US 11,669,962 B2
Temperature monitoring with a thermal camera
Paul S. Addison, Edinburgh (GB); Philip C. Smit, Hamilton (GB); and Anthony P. Addison, Edinburgh (GB)
Assigned to COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/80,506.
Prior Publication US 2022/0130035 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a thermal camera;
a memory; and
processing circuitry coupled to the thermal camera and the memory, the processing circuitry being configured to:
acquire a core temperature of a patient;
acquire, via the thermal camera, a first thermal image associated with a patient;
determine, based on the first thermal image, a first sensed temperature of a location associated with the patient;
determine a core temperature delta between the core temperature and the first sensed temperature;
acquire, via the thermal camera, a second thermal image associated with a patient;
determine, based on the second thermal image, a second sensed temperature of the location;
determine, based on the second sensed temperature and the core temperature delta, a measure of the core temperature; and
output the measure of the core temperature.