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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Natus Medical Incorporated, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hamish Macdougall, Sydney, AU;

Robert Nygren, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Wendy Crumley-Welsh, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Assignee:

Natus Medical Incorporated, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 3/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1128 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 5/7445 (2013.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 3/113 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for detecting and recording head orientations of a person includes: a first sensor device capable of providing sensor data regarding a head orientation of a person in a three-dimensional space; a data acquisition system configured for storing and outputting the sensor data from the first sensor device; and a processor configured for processing the sensor data from the data acquisition system, outputting a first signal representing the head orientation, and generating an image for presentation by a graphical display; wherein the image comprises: a first reference indicator; an orientation indicator, wherein a position of the orientation indicator in the image is determined based on the first signal from the processor, and a feedback indicator when a first condition is met.


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