US 12,300,029 B2
Enhanced image-based tracking in clinical environments
Susan A. Kayser, Batesville, IN (US); Gene J. Wolfe, Pittsford, NY (US); David L Ribble, Indianapolis, IN (US); Olivia Gubitose Boyce, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Craig M. Meyerson, Syracuse, NY (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,510.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,507, filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0066803 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/172 (2022.01) [G06V 40/171 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a camera configured to capture images of a clinical setting;
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the camera;
an input device communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured to receive an input signal from a user, the input signal indicating an instrument;
a display communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and
memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing:
an identity database comprising entries indicating features of care providers in the clinical setting;
instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
identifying the instrument in a first set of the images;
identifying a facial feature of an individual in a second set of the images;
identifying a contextual feature of the individual, the contextual feature comprising at least one of apparel worn by the individual in the second set of the images, a voice of the individual, or a badge of the individual detected in the clinical setting;
identifying an entry among the entries based on the facial feature and the contextual feature based on the entry;
determining that the individual is a particular care provider among the care providers based on the entry;
determining, based on the second set of the images, a time at which the particular care provider has left the clinical setting; and
based on the input signal, outputting, on the display:
at least a portion of the first set of the images depicting the instrument;
an indication of the time at which the particular care provider has left the clinical setting; and
an identifier of the care provider.