TELEROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH DUAL APPLICATION SCREEN PRESENTATION

• US 20120072024A1
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2002
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Teladoc Health, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Teladoc Health, Inc.
• Inventors: Southard, Jonathan, Pinter, Marco, Wang, Yulun, Jordan, Charles S.
• Application Number:
  US13/277,449
• Publication Number:
  US 20120072024A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/259
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 11/009 Nursing, e.g. carrying sick persons, pushing wheelchairs, distributing drugs
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 19/022 using lasers
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 5/007 mounted on wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/1689 Teleoperation

Abstract

A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station may be a personal computer coupled to the robot through a broadband network. A user at the remote station may receive both video and audio from a camera and a microphone of the robot, respectively. The remote station may include a visual display that displays both a first screen field and a second screen field. The first screen field may display a video image provided by a robot camera. The second screen field may display information such as patient records. The information from the second screen field may be moved to the first screen field and also transmitted to the robot for display by a robot monitor. The user at the remote station may annotate the information displayed by the robot monitor to provide a more active video-conferencing experience.

Claims

1. A robot system, comprising:

a robot that has a monitor and a camera that captures a video image; and

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a remote station that is coupled to said robot, said remote station includes a visual display that displays said video image, a user interface element and a non-robot information, said remote station allows a highlighted portion of said non-robot information to be created by a user of said remote station while viewing said video image, and transmitted to said mobile robot, wherein said highlighted portion of non-robot information is displayed by said robot monitor in response to a selection of said user interface element.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said remote station visual display includes a robot view field.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein non-robot information includes an application program.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said application program displays said non-robot information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said remote station includes a user interface with a button that can be selected to cause transmission of said highlighted portion of non-robot information to said robot.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a user can annotate said non-robot information displayed by said robot monitor.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said non-robot information is a medical image.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said non-robot information is a document.

9. The system of claim 4, further comprising a server that is coupled to said remote station and which provides said non-robot information.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the captured video image is transmitted to said server.

11. A robot system, comprising:

a robot that has a monitor and a camera that captures a video image; and

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a remote station that is coupled to said robot, said remote station includes visual display means for displaying said video image, a user interface element, and a non-robot information, said remote station allows a highlighted portion of said non-robot information to be created by user of said remote station while viewing said video image, and transmitted to said mobile robot, wherein said highlighted portion of non-robot information is displayed by said robot monitor in response to a selection of said user interface element.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said non-robot information includes an application program.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said application program displays said non-robot information.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein said remote station includes a user interface with a button that can be selected to cause transmission of said highlighted portion of non-robot information to said robot.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein a user can annotate said non-robot information displayed by said robot monitor.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein said non-robot information is a medical image.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein said non-robot information is a document.

18. The system of claim 13, further comprising a server that is coupled to said remote station and which provides said non-robot information.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the captured image is transmitted to said server.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the application program displays the non-robot information.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the non-robot information is a medical image.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the non-robot information is a document.

26. The method of claim 23, the non-robot information is transmitted from a server.

20. A method for operating a robot system, comprising:

moving a robot that has a monitor and a camera with commands from a remote station;

capturing a video image with the camera;

transmitting the video image to a remote station;

displaying on a monitor of the remote station the video image and a non-robot information;

highlighting a portion of the non-robot information with input from a user of the remote station;

selecting a user interface element that is displayed by the remote station;

transmitting the highlighted portion of the non-robot information to the robot; and

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displaying the highlighted portion of the non-robot information on the robot monitor.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the non-robot information includes an application program.

27. The method of claim 20, further comprising transmitting the video image to a server.