TELEMEDICINE VISUAL MONITORING DEVICE WITH STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION
First Claim
1. A method of providing remote visualization of a subject comprising:
- acquiring a first image of at least a portion of a subject at a first location at a first lighting condition with an imaging system located at the first location under control of electrical control circuitry;
transmitting the acquired first image to a second location remote from the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry;
receiving a lighting control signal for controlling an adjustment to a lighting condition at the first location from the second location under control of the electrical control circuitry;
adjusting at least one controllable light source at the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry to provide a second lighting condition responsive to receiving the lighting control signal for controlling the adjustment to the lighting condition at the first location;
acquiring a second image of the at least a portion of the subject at the first location at the second lighting condition with the imaging system located at the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry; and
transmitting the acquired second image to the second location under control of the electrical control circuitry;
wherein at least one of the first image and the second image contains information indicative of a health status of the subject.
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Abstract
A system for providing telemedicine support with structured illumination and related methods is described. The telemedicine system provides two-way audio visual communication between a patient and a remote caregiver, as well as controllable illumination of the patient of that can be remotely adjusted to enhance medically-relevant information that can be derived from images of the patient. In various aspects, lighting system parameters including but not limited to intensity, light pulse duration, spectral content, divergence or convergence and polarization can be adjusted. In some aspects, parameters of the imaging system such as filtration, pan, tilt, or zoom of the imaging system can be adjusted. In addition to providing two-way communication and controllable illumination capability, telemedicine systems as described herein may include various diagnostic or medical treatment devices.
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167 Claims
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1. A method of providing remote visualization of a subject comprising:
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acquiring a first image of at least a portion of a subject at a first location at a first lighting condition with an imaging system located at the first location under control of electrical control circuitry; transmitting the acquired first image to a second location remote from the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry; receiving a lighting control signal for controlling an adjustment to a lighting condition at the first location from the second location under control of the electrical control circuitry; adjusting at least one controllable light source at the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry to provide a second lighting condition responsive to receiving the lighting control signal for controlling the adjustment to the lighting condition at the first location; acquiring a second image of the at least a portion of the subject at the first location at the second lighting condition with the imaging system located at the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry; and transmitting the acquired second image to the second location under control of the electrical control circuitry; wherein at least one of the first image and the second image contains information indicative of a health status of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 9, 12, 14, 15, 24, 150, 151, 152)
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36. A remote visualization system comprising:
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an audio input device at a first location; an imaging system at the first location adapted to acquire an image of a subject, the image containing information indicative of a health status of the subject; a video output device at the first location; an audio output device at the first location; a controllable lighting system including at least one light source adapted to illuminate at least a portion of the subject during acquisition of the image of the subject and having at least one controllable lighting system parameter that influences at least one of the amount or type of information indicative of the health status of the subject in an acquired image of the subject; first electrical control circuitry at the first location operatively connected to and configured to control operation of the audio input device, imaging system, video output device, audio output device, and controllable lighting system; and communication circuitry at the first location configured to provide communication between the first electrical control circuitry and second electrical control circuitry at a second location remote from the first location; wherein the first electrical control circuitry is configured to control the controllable parameter of the controllable lighting system responsive to receipt of a lighting control signal from the second electrical control circuitry at the second location. - View Dependent Claims (37, 85, 99, 102, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163)
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107. A method of providing remote visualization of a subject comprising:
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providing a subject with a remote visualization system in a transport container, the remote visualization system including; an audio input device; an imaging system; a video output device; an audio output device; a controllable lighting system including at least one light source, the controllable lighting system built into or received in the container; electrical control circuitry built into or received in the container, the electrical control circuitry configured to control operation of the audio input device, imaging system, video output device, audio output device, and controllable lighting system; and communication circuitry configured to provide communication between the electrical control circuitry at a first location and remote electrical control circuitry at a second location remote from the first location; receiving at the second location a first image of at least a portion of a subject via the communication circuitry, wherein the first image was captured at a first lighting condition with the imaging system located at the first location; transmitting a lighting control signal from the second location to the first location via the communication circuitry for controlling an adjustment to the controllable lighting system to provide a second lighting condition at the first location; and receiving at the second location a second image of the at least a portion of the subject via the communication circuitry, wherein the second image was captured at the second lighting condition with the imaging system at the first location; wherein at least one of the first image and the second image contains information indicative of a health status of the subject, and wherein the adjustment to the controllable lighting system influences at least one of the amount or type of information indicative of the health status of the subject in the second image of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (112, 114, 117, 135, 164, 165, 166, 167)
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143. An article of manufacture comprising:
one or more non-transitory machine-readable data storage media bearing one or more instructions for; providing a subject with a remote visualization system in a transport container, the remote visualization system including; an audio input device; an imaging system; a video output device; an audio output device; a controllable lighting system including at least one light source, the controllable lighting system built into or received in the container; electrical control circuitry built into or received in the container, the electrical control circuitry configured to control operation of the audio input device, imaging system, video output device, audio output device, and controllable lighting system; and communication circuitry configured to provide communication between the electrical control circuitry at a first location and remote electrical control circuitry at a second location remote from the first location; receiving a first image of at least a portion of a subject at the second location via the communication circuitry, wherein the first image was captured at a first lighting condition with the imaging system located at the first location; transmitting a lighting control signal from the second location to the first location via the communication circuitry for controlling an adjustment to the controllable lighting system to provide a second lighting condition at the first location; and receiving at the second location a second image of the at least a portion of the subject via the communication circuitry, wherein the second image was captured at the second lighting condition with the imaging system at the first location; wherein at least one of the first image and the second image contains information indicative of a health status of the subject, and wherein the adjustment to the controllable lighting system influences at least one of the amount or type of information indicative of the health status of the subject in the second image of the subject.
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