Methods, system and apparatus for transcribing information using wearable technology

• US 10,423,760 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bidyut Parruck, Mike See, Vik Moharir
• Original Assignee: Bidyut Parruck, Mike See, Vik Moharir
• Inventors: Moharir, Vik, Lee, Mike, Parruck, Bidyut
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US15/456,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20170185738A1
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1401- 1416
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/00 Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis in musical instruments G10H
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2430/01 Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

A wearable scribing system includes a camera and a microphone which communicate information to a remote system via a receiver/transmitter device. A scribe at the remote system inputs the information into an electronic health record. The wearable scribing system enables direct physician to physician communication.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a. a body;

b. a recording device;

c. a processor contained within the body configured to process one or more compression and formatting applications to compress and format data received from the recording device into compressed, formatted data; and

d. a communication mechanism configured for sending the compressed, formatted data to an external device, wherein the external device is used to input an electronic document, wherein the body, the recording device, the processor and the communication mechanism are contained in a single unit, wherein the communication mechanism is configured for sending the compressed, formatted data to a cloud-based server device, and the cloud-based server device is configured to determine which compressed, formatted data goes to which scribe computing device by determining which scribe computing device is available by receiving or accessing an availability flag of the scribe computing device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus is wearable.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus is wearable on a user'"'"'s torso.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cloud-based server device is configured for sending the compressed, formatted data to the external device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus communicates with a mobile device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus is coupled with a mobile device via a hard wire connection to provide the mobile device with access to a server device.

7. A method comprising:

a. acquiring audio and video with a single wearable unit secured on a user;

b. compressing and formatting the audio and video with the single wearable unit into a compressed, formatted data;

c. sending the compressed, formatted data to a cloud-based server device; and

d. sending the compressed, formatted data to an external device, wherein the external device is used to input an electronic document, wherein the cloud-based server device is configured to determine which compressed, formatted data goes to which external device by determining which external device is available by receiving or accessing an availability flag of the external device.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the cloud-based server device is configured for sending the compressed, formatted data to the external device.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising communicating with a mobile device with the single wearable unit.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising accessing a secured communication system within an application for communicating with the external device.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the secured communication system enables:

capturing photographs and videos, sending and receiving the photographs and videos, sending and receiving messages, or participating in a video chat.

12. A system comprising:

a. an external device;

b. a cloud-based server device configured for communicating with the external device; and

c. a single wearable unit configured for capturing audio and video and compressing and formatting the audio and video into compressed, formatted data and sending the compressed, formatted data to the cloud-based server device which sends the compressed, formatted data to the external device, wherein the cloud-based server device is configured to determine which compressed, formatted data goes to which external device by determining which external device is available by receiving or accessing an availability flag of the external device.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the single wearable unit is wearable on a user'"'"'s torso.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the single wearable unit includes a video camera and a microphone.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the video camera further comprises a slidable cover, wherein the slidable cover is configured to slide between an open position and a closed position to cover the video camera.

16. The system of claim 12 further comprising a mobile device which couples to the single wearable unit using a hard wire to be authenticated before gaining access to the cloud-based server device.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein the single wearable unit communicates with the cloud-based server device using Wi-Fi, a cellular network and/or the Internet.

18. The system of claim 12 wherein the single wearable unit includes speakers, a volume control for the speakers, and a headphone jack.

19. The system of claim 12 further comprising a mobile device configured for accessing a secured communication system within an application for communicating with the external device.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the secured communication system enables:

capturing photographs and videos, sending and receiving the photographs and videos, sending and receiving messages, or participating in a video chat.