US 12,283,375 B2
Remote control device, and remote control system
Kazuri Higashi, Tokorozawa (JP); and Ryota Auchi, Tokorozawa (JP)
Assigned to NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/279,853
Filed by NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/037962
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/067339, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-184191 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0037015 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 40/67 (2018.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G08B 25/008 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 2201/31 (2013.01); G08C 2201/32 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote control device comprising:
a memory storing information corresponding to a gesture of a medical worker that is allocated to a function of a medical device;
a sensor configured to detect a gesture;
a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit a signal for remotely controlling the function;
a physical switch configured to assign a gesture of a medical worker to each of a plurality of functions of the medical device as the information, and to cause the memory to store the information,
a plurality of channels, and
a processor configured to:
identify, based on the information stored in the memory, a function of the medical device being controlled by the gesture, in a case where the gesture corresponding to the information is detected by the sensor; and
cause the transmitter to transmit the signal for remotely controlling the function,
wherein the physical switch includes a button switch or a dip switch;
wherein the physical switch being configured to assign the gesture of the medical worker to each of the plurality of functions of the medical device as the information includes being configured to assign each of the plurality of channels to a corresponding function of the plurality of functions; and
wherein the physical switch being configured to assign the gesture of the medical worker to each of the plurality of functions of the medical device as the information also includes being configured to:
enable a learning mode of the remote control device,
operate the physical switch to set a state of a specific channel of the plurality of channels,
detect a particular gesture of the gesture by the sensor,
assign the particular gesture to the specific channel, and
disable the learning mode of the remote control device.