Portable remote presence robot
Inventors
Wang, Yulun • Jordan, Charles S. • Pinter, Marco • Sanchez, Daniel Steven • Hanrahan, Kevin
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-10911715-B2
Publication Date
2021-02-02
Expiration Date
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.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a tele-presence system that includes a portable robot face coupled to a platform and configured to be panned and tilted relative to the platform. The portable robot face includes a housing that carries a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker, a robot microphone, a battery, and a wireless transceiver, and a remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker, and a station microphone.
The portable robot face supports interactive audio and image transfer between a physician at the remote station and a patient. In a remote medical consultation, a physician image is captured with the station camera and transmitted to the portable robot face, the physician image is displayed on the robot monitor, and a patient image is captured with the robot camera and transmitted back to the remote station for display on the station monitor.
The portable robot face is adapted to be coupled to the remote station and includes the housing coupled to the platform and capable of panning and tilting relative to the platform. The portable robot face integrates a camera, a monitor for displaying images captured by the station camera, a speaker for generating sound provided through the station microphone, a microphone, a battery, and a wireless transceiver coupled to the housing to enable communication with the remote station.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims are clm-00001, clm-00007, and clm-00012, with three inventive features centered on a portable pan/tilt robot face with integrated audio/visual components, wireless transceiver connectivity, and remote station interaction, including a method that detaches the robot face and moves the patient to a new location, and a portable robot face structure that integrates the required subsystems and connector arrangements.
Tele-presence system with a portable pan/tilt robot face and a remote station
A tele-presence system comprising a portable robot face coupled to a platform and configured to be panned and tilted relative to the platform, the portable robot face including a housing a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker, a robot microphone, a battery, and a wireless transceiver; and a remote station coupled to said portable robot face and having a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone.
Remote medical consultation with image and audio transmission plus detachment and relocation
A method for providing a remote medical consultation, comprising capturing an image of a physician with a station camera of a remote station, transmitting the physician image to a portable robot face mounted to a platform, 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 moving the patient and the portable robot to a new location.
Portable robot face integrating camera, monitor, speaker, microphone, battery, and wireless transceiver
A portable robot face that is adapted to be coupled to a remote station that has a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone, comprising a housing that is coupled to a platform and can be panned and tilted relative to the platform; a camera coupled to said housing; a monitor coupled to said housing and adapted to display images captured by the station camera; a speaker coupled to said housing and adapted to generate a sound provided through the station microphone; a microphone coupled to said housing; a battery coupled to said housing; and a wireless transceiver coupled to said housing.
Across the independent claims, the inventive subject matter is organized around a portable pan/tilt robot face with integrated audio/visual components and battery, communication via a wireless transceiver to a remote station with corresponding audio/visual components, and a consultation method that includes transmitting physician and patient images and audio commands, followed by detaching the portable robot face and relocating the patient and portable robot.
Stated Advantages
Documented Applications
Remote medical consultation using a portable robot face and a remote station to provide physician image transmission, patient image transmission, and audio command transmission, including detaching the portable robot face from a platform and moving the patient and the portable robot to a new location.
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