Systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for providing health information to employees via augmented reality display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9256711-B2
Application number	US-201213540335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2012
Priority date	Jul 5, 2011
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for providing feedback of health information to an employee when the employee is engaged in their work duties. The method including receiving health data output by a set of health sensors provided on or near the employee when the employee is engaged in work duties. The health sensors comprising at least one of biometric and biomechanic sensors. The health data corresponding to biometric and/or biomechanic characteristics sensed by the set of health sensors. The method including processing the health data to identify health status information for the employee, and providing for display via an augmented reality display, augmented reality content including the health status information. The augmented reality display providing the employee with an augmented reality view including a real world view of a surrounding environment having the health status information for the employee overlaid thereon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for providing real-time feedback of health information to an employee when the employee is engaged in their work duties, the system comprising:
a set of one or more health sensors configured to be provided on or near the employee when the employee is engaged in work duties, the one or more health sensors comprising at least one of biometric sensors configured to sense biometric characteristics of the employee and biomechanic sensors configured to sense biomechanic characteristics of the employee, the one or more health sensors configured to output health data corresponding to at least one of the biometric characteristics and biomechanic characteristics sensed by the set of one or more health sensors;
an augmented reality display device, the augmented reality display device including a head-mounted display (HMD); and
a health server configured to:
receive, via a communications network, the health data output by the set of one or more health sensors;
process the health data received to identify health status information for the employee, the processing comprising:
identifying an action taken by the employee or predicted to be taken by the employee; and
determining an injury that is predicted to occur as a consequence of the action; and

serve, to the augmented reality display device via the communications network, augmented reality content comprising the health status information for the employee, the health status information comprising an indication of the injury that is predicted to occur as a consequence of the action;

the augmented reality display device configured to be worn by the employee when the employee is engaged in work duties and configured to display an augmented reality view visible to the employee when the employee is engaged in work duties, and the augmented reality view comprising a head-up display of the health status information for the employee overlaid on a real world view of an environment surrounding the employee when the employee is engaged in work duties, the health status information comprising computer-generated sensory input representative of real-time health status, and the real world view comprising the employee's line-of-sight view of the employee's surroundings, wherein the augmented reality content comprises an indication of the injury that is predicted to occur as a consequence of the action such that the employee is provided with an augmented reality view comprising the real world view of the surrounding environment having an overlay of the injury that is predicted to occur as a consequence of the action.

2. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising a mobile communications device configured to:
collect the health data from the set of one or more health sensors;
forward the health data to the health server;
receive the augmented reality content from the server; and
provide the augmented reality content to the augmented reality display device for display to the employee.

3. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the health server is further configured to provide for display of a health report comprising an indication of the injury and one or more suggested actions the employee should take to reduce the employee's risk of developing the injury.

4. A system for providing feedback of health information to an employee when the employee is engaged in their work duties, the system comprising:
a set of one or more health sensors configured to be provided on or near the employee when the employee is engaged in their work duties, the one or more health sensors comprising at least one of biometric sensors configured to sense biometric characteristics of the employee and biomechanic sensors configured to sense biomechanic characteristics of the employee, the one or more health sensors configured to output health data corresponding to at least one of biometric characteristics and biomechanic characteristics sensed by the set of one or more health sensors;
an augmented reality display device; and
an augmented reality processor configured to:
receive the health data output by the one or more health sensors;
process the health data received to identify health status information for the employee, the processing comprising:
determining an action taken by the employee based at least in part on the health data; and
determining a predicted health consequence of the action taken by the employee;

provide, for display via the augmented reality display device, augmented reality content comprising the health status information for the employee, wherein the augmented reality content comprises the predicted health consequence; and
provide for display of a health report comprising the predicted health consequence of the action and one or more suggested actions the employee should take to reduce the employee's risk of developing health problems; and

the augmented reality display device configured to be worn by the employee when the employee is engaged in work duties and configured to display an augmented reality view visible to the employee when the employee is engaged in work duties, and the augmented reality view comprising a head-up display of the health status information for the employee overlaid on a real world view of an environment surrounding the employee when the employee is engaged in work duties, the health status information comprising computer-generated sensory input representative of real-time health status, and the real world view comprising the employee's line-of-sight view of the employee's surroundings such that the employee is provided with an augmented reality view comprising the real world view of the surrounding environment having an overlay of the predicted health consequence of the action taken by the employee.

5. A system according to claim 4 , wherein processing the health data received to identify the health status information for the employee comprises processing the health data to determine a health characteristic for the employee, and wherein the augmented reality content comprises the health characteristic for the employee such that the employee is provided with an augmented reality view comprising the real world view of the surrounding environment having an overlay of the health characteristic for the employee.

6. A system according to claim 4 , wherein the predicted health consequence comprises a consequence to the employee's physical health or mental health.

7. A system according to claim 4 , wherein processing the health data received to identify the health status information for the employee comprises:
processing the health data to predict a second action to be taken by the employee; and
determining a second predicted health consequence of the second action,
wherein the augmented reality content comprises the second predicted health consequence such that the employee is provided with the real world view of the surrounding environment comprising an overlay of the second predicted health consequence based at least in part on the second action predicted to be taken by the employee, wherein the overlay of the second predicted health consequence is configured to be displayed to the employee prior to the employee actually taking the second action.

8. A system according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the health sensors comprises a neural sensor configured to sense brain activity of the employee, the neural sensor including a dry electrode and the brain activity indicative of one or more of alertness, fatigue, and anxiety, and wherein processing the health data to predict the second action to be taken by the employee comprises predicting the second action based at least in part on the brain activity of the employee.

9. A system accord

Assignees

• Horseman Samantha J
• Saudi Arabian Oil Co

Inventors

• Horseman Samantha J

Classifications

• G06F19/3406

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F19/3418 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G16H40/63 Primary

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