	US 11,908,145 B2
	Digital assessment of position of motion trackers on a person
José Carlos Coelho Alves, Oporto (PT); Márcio Filipe Moutinho Colunas, Oporto (PT); Pedro Henrique Oliveira Santos, Oporto (PT); and Virgílio António Ferro Bento, Oporto (PT)
Assigned to SWORD HEALTH, S.A., Oporto (PT)
Filed by SWORD HEALTH, S.A., Oporto (PT)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,205.
Application 18/128,205 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2022/057901, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21398004 (EP), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0281831 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01)

CPC G06T 7/246 (2017.01) [G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20044 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for assessing a position of at least one tracker on a subject, the method comprising:

(a) determining a target configuration of a position of the at least one tracker on the subject;

(b) activating a light emitter of the at least one tracker and imaging the subject using an optical sensing device to acquire at least one image of the subject comprising an image of the at least one tracker;

(c) automatically processing the at least one image by a computing device to determine a difference between an actual position of the at least one tracker and the determined target configuration of the position of the at least one tracker; and

(d) providing an indication of the determined difference to a user of the computing device.