Enhanced video interaction for a user interface of a telepresence network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12452387-B2
Application number	US-202418444831-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2024
Priority date	Nov 26, 2012
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

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 capturing information about a patient, the method comprising:
receiving, at a telepresence device in a patient location, an instruction to capture information from the patient location;
analyzing at least one image from a camera of the telepresence device to identify one or more areas of interest within the image, 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;
adjusting the camera on the telepresence device to sequentially target each area of interest;
recording at least one image of each area of interest; and
transmitting the recorded at least one image to a remotely located control device.

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

Assignees

• Teladoc Health Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G16H40/67

  for remote operation · CPC title

• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title

• H04N5/77

  between a recording apparatus and a television camera · CPC title

• H04N5/272

  Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay · 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