Medical overlay mirror

• US 7,952,537 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2010
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ventrk LLC
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Allen, Paul G., Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): OSORIO, RICARDO
• Application Number:
  US12/660,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20100214240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• Field of Search: 345/8, 345/32, 345/156, 132/301, 434/371, D28/64.1
• US Class Current: 345/32
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2044/007 Devices for determining the condition of hair or skin or for selecting the appropriate cosmetic or hair treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/005 for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7425 Displaying combinations of multiple images regardless of image source, e.g. displaying a reference anatomical image with a live image geometric transforms for image registration G06T3/14; enhancement using image fusion G06T5/50; algorithms for registration of images G06T7/30
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/10 Mixing of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of an operation, e.g. adding, on the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus

Abstract

Medical overlay mirror methods and related systems.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an image reception device configured to receive one or more surgically-related enhancement requests related to an image, wherein the one or more surgically-related enhancement requests related to the image are associated with a patient-owned and/or patient-controlled apparatus that includes;

a light reflecting structure;

a data presentation device proximate to said light reflecting structure;

an image enhancement engine operably couplable to said data presentation device;

and

at least one image capture device operably couplable with said image enhancement engine, wherein said at least one image capture device includes;

at least one image representation capture device sufficient to be located to capture a field of view of said light reflecting structure; and

said at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure;

an image modification engine operably coupled with said image reception device configured to receive the one or more surgically-related enhancement requests related to the image; and

an image modification input device configured to receive one or more surgically-related modification inputs associated with the image, said image modification input device operably couplable with said image modification engine.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said light reflecting structure further comprises:

at least one of a plane mirror, a convex mirror, or a concave mirror.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said light reflecting structure further comprises:

a partially silvered mirror.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device proximate to said light reflecting structure further comprises:

said data presentation device integral with said light reflecting structure.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device proximate to said light reflecting structure further comprises:

said data presentation device operably coupled with said light reflecting structure.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device proximate to said light reflecting structure further comprises:

said data presentation device in physical communication with said light reflecting structure.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said data presentation device in physical communication with said light reflecting structure further comprises:

said data presentation device connected with a housing connected with said light reflecting structure.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image storage device operably couplable with said data presentation device.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image transmission device operably couplable with an input capture device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one image representation capture device sufficient to be located to capture a field of view of said light reflecting structure further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view of said light reflecting structure and/or at least one image representation capture device having instructions as to how to place the image representation capture device to capture a field of view of said light reflecting structure.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure further comprises:

at least two image representation capture devices alignable relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one input capture device operably couplable with said data presentation device.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image registration engine operably couplable with said data presentation device.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure further comprises:

said at least one image representation capture device aligned relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure.

15. A system comprising:

circuitry for receiving one or more surgically-related enhancement requests related to an image, wherein the one or more surgically-related enhancement requests related to the image are associated with a patient-owned or patient-controlled apparatus that includes;

a light reflecting structure;

a data presentation device proximate to said light reflecting structure;

an image enhancement engine operably couplable to said data presentation device; and

at least one image capture device operably couplable with said image enhancement engine, wherein said at least one image capture device includes;

at least one image representation capture device sufficient to be located to capture a field of view of said light reflecting structure; and

said at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure; and

circuitry for modifying the image responsive to one or more surgically-related modification inputs associated with the image.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said circuitry for modifying the image in response to one or more surgically-related modification inputs associated with the image comprises:

circuitry for presenting a representation of the one or more surgically-related enhancement requests related to the image; and

circuitry for accepting the one or more surgically-related modification inputs associated with the image.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

circuitry for transmitting one or more modification/enhancement instructions associated with a surgeon and/or one or more modified/enhanced images associated with a surgeon to the patient-owned or patient-controlled apparatus responsive to said circuitry for modifying the image responsive to the one or more surgically-related modification inputs associated with the image.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the patient-owned or patient-controlled apparatus further comprises:

circuitry for accepting input related to an image of a light reflecting surface; and

circuitry for presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image of the light reflecting surface.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said circuitry for accepting input related to an image of a light reflecting surface further comprises:

circuitry for accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting surface.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said circuitry for accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting surface further comprises:

circuitry for detecting input to a touch sensitive device associated with the light reflecting surface.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein said circuitry for accepting input related to an image of a light reflecting surface further comprises:

circuitry for accepting input of at least one of a user touching herself, a user gesturing, or a user speaking in relation to the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting surface.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein said circuitry for presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image of the light reflecting surface further comprises:

circuitry for obtaining one or more images having the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting surface.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein said circuitry for presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image of the light reflecting surface further comprises:

circuitry for identifying one or more anatomical landmarks demarcating the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting surface;

circuitry for enhancing at least a part of one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks; and

circuitry for presenting one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein said circuitry for presenting one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

circuitry for registering at least a portion of the one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks with the image of the light reflecting surface.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein said circuitry for presenting one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

circuitry for at least one of sequencing or presenting at least a portion of the one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein said circuitry for enhancing at least a part of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

circuitry for enhancing a specified feature having a state.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein said circuitry for enhancing a specified feature having a state further comprises:

circuitry for enhancing at least one skin feature.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein said circuitry for enhancing a specified feature having a state further comprises:

circuitry for enhancing at least one body region.

29. The system of claim 15, wherein said at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure further comprises:

said at least one image representation capture device aligned relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure.