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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
David Stuart, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Daniel Steven Sanchez, Summerland, CA (US);
Fuji Lai, Goleta, CA (US);
Kevin Hanrahan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Charles S. Jordan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David Roe, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James Rosenthal, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Amante Mangaser, Goleta, CA (US);
Blair Whitney, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Derek Walters, Goleta, CA (US);
David Stuart, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Daniel Steven Sanchez, Summerland, CA (US);
Fuji Lai, Goleta, CA (US);
Kevin Hanrahan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Charles S. Jordan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David Roe, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James Rosenthal, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Amante Mangaser, Goleta, CA (US);
Blair Whitney, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Derek Walters, Goleta, CA (US);
Intouch Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A tele-presence system that includes a cart. The cart includes a robot face that has a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker, a robot microphone, and an overhead camera. The system also includes a remote station that is coupled to the robot face and the overhead camera. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The remote station can display video images captured by the robot camera and/or overhead camera. By way of example, the cart can be used in an operating room, wherein the overhead camera can be placed in a sterile field and the robot face can be used in a non-sterile field. The user at the remote station can conduct a teleconference through the robot face and also obtain a view of a medical procedure through the overhead camera.