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;
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;
moving the patient and the portable robot to a new location; and
displaying the physician image on the robot monitor while said portable robot face is detached from the platform.
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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; 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; moving the patient and the portable robot to a new location; and displaying the physician image on the robot monitor while said portable robot face is detached from the platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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