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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Nathanael Berglund, Atlanta, GA (US);
Harris Bergman, Marietta, GA (US);
Scott Cahall, Fairport, NY (US);
Jerry Foster, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Eohan George, Atlanta, GA (US);
Samuel W. Harris, Norcross, GA (US);
Giorgos Hatzilias, Buford, GA (US);
Karol Hatzilias, Atlantas, GA (US);
Ruizhi Hong, Roswell, GA (US);
Wess E. Sharpe, Vinings, GA (US);
David G. Stites, Saint Petersburg, FL (US);
Harry S. Strothers, Iv, Chamblee, GA (US);
Nathanael Berglund, Atlanta, GA (US);
Harris Bergman, Marietta, GA (US);
Scott Cahall, Fairport, NY (US);
Jerry Foster, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Eohan George, Atlanta, GA (US);
Samuel W. Harris, Norcross, GA (US);
Giorgos Hatzilias, Buford, GA (US);
Karol Hatzilias, Atlantas, GA (US);
Ruizhi Hong, Roswell, GA (US);
Wess E. Sharpe, Vinings, GA (US);
David G. Stites, Saint Petersburg, FL (US);
Harry S. Strothers, IV, Chamblee, GA (US);
United Sciences, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An otoscanner including an otoscanner body, the body comprising a hand grip, the body having mounted upon it an ear probe, a tracking illumination emitter, a plurality of tracking illumination sensors, and a display screen, the otoscanner body having mounted within it an image sensor; the image sensor coupled for data communications to a data processor, with the data processor configured to function by inferring, from a tracked position of the ear probe, previously recorded statistics describing typical ear sizes according to human demographics, and currently recorded demographic information regarding a person whose ear is scanned, the actual present position of the ear probe in relation to at least one part of the scanned ear; and providing a warning when the probe moves within a predefined distance from the part of the scanned ear.