Time-lapsing data methods and systems

• US 20090016585A1
• Filed: 07/25/2008
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ventrk LLC
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Allen, Paul G., Rinaldo, John D. JR., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,831,300 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0079 using mirrors, i.e. for self-examination
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/107 Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1072 measuring distances on the body, e.g. measuring length, height or thickness A61B5/1076 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/445 Evaluating skin irritation or skin trauma, e.g. rash, eczema, wound, bed sore
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41 Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

Time-lapsing mirror methods and related systems.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an image storage device configurable to store at least one historical image of at least a part of a patient;

an image playback device (i) configurable to present responsive to a medical expert specification related to at least a part of an image of the patient and (ii) operably couplable to said image storage device; and

an image sequencing engine (i) operably couplable to said image playback device and (ii) configurable to present at least a part of the at least one historical image in a time-lapse context.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said image storage device configurable to store at least one historical image of at least a part of a patient further comprises:

at least one of a plane mirror, a convex mirror, or a concave mirror operably couplable with said image storage device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said image storage device configurable to store at least one historical image of at least a part of a patient further comprises:

a handheld mirror operably couplable with said image storage device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said image storage device configurable to store at least one historical image of at least a part of a patient further comprises:

at least one of a bathroom mirror or a hall mirror operably couplable with said image storage device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said image storage device configurable to store at least one historical image of at least a part of a patient further comprises:

a partially silvered mirror operably couplable with said image storage device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said image storage device configurable to store at least one historical image of at least a part of a patient further comprises:

a wireless phone having a camera operably couplable with said image storage device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device (i) configurable to present responsive to a medical expert specification related to at least a part of an image of the patient further comprises:

said image playback device operably couplable with an input capture device operably couplable with a medical-expert system.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said image playback device operably couplable with an input capture device operably couplable with a medical-expert system further comprises:

said input capture device operably couplable with a robotic medical-expert system.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said image playback device operably couplable with an input capture device operably couplable with a medical-expert system further comprises:

said input capture device operably couplable with a processing system accessible by a human medical expert.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein said image playback device operably couplable with an input capture device operably couplable with a medical-expert system further comprises:

said image playback device operably couplable with a processing system resident within a medical expert'"'"'s place of practice.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device (i) configurable to present responsive to a medical expert specification related to at least a part of an image of the patient further comprises:

said image playback device operably couplable with an image recognition engine operably couplable with a medical-expert system.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device (i) configurable to present responsive to a medical expert specification related to at least a part of an image of the patient and (ii) operably couplable to said image storage device:

said image playback device operably couplable with an image sorting engine operably couplable with a medical-expert system.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device (i) configurable to present responsive to a medical expert specification related to at least a part of an image of the patient and (ii) operably couplable to said image storage device further comprises:

a physical link between said image playback device and said image storage device.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device (i) configurable to present responsive to a medical expert specification related to at least a part of an image of the patient and (ii) operably couplable to said image storage device further comprises:

a wireless link between said image playback device and said image storage device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device further comprises:

a light generation device.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device further comprises:

an image presentation device.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device further comprises:

a laser device.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said image storage device further comprises:

at least one of an external drive, a wireless network component, or a wired network component.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image recognition engine operably couplable with said image playback device.

20. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image sorting engine operably couplable with said image playback device.

21. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image capture device operably couplable with said image playback device.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view of a mirror.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of a mirror.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least two image representation capture devices alignable relative to a field of view of a mirror.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one wireless image representation capture device.

26. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one input capture device operably couplable with said image playback device.

27. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

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

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74. A system comprising:

an image storage device configurable to store at least one historical image of at least a part of a person;

an image playback device (i) configurable to present responsive to an expert specification related to at least a part of an image of the person and (ii) operably couplable to said image storage device; and

an image sequencing engine (i) operably couplable to said image playback device and (ii) configurable to present at least a part of the at least one historical image in a time-lapse context.

75. The system of claim 74, wherein the expert further comprises:

at least one of a mechanical expert, an electrical expert, or a biological expert.