising:

means for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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

means for generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances.

248. A system comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions for each of one or more instances, determining subject advisory information regarding one or more subjects associated with the instance 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 instructions for generating one or more directions based at least in part upon each of the subject advisory information associated with each of the more than one instances.