Portable remote presence robot
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1. A method for providing a remote medical consultation, comprising:
- capturing an image of a physician with a station camera of a remote station, the remote station includes a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone;
transmitting the physician image to a portable robot face mounted to a platform, the robot face including a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone;
displaying the physician image on the robot monitor;
capturing an image of a patient with the robot camera;
transmitting the patient image to the remote station;
displaying the patient image on the station monitor of the remote station;
transmitting an audio command from the station microphone to the robot speaker;
detaching the portable robot face from the platform; and
,attaching a wireless identification (ID) device to the patient and moving the patient into a healthcare facility that includes a robot face attached to a boom, the robot face receives a wireless signal from the wireless identification (ID) device and the remote station becomes coupled to the robot face attached to the boom.
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Abstract
A tele-presence system that includes a portable robot face coupled to a remote station. The robot face includes a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The portable robot face can be attached to a platform mounted to the ceiling of an ambulance. The portable robot face can be used by a physician at the remote station to provide remote medical consultation. When the patient is moved from the ambulance the portable robot face can be detached from the platform and moved with the patient.
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1. A method for providing a remote medical consultation, comprising:
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capturing an image of a physician with a station camera of a remote station, the remote station includes a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone; transmitting the physician image to a portable robot face mounted to a platform, the robot face including a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone; displaying the physician image on the robot monitor; capturing an image of a patient with the robot camera; transmitting the patient image to the remote station; displaying the patient image on the station monitor of the remote station; transmitting an audio command from the station microphone to the robot speaker; detaching the portable robot face from the platform; and
,attaching a wireless identification (ID) device to the patient and moving the patient into a healthcare facility that includes a robot face attached to a boom, the robot face receives a wireless signal from the wireless identification (ID) device and the remote station becomes coupled to the robot face attached to the boom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for providing a remote medical consultation, comprising:
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capturing an image of a physician with a station camera of a remote station, the remote station includes a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone; transmitting the physician image to a portable robot face mounted to a platform, the robot face including a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone; displaying the physician image on the robot monitor; capturing an image of a patient with the robot camera; transmitting the patient image to the remote station; displaying the patient image on the station monitor of the remote station; transmitting an audio command from the station microphone to the robot speaker; moving the patient into a healthcare facility that includes a robot face attached to a boom, the robot face receives a wireless signal from a wireless identification (ID) device associated with the patient; and
,coupling the robot face of the healthcare facility to the remote station.
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6. A method for providing medical consultation, comprising:
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capturing an image of a physician with a station camera of a remote station, the remote station includes a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone; transmitting the physician image to a first robot, the first robot includes a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone; displaying the physician image on the robot monitor; capturing an image of a patient with the robot camera; transmitting the patient image to the remote station; displaying the patient image on the station monitor of the remote station; transmitting an audio command from the station microphone to the robot speaker; moving the patient into a vicinity of a second robot; and
,coupling automatically the remote station to the second robot, wherein the second robot of the healthcare facility receives a wireless signal from a wireless identification (ID) device associated with the patient that causes the remote station to become coupled to the second robot.
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7. A method for providing a remote medical consultation, comprising:
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capturing an image of a physician with a station camera of a remote station, the remote station includes a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone; transmitting the physician image to a portable face mounted to an ambulance, the portable face including a face monitor, a face camera, a face speaker and a face microphone; displaying the physician image on the face monitor; capturing an image of a patient with the face camera; transmitting the patient image to the remote station; displaying the patient image on the station monitor of the remote station; transmitting an audio command from the station microphone to the face speaker; detaching the portable face from the ambulance; and
,attaching a wireless identification (ID) device to the patient and moving the patient into a healthcare facility that includes a robot face attached to a boom, the robot face receives a wireless signal from the wireless ID device and the remote station becomes coupled to the robot face. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method for providing a remote medical consultation, comprising:
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capturing an image of a physician with a station camera of a remote station, the remote station includes a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone; transmitting the physician image to a portable face mounted to a platform, the portable face including a face monitor, a face camera, a face speaker and a face microphone; displaying the physician image on the face monitor; capturing an image of a patient with the face camera; transmitting the patient image to the remote station; displaying the patient image on the station monitor of the remote station; transmitting an audio command from the station microphone to the face speaker; moving the patient into a healthcare facility that includes a robot face attached to a boom; and
,coupling the robot face of the healthcare facility to the remote station, wherein the robot face of the healthcare facility receives a wireless signal from a wireless identification (ID) device associated with the patient.
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10. A method for providing medical consultation, comprising:
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capturing an image of a physician with a station camera of a remote station, the remote station includes a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone; transmitting the physician image to a portable face, the portable face includes a face monitor, a face camera, a face speaker and a face microphone; displaying the physician image on the face monitor; capturing an image of a patient with the face camera; transmitting the patient image to the remote station; displaying the patient image on the station monitor of the remote station; transmitting an audio command from the station microphone to the face speaker; moving the patient into a vicinity of a robot that has a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone; and
,coupling automatically the remote station to the robot, wherein the robot of the healthcare facility receives a wireless signal from a wireless identification (ID) device associated with the patient that causes the remote station to become coupled to the robot.
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