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US 12,001,600 B2Granted
Service glasses with selective data provision
AssigneeBeckman Coulter, Inc.
InventorsDarshan Harish Baldev, Rebecca Jean Busacker, Jon Pallage Lindquist, Jr., Takayuki Mizutani, Benjamin Robert Nelson, Cody Joseph Precord
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Abstract
Service for a machine such as a laboratory instrument can be facilitated by capture of images showing the field of view of a user of the machine, and modification of those images to remove confidential information. Modified images can then be provided to service technicians so that the service technicians can have visual information that would allow them to more effectively communicate and interact with the machines' users.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- a) capturing an image of a field of view of a head mounted camera;
- b) automatically generating, in near real time, a modified image by performing steps comprising:
- i) identifying one or more portions of the image of the field of view of the head mounted camera to be masked, wherein identifying one or more portions of the image of the field of view of the head mounted camera to be masked comprises:
- A) identifying one or more display screens in the field of view;
- B) for each of the one or more display screens, determining whether an interface is displayed on that display screen that matches an item from a predefined interface library;
- and
- C) for each displayed interface with at least one matching item from the predefined interface library, identifying one or more portions of that interface as portions of the image to be masked based on information from the matching item from the predefined interface library;
- and
- ii) masking each of the one or more identified portions;
- and
- c) presenting the modified image, wherein presenting the modified image comprises:
- i) displaying the modified image to a remote service technician;
- or
- ii) displaying the modified image on a display of an augmented reality headpiece wherein the head mounted camera is integrated with the augmented reality headpiece;
- wherein:
- A) the field of view of the head mounted camera is a view of a laboratory comprising one or more laboratory instruments for analyzing patient samples;
- B) the predefined interface library is a library comprising interfaces which are adapted to display confidential information related to the patient samples at fixed interface locations;
- and
- C) masking each of the one or more identified portions comprises, for each displayed interface with at least one matching item from the predefined interface library, masking the fixed interface locations at which that interface is adapted to display confidential information related to the patient samples.
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A system comprising:
- a) a head mounted camera;
- b) a processor;
- wherein:
- i) the processor is configured with a set of computer instructions operable to, when executed:
- A) after the head mounted camera has been activated, determine whether modified images based on images captured by the head mounted camera should be made available for non-immediate viewing;
- B) both create a modified image based on an image captured by the head mounted camera and make the modified image available for non-immediate viewing if and only if:
- I) a determination is made that the modified image should be made available for non-immediate viewing;
- and/or
- II) both of the following statements are true:
- 1) a determination was made that modified images based on images captured by the head mounted camera should be made available for non-immediate viewing prior to the image captured by the head mounted camera being captured;
- and
- 2) no determination was made that modified images based on images captured by the head mounted camera should not be made available for non-immediate viewing more recently than the most recent determination that modified images based on images captured by the head mounted camera should be made available for non-immediate viewing;
- ii) creating the modified image based on the image captured by the head mounted camera comprises:
- A) identifying one or more portions of the image captured by the head mounted camera to be masked by performing acts comprising:
- I) identifying one ormore display screens in the image captured by the head mounted camera;
- II) for each of the one or more display screens, determining whether an interface is displayed on that display screen that matches an item from a predefined interface library;
- and
- III) for each displayed interface with at least one matching item from the predefined interface library, identifying one or more portions of that interface as portions of the image to be masked based on information from the matching item from the predefined interface library;
- and
- B) masking each of the one or more identified portions;
- iii) the field of view of the head mounted camera is a view of a laboratory comprising one or more laboratory instruments for analyzing patient samples;
- iv) the predefined interface library is a library comprising interfaces which are adapted to display confidential information related to the patient samples at fixed interface locations;
- and
- v) masking each of the one or more identified portions comprises, for each displayed interface with at least one matching item from the predefined interface library, masking the fixed interface locations at which that interface is adapted to display confidential information related to the patient samples.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.