Systems including portable photo studios

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11778133-B2
Application number	US-202117450043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2021
Priority date	Jan 3, 2020
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A portable photo studio system includes a portable photo studio and an electronic device such as a camera-enabled smartphone. A computer system is provided that interacts with the electronic device. The computer system requests an image capture system. In response, the electronic device captures image data and shares it with the computer system. The computer system then analyzes the image data to identify areas of interest.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
requesting an image capture session using a portable photo studio system that comprises:
a portable photo studio apparatus forming a unicolor background, the portable photo studio apparatus comprising a plurality of sections including a bottom section comprising a plurality of reference indicia;
an electronic device removably mountable to the portable photo studio apparatus, the electronic device configured to capture image data by at least:
instructing a user to orient a human body part within the portable photo studio apparatus with respect to the plurality of reference indicia; and
after instructing the user to orient the human body part, capturing one or more images; and

a color card mountable to the portable photo studio apparatus in an orientation that opposes the electronic device, the color card comprising a plurality of reference colors;

receiving, from the electronic device, the image data corresponding to a plurality of images obtained during the image capture session, the image data, for each image of the plurality of images, representing at least (i) the human body part in an orientation, (ii) the color card comprising the plurality of reference colors, and (iii) the unicolor background in front of which the human body part is positioned; and
using at least one of the reference colors of the plurality of reference colors to identify an area of interest on the human body part.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a first electronic device, and wherein requesting the image capture session comprises sending a request to a second electronic device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the first electronic device is a fungible electronic device and the second electronic device is a personal electronic device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the image data comprises receiving the image data in a raw format.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the area of interest comprises a visible symptom of a potential skin condition.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
request an image capture session using a portable photo studio system that comprises:
a portable photo studio apparatus forming a unicolor background, the portable photo studio apparatus comprising a plurality of sections including a bottom section comprising a plurality of reference indicia;
an electronic device removably mountable to the portable photo studio apparatus, the electronic device configured to capture image data by at least:
instructing a user to orient a human body part within the portable photo studio apparatus with respect to the plurality of reference indicia; and
after instructing the user to orient the human body part, capturing one or more images; and

a color card mountable to the portable photo studio apparatus in an orientation that opposes the electronic device, the color card comprising a plurality of reference colors;

receive, from the electronic device, the image data corresponding to a plurality of images obtained during the image capture session, the image data, for each image of the plurality of images, representing at least (i) the human body part in an orientation, (ii) the color card comprising the plurality of reference colors, and (iii) the unicolor background in front of which the human body part is positioned; and
use at least one of the reference colors of the plurality of reference colors to identify an area of interest on the human body part.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 6 , wherein the electronic device is a first electronic device, and wherein requesting the image capture session comprises sending a request to a second electronic device.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 7 , wherein the first electronic device is a fungible electronic device and the second electronic device is a personal electronic device.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 6 , wherein receiving the image data comprises receiving the image data in a raw format.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 6 , wherein the area of interest comprises a visible symptom of a potential skin condition.

11. A computer system, comprising:
a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions; and
a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
request an image capture session using a portable photo studio system that comprises:
a portable photo studio apparatus forming a unicolor background, the portable photo studio apparatus comprising a plurality of sections including a bottom section comprising a plurality of reference indicia;
an electronic device removably mountable to the portable photo studio apparatus, the electronic device configured to capture image data by at least:
instructing a user to orient a human body part within the portable photo studio apparatus with respect to the plurality of reference indicia; and
after instructing the user to orient the human body part, capturing one or more images; and

a color card mountable to the portable photo studio apparatus in an orientation that opposes the electronic device, the color card comprising a plurality of reference colors;

receive, from the electronic device, the image data corresponding to a plurality of images obtained during the image capture session, the image data, for each image of the plurality of images, representing at least (i) the human body part in an orientation, (ii) the color card comprising the plurality of reference colors, and (iii) the unicolor background in front of which the human body part is positioned; and
use at least one of the reference colors of the plurality of reference colors to identify an area of interest on the human body part.

12. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device is a first electronic device, and wherein requesting the image capture session comprises sending a request to a second electronic device.

13. The computer system of claim 12 , wherein the first electronic device is a fungible electronic device and the second electronic device is a personal electronic device.

14. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein receiving the image data comprises receiving the image data in a raw format.

15. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the area of interest comprises a visible symptom of a potential skin condition.

16. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein using the at least one of the reference colors identify the area of interest on the human body part comprises using a computer vision algorithm to identify at least one visible symptom of a potential skin condition.

Assignees

• Verily Life Sciences Llc

Inventors

• Park Angela
• Grossman Jonathan

Classifications

• H04N5/28 Primary

  Mobile studios · CPC title

• G06F16/54

  Browsing; Visualisation therefor · CPC title

• G16H30/20

  for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS · CPC title

• G16H40/67

  for remote operation · CPC title

• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title