公开(公告)号：US10591921B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US15721067

申请日：2017-09-29

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Yulun Wang ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  Tim Wright ,  Michael Chan ,  Marco Pinter ,  Kevin Hanrahan ,  Daniel Sanchez ,  James Ballantyne ,  Cody Herzog ,  Blair Whitney ,  Fuji Lai ,  Kelton Temby ,  Eben Christopher Rauhut ,  Justin H. Kearns ,  Cheuk Wah Wong ,  Timothy Sturtevant Farlow

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  G05D1/00

Abstract: A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an imaging system, and a mapping module. The mapping module may access a map of an area and tags associated with the area. In various embodiments, each tag may include tag coordinates and tag information, which may include a tag annotation. A tag identification system may identify tags within a predetermined range of the current position and the control system may execute an action based on an identified tag whose tag information comprises a telepresence robot action modifier. The telepresence robot may rotate an upper portion independent from a lower portion. A remote terminal may allow an operator to control the telepresence robot using any combination of control methods, including by selecting a destination in a live video feed, by selecting a destination on a map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.

公开(公告)号：US20190342520A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：US16518729

申请日：2019-07-22

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Yulun Wang ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  Marco Pinter ,  Daniel Steven Sanchez ,  Kevin Hanrahan

IPC: H04N7/14 ,  H04N21/4788

Abstract: A tele-presence system that includes a portable robot face coupled to a remote station. The robot face includes a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The portable robot face can be attached to a platform mounted to the ceiling of an ambulance. The portable robot face can be used by a physician at the remote station to provide remote medical consultation. When the patient is moved from the ambulance the portable robot face can be detached from the platform and moved with the patient.

公开(公告)号：US20180311812A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-01

申请号：US16029393

申请日：2018-07-06

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Marco Pinter ,  Fuji Lai ,  Yulun Wang ,  H. Neal Reynolds

IPC: B25J5/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  B25J19/02

CPC classification number: B25J5/007 ,  A61B5/0033 ,  A61B5/6887 ,  B25J11/009 ,  B25J19/023 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/321 ,  G06F19/3418

Abstract: A robot system that can move about two or more patient beds. The robot includes a monitor and an infrared camera that are coupled to a mobile platform. The robot also includes a controller that is programmed to autonomously move the mobile platform from one patient to another patient and process images captured by the infrared camera to determine if one or more of the patients needs assistance. By way of example, the robot can determine whether a patient is out of a bed, or in a position wherein they may fall out of the bed. The robot may be coupled to a remote station that allows an operator to move the robot and conduct a videoconference with the patient. The image captured by the infrared robot camera can be utilized to analyze blood flow of the patient. The robot can also be utilized to perform neurological analysis.

公开(公告)号：US09974612B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US14091292

申请日：2014-02-13

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Marco Pinter ,  Timothy C. Wright ,  H. Neal Reynolds ,  Fuji Lai ,  Yulun Wang

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B19/00 ,  H04N7/14 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B5/024

CPC classification number: A61B34/30 ,  A61B5/0008 ,  A61B5/0013 ,  A61B5/0022 ,  A61B5/0075 ,  A61B5/0077 ,  A61B5/015 ,  A61B5/02055 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/1128 ,  A61B5/165 ,  A61B5/4064 ,  A61B5/4809 ,  A61B5/7264 ,  A61B5/7275 ,  A61B5/741 ,  A61B5/742 ,  A61B5/746 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  B25J11/009 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3418 ,  G16H40/67 ,  H04N7/148

Abstract: A telepresence device may autonomously check patients. The telepresence device may determine the frequency of checking based on whether the patient has a risk factor. The telepresence device may include an image sensor, a thermal camera, a depth sensor, one or more systems for interacting with patients, or the like. The telepresence device may be configured to evaluate the patient's condition using the one or more sensors. The telepresence device may measure physiological characteristics using Eulerian video magnification, may detect pallor, fluid level, or fluid color, may detect thermal asymmetry, may determine a psychological state from body position or movement, or the like. The telepresence device may determine whether the patient is experiencing a potentially harmful condition, such as sepsis or stroke, and may trigger an alarm if so. To overcome alarm fatigue, the telepresence device may annoy a care provider until the care provider responds to an alarm.

公开(公告)号：US09956690B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US15195410

申请日：2016-06-28

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Yulun Wang ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  Marco Pinter ,  Jonathan Southard

IPC: B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06F19/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/1697 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3418 ,  G16H40/63 ,  Y10S901/47

Abstract: A robotic system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station can generate control commands that are transmitted to the robot through a broadband network. The control commands can be interpreted by the robot to induce action such as robot movement or focusing a robot camera. The robot can generate reporting commands that are transmitted to the remote station through the broadband network. The reporting commands can provide positional feedback or system reports on the robot.

公开(公告)号：US20180017966A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15707952

申请日：2017-09-18

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Yulun Wang ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  Keith P. Laby ,  Jonathan Southard ,  Marco Pinter ,  Brian Miller

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G06F3/033 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J13/02 ,  B25J5/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0038 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/70 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J11/009 ,  B25J13/02 ,  B25J19/023 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G06F3/033 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: A robotic system that includes a mobile robot and a remote input device. The input device may be a joystick that is used to move a camera and a mobile platform of the robot. The system may operate in a mode where the mobile platform moves in a camera reference coordinate system. The camera reference coordinate system is fixed to a viewing image provided by the camera so that movement of the robot corresponds to a direction viewed on a screen. This prevents disorientation during movement of the robot if the camera is panned across a viewing area.

公开(公告)号：US09827666B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US14829437

申请日：2015-08-18

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： John Cody Herzog ,  Blair Whitney ,  Yulun Wang ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  Marco Pinter

IPC: G05B19/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  B25J19/023 ,  G05B2219/24158 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/47

Abstract: A robot system with a robot that has a camera and a remote control station that can connect to the robot. The connection can include a plurality of privileges. The system further includes a server that controls which privileges are provided to the remote control station. The privileges may include the ability to control the robot, joint in a multi-cast session and the reception of audio/video from the robot. The privileges can be established and edited through a manager control station. The server may contain a database that defines groups of remote control station that can be connected to groups of robots. The database can be edited to vary the stations and robots within a group. The system may also allow for connectivity between a remote control station at a user programmable time window.

公开(公告)号：US09602765B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-21

申请号：US14289514

申请日：2014-05-28

Applicant: InTouch Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Yulun Wang ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  Marco Pinter ,  Daniel Steven Sanchez ,  Kevin Hanrahan

IPC: H04N7/14 ,  G06F19/00 ,  H04N21/4788

CPC classification number: H04N7/147 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3418 ,  H04N7/14 ,  H04N7/142 ,  H04N21/4788

Abstract: A tele-presence system that includes a portable robot face coupled to a remote station. The robot face includes a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The portable robot face can be attached to a platform mounted to the ceiling of an ambulance. The portable robot face can be used by a physician at the remote station to provide remote medical consultation. When the patient is moved from the ambulance the portable robot face can be detached from the platform and moved with the patient.

公开(公告)号：US09429934B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-30

申请号：US14054518

申请日：2013-10-15

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Amante Mangaser ,  Jonathan Southard ,  Marco Pinter ,  John Cody Herzog ,  Charles Steve Jordan ,  Yulun Wang ,  James Rosenthal

IPC: G05B19/409 ,  B25J9/16 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/1689 ,  G05B19/409 ,  G05B2219/40174 ,  G05B2219/40298 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3418 ,  H04N7/185 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: A remote control station that controls a robot through a network. The remote control station transmits a robot control command that includes information to move the robot. The remote control station monitors at least one network parameter and scales the robot control command as a function of the network parameter. For example, the remote control station can monitor network latency and scale the robot control command to slow down the robot with an increase in the latency of the network. Such an approach can reduce the amount of overshoot or overcorrection by a user driving the robot.

公开(公告)号：US20150038983A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-05

申请号：US14518978

申请日：2014-10-20

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Yulun Wang ,  Marco Pinter ,  Kevin Hanrahan ,  Daniel Steven Sanchez ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  David Bjorn Roe ,  James Rosenthal ,  Derek Walters

IPC: G05B19/414 ,  A61B19/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00

CPC classification number: G05B19/414 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B90/361 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/161 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J19/022 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: A remote control station that accesses one of at least two different robots that each have at least one unique robot feature. The remote control station receives information that identifies the robot feature of the accessed robot. The remote station displays a display user interface that includes at least one field that corresponds to the robot feature of the accessed robot. The robot may have a laser pointer and/or a projector.

Abstract translation: 远程控制站，其访问至少两个不同机器人中的一个，每个具有至少一个唯一的机器人特征。 远程控制站接收识别被访问机器人的机器人特征的信息。 远程站显示一个显示用户界面，其中包含至少一个对应于所访问的机器人的机器人特征的字段。 机器人可以具有激光指示器和/或投影仪。