Enhanced video interaction for a user interface of a telepresence network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10334205-B2
Application number	US-201715401949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2017
Priority date	Nov 26, 2012
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

A telepresence device may relay video, audio, and/or measurement data to a user operating a control device. A user interface may permit the user to quickly view and/or understand temporally and/or spatially disparate information. The telepresence device may pre-gather looped video of spatially disparate areas in an environment. A temporal control mechanism may start video playback at a desired point in a current or historical video segment. Notations may be associated with time spans in a video and recalled by capturing an image similar to a frame in the time span of the video. An area of interest may be selected and video containing the area of interest may be automatically found. Situational data may be recorded and used to recall video segments of interest. The telepresence device may synchronize video playback and movement. A series of videos may be recorded at predetermined time intervals to capture visually trending information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instruction code for performing a method of generating pre-session video loops, the method comprising:
adjusting a camera on a telepresence device in the vicinity of a patient to identify one or more areas of interest, the telepresence device including a camera, a display device, a microphone, and a speaker;
sequentially targeting each area of interest with the camera;
recording video of each area of interest for a predetermined time period; and
transmitting the recorded video to a remotely located control device;
establishing a two-way audio/video communication session between the control device and the telepresence device, wherein the recording step occurs prior to the control device establishing the two-way audio/video communication session;
displaying, during the communication session, a user interface on a display of the control device, the user interface including live video of the patient captured by the camera of the telepresence device in a first portion of the user interface and the recorded video in a second portion of the user interface.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein recording video of each area of interest comprises continuously cycling through the one or more areas of interest until receiving a connection request from the remotely located control device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the one or more areas of interest contain an object selected from the group consisting of a patient's face, an EKG monitor, a chart, and a fluid bag.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises recording a time code indicating when the video of the one or more areas of interest was recorded.

Assignees

• Intouch Tech Inc

Inventors

• Pinter Marco
• Jordan Charles S
• Sanchez Daniel
• Hanrahan Kevin
• Temby Kelton
• Lambrecht Christopher

Classifications

• H04N7/147 Primary

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• G11B27/34

  Indicating arrangements  {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)} · CPC title

• H04N7/181

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title

• G11B27/005

  Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording (for television signals H04N5/783) · CPC title

• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title