System and method for presentation of data streams

• US 7,636,092 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2007
• Issued: 12/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Given Imaging Limited (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Given Imaging Limited (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Horn, Eli, Krupnik, Hagal
• Primary Examiner(s): Brier; Jeffery A
• Application Number:
  US11/723,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20070159483A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• Field of Search: 345440-4402, 715/716
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00016 using wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0005 combining images e.g. side-by-side, superimposed or tiled
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/041 Capsule endoscopes for imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/06 Devices, other than using radiation, for detecting or locating foreign bodies for removing same A61B17/50 ; determining position of probes within or on the body of the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/065 Determining position of the probe employing exclusively positioning means located on or in the probe, e.g. using position sensors arranged on the probe
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/073 Intestinal transmitters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/02 with a handle
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10016 Video; Image sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10068 Endoscopic image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30028 Colon; Small intestine

Abstract

An in-vivo sensing system and a method for creating a summarized graphical presentation of a data stream captured in-vivo. The graphical presentation may be in the form of for example a color bar. The color bar may be a fixed display along side a streaming display of the data stream. A cursor or other indicator may move along the fixed color bar as the data stream is displayed and/or streamed so as to indicate to a health professional what part of the data stream may be currently displayed. The color content in the color bar may map out the data stream and give indication of the location of anatomical sites as well as possible locations of pathology.

Claims

1. A method for presentation of a data stream, said method comprising:

receiving a data stream from an in-vivo imaging device, the data stream comprising in-vivo images;

generating a summarized presentation of the data stream wherein said presentation includes at least a spatially varying visual representation, said visual representation varying in color in accordance with color varying along the data stream, said visual representation comprising a series of summaries of color, each summary summarizing color data of one or more images from the data stream; and

displaying the summarized presentation.

2. The method according to claim 1 comprising displaying the summarized presentation of the data stream, wherein the data stream is a first data stream displayed along side a streaming display of a second data stream, said second data stream captured substantially simultaneously with the first data stream.

3. The method according to claim 1 comprising displaying a marker in a position along the summarized presentation said position substantially corresponding to a datum from the data stream, said datum concurrently being displayed.

4. The method according to claim 2 wherein the second data stream is a stream of measurements selected from a group consisting of:

in-vivo pH measurements, temperature measurements, pressure measurements, and blood measurements.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the data stream is a stream of in-vivo images of a gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the data stream is transmitted from an ingestible in-vivo device.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the summarized presentation is a color bar.

8. The method according to claim 2 comprising:

providing a graphical user interface accepting a user indication to alter the start position of the streaming of the second data stream.

9. The method according to claim 1 comprising accepting a user annotation.

17. The method of claim 1 comprising displaying an image from the data stream.

18. The method of claim 1 comprising displaying an image from the data stream and a time bar, the time bar displaying the point in time of the image in the data stream.

19. The method of claim 1 comprising displaying a streaming display of the data stream.

10. A system for presentation of a data stream, said system comprising:

a controller to generate a summarized graphical presentation of the data stream wherein said presentation includes at least a spatially varying visual representation, said visual representation varying in color in accordance with color varying along the data stream, said visual representation comprising a series of summaries of color, each summary summarizing color data of one or more images from the data stream; and

a display unit.

11. The system according to claim 10 wherein the display unit is to display the summarized graphical presentation of the data stream.

12. The system according to claim 10 wherein the display unit is to display the summarized graphical presentation of the data stream along side a streaming display of the data stream.

13. The system according to claim 12 wherein the display unit is to display a marker in a position along the summarized presentation said marker substantially corresponding to a datum from the data stream concurrently being displayed.

14. The system according to claim 10 comprising a graphical user interface.

15. The system according to claim 14 wherein the graphical user interface is to accept a user indication to alter the start position of the streaming of the data stream.

16. The system according to claim 14 wherein the graphical user interface is to accept a user indication to annotate a portion of the data stream.