Device for providing health and wellness data through foot imaging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11484252-B2
Application number	US-201916578118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2019
Priority date	Jun 17, 2019
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

A system to provide health and wellness data, comprising a platform for placement; at least one imaging sensor associated with the platform for capturing images; and a processor adapted to analyze the images to determine health and wellness data is disclosed. A toilet for assessing health and wellness of a user, comprising a bowl supported by a base; a platform for placement of a user's feet; at least one imaging sensor mounted on the base; and a processor adapted to analyze the images to determine health and wellness is disclosed. A method for assessing health and wellness comprising acquiring one or more images of the foot a user; using a processor to analyze the one or more images for health and wellness factors; and making the results of the health and wellness analysis available to the user on one or more digital platforms is disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system to provide health and wellness data to a user, comprising:
a platform for placement of a user's feet;
at least one imaging sensor associated with the platform for capturing images of the user's feet; and
a processor adapted to analyze the images to determine health and wellness data provided to the user;
wherein the at least one imaging sensor is positioned in or on a base of a toilet.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one imaging sensor comprises an array of sensors comprising at least one of an infrared imaging sensor, a near infrared imaging sensor, a visual camera, a 3D camera, and an ultrasonic 3D imaging sensor.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one imaging sensor is positioned in at least one of below, above, between, in front of, to a side of, or behind the user's feet.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the device is configured to capture at least one image of the front of the user's feet as the user faces the toilet and at least one image of the back of the user's feet as the user sits on the toilet.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the health and wellness data are determined by comparing images captured on different days to detect changes over time.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the platform is also configured to determine weight of the user.

7. A toilet for assessing health and wellness of a user, comprising:
a bowl supported by a base;
a platform for placement of a user's feet;
at least one imaging sensor mounted in or on the base for capturing images of the user's feet; and
a processor adapted to analyze the images to determine health and wellness data for the user.

8. The toilet of claim 7 further comprising one or more additional imaging sensors mounted on the platform for capturing images of the user's feet.

9. The toilet of claim 8 , wherein the at least one imaging sensor and one or more additional imaging sensors are adapted to capture at least one image of the user's feet as the user faces the toilet and at least one image of the user's feet as the user sits on the toilet.

10. The toilet of claim 8 , wherein the at least one imaging sensor and one or more additional imaging sensors comprise one or more arrays of sensors comprising at least one of an infrared imaging sensor, a near infrared imaging sensor, a visual camera, a 3D camera, and an ultrasonic 3D imaging sensor.

11. The toilet of claim 8 , wherein the at least one imaging sensor and one or more additional imaging sensors are located in one or more positions below, above, in front, behind, or to a side of a user's feet.

12. The toilet of claim 7 , further comprising sensors for assessing properties of excreta and wherein the processor is further adapted to analyze the properties in determining health and wellness data for the user.

13. The toilet of claim 8 wherein the at least one imaging sensor and one or more additional imaging sensors comprises one or more of an infrared imaging sensor, a near infrared imaging sensor, a visual camera, and a 3D camera.

14. The toilet of claim 8 wherein the at least one imaging sensor and one or more additional imaging sensors are positioned at one or more of below, above, between, behind, to the side, or to a side of the user's feet.

15. A method for assessing health and wellness comprising:
acquiring one or more images of the foot of a user using one or more imaging sensors;
using a processor to analyze the one or more images for health and wellness factors; and
making the results of the health and wellness analysis available to the user on one or more digital platforms;
wherein the one or more imaging sensors are located in or on a base of a toilet.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the images are acquired using one or more imaging sensors comprising at least one of an infrared thermal imaging sensor, a near infrared thermal imaging sensor, a visual light imaging sensor, a 3D imaging sensor, or an ultrasonic 3D imaging sensor.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the one or more imaging sensors are located at one or more of below, above, behind, between, in front of, or to the side of the user's feet.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the results of the health and wellness analysis are determined by comparing images captured on different days to detect changes over time.

Assignees

• Hall Labs Llc
• Medic Inc

Inventors

• Hall David R
• Crismon David
• Larsen Joshua
• Reynolds Jared
• Brough Michael

Classifications

• A47K17/02 Primary

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• A61B5/6887

  mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices · CPC title

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  involving temporal comparison · CPC title

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