SYSTEM TO FACILITATE THERAPEUTIC POSITIONING FOR A BODY PART

• US 20170164890A1
• Filed: 12/11/2015
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: LEIP, TERRENCE P., MCCONNELL, CHRISTOPHER J.
• Application Number:
  US14/966,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20170164890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1114 Tracking parts of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 using sound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

The present disclosure pertains to a system to facilitate therapeutic positioning for a body part. An example system may be wearable by a user (e.g., a patient) and may comprise at least a sensor and presentation circuitry. The sensor may sense a position corresponding to a body part of the patient and generate an electronic signal based on the position. The presentation circuitry may then present a notification (e.g., display visible indicia and/or generate sound) to instruct the patient how to move the body part into a therapeutic position. For example, control circuitry in the system may receive the electronic signal from the sensor, compare the determined position to the therapeutic position, generate the notification and provide the notification to the presentation circuitry.

Claims

1. A system for therapeutic positioning of a body part, comprising:

a sensor wearable by a user, wherein the sensor is to sense a position of a user body part on which the sensor is worn and generate an electronic signal indicative of the position; and

presentation circuitry wearable by the user, wherein the presentation circuitry is to present at least one notification instructing how the body part should be moved based on the electronic signal to relocate the body part from the position to a therapeutic position.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the presentation circuitry is located in a first presentation device positioned in front of an eye of the user and the notification causes the first presentation device to present visible indicia instructing how to move the body part.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the presentation circuitry is located in a second presentation device to at least generate sound and the notification causes the second presentation device to generate audible indications instructing how to move the body part.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising control circuitry to at least receive the electronic signal, determine the position of the body part based on the electronic signal, generate the notification based on the position and provide the notification to the presentation circuitry.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising communication circuitry coupled to at least the control circuitry to at least one of receive data regarding at least the therapeutic position or transmit data regarding the determined position of the body part.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein at least the control circuitry and communication circuitry are located in a data processing device wearable by the user, the control circuitry interacting with at least one of the first or second presentation circuitry via the communication circuitry.

7. The system of claim 4, further comprising user interface circuitry coupled to at least the control circuitry, wherein the user interface circuitry includes at least the sensor.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein at least the sensor, the presentation circuitry and control circuitry are all coupled to an apparatus worn by the user.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is a headband and the body part is the head of the user.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is eyeglasses, the body part is the head of the user, the first presentation device is coupled to an eyeglass lens in the eyeglasses and the control circuitry and second presentation device are coupled to a frame of the eyeglasses.

11. A method for therapeutic positioning of a body part, comprising:

activating sensing for a position of a user body part;

sensing the position;

generating an electronic signal corresponding to the position;

comparing the position to a therapeutic position; and

presenting at least one notification to relocate the body part from the position to the therapeutic position based at least on the comparison.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining if calibration of at least a sensor for sensing the position is required; and

performing calibration of at least the sensor based on the determination.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining whether to update the therapeutic position; and

receiving data regarding the therapeutic position from an external system based on the determination.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving the electronic signal;

determining the position of the body part based on the electronic signal; and

generating the notification based on the position.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

recording data corresponding to the position;

determining if the data should be exported to an external system; and

transmitting the data to the external system based on the determination.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein presenting at least one notification comprises displaying a visible notification to the user instructing how to move the body part.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein presenting at least one notification comprises generating an audible notification to the user instructing how to move the body part.

18. At least one machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions for therapeutic positioning of a body part that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

activate sensing for a position of a user body part;

sense the position;

generate an electronic signal corresponding to the position;

compare the position to a therapeutic position; and

present at least one notification to relocate the body part from the position to the therapeutic position based at least on the comparison.

19. The storage medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine if calibration of at least a sensor for sensing the position is required; and

perform calibration of at least the sensor based on the determination.

20. The storage medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine whether to update the therapeutic position; and

receive data regarding the therapeutic position from an external system based on the determination.

21. The storage medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive the electronic signal;

determine the position of the body part based on the electronic signal; and

generate the notification based on the position.

22. The storage medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

record data corresponding to the position;

determine if the data should be exported to an external system; and

transmit the data to the external system based on the determination.

23. The storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions to present at least one notification comprise instructions to display a visible notification to the user instructing how to move the body part.

24. The storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions to present at least one notification comprise instructions to generate an audible notification to the user instructing how to move the body part.