Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and methods to remotely and asynchronously interact with rehabilitation video-games
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Application No.: US14111167Application Date: 2012-03-22
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Publication No.: US09643070B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: David Tacconi
- Applicant: David Tacconi
- Applicant Address: IT Trento
- Assignee: COREHAB S.R.L.
- Current Assignee: COREHAB S.R.L.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Trento
- Agency: Davis, Malm & D'Agostine PC
- Priority: EP11161962 20110411
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/055101 WO 20120322
- International Announcement: WO2012/139868 WO 20121018
- Main IPC: A63F13/00
- IPC: A63F13/00 ; A63B71/00 ; A63B21/00 ; A63B24/00

Abstract:
The invention presents a system and methods to perform rehabilitation or physical therapy exercise while doing specifically designed video-games with the support of a therapist. Patient plays said video-games with external controllers with motion sensors connected to a pc or a laptop. The therapist can influence a gaming session of the patient by setting on a shared web-service thresholds for the patient. Said settings are gathered before starting a gaming session and patient movements are filtered by said settings to control the video-game. The patient is then limited in the movements by the feedbacks provided by the audio-visual interface of the video-game: movements on the screen are a result of the real movement done by the patient with said motion sensors filtered by the settings imposed by the therapist on the shared web space. On the other side, a patient with problems in doing some movements, can effectively play a video-game thanks to filtering imposed by the therapist. Information about the game played, and consequently about movements performed, are finally uploaded on the web-service for further analysis by the therapist.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140031098A1 System and Methods to Remotely and Asynchronously Interact with Rehabilitation Video-Games Public/Granted day:2014-01-30
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