# US 2014/0195986 A1 · Contactless remote control system and method for medical devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195986 A1 - Document ID: US20140195986A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/241,097 - Filed: 2012-08-17 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-07 - Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V. - Inventors: Junbo Li; Yinan Chen; Yunrong Zhang; Zach Forbes - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195986A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04812: Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects - G06F 3/005: {Input arrangements through a video camera} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/0304: {Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042)} - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G16H 40/63: for local operation - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract The present invention provides a contactless remote control system enabling an operator to operate one or more medical devices in a contactless way, said remote control system comprising a display device for displaying a Graphic User Interface GUI regarding the one or more medical devices; a tracking device for tracking the motion information of the operator; a control device for (1) interpreting the motion information of the operator into operation information relating to the movement trajectory of a cursor in the GUI or the confirmation of the selection of an item in the GUI where the cursor locates, and for (2) operating the GUI in accordance with the operation information so as to generate control commands for the one or more medical devices; and an output device for outputting the control commands to the one or more medical devices. This system of the present invention enables the operator to operate and control the medical device in a more convenient way, and causes the degree of user satisfaction to be improved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A contactless remote control system for an operator to operate multiple medical devices in a contactless way, comprising: a display device for displaying a Graphic User Interface GUI regarding the multiple medical devices; a tracking device for tracking the motion information of the operator; a control device for (1) interpreting the motion information of the operator into operation information relating to the movement trajectory of a cursor in the GUI or the confirmation of the selection of an item in the GUI where the cursor locates, and (2) operating the GUI in accordance with the operation information so as to select a medical device the operator wants to operate and generate control commands for the selected medical devices; and an output device for outputting the control commands to the multiple medical devices. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the GUI displayed by the display device shows the multiple medical devices as selectable items when the system is activated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system according to claim 2, wherein the GUI further shows all the control items for a medical device when the operation information indicates that said medical device is selected, and the control device generates control commands for said medical device in accordance with the operation information regarding said control items. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein the item is configured as menu bar, icon or button. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the motion information of the operator is the motion information of the operator's hand, and the control device interprets the hand gestures into operation information in accordance with the motion information of the operator's hand. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the tracking device comprises an optical or infrared camera. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system according to claim 6, wherein the tracking device tracks the operator with the aid of active optical or infrared markers attached to the operator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the system is activated by particular motion information of the operator or by pressing down an activation button on the system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A medical device comprising an input device for receiving the control commands output by the system according to claim 1, wherein the operation mode of the medical device is changed from conventional manual operation mode to remote control mode upon the reception of the control commands by the input device. ### Claim 10 A contactless remote control method for an operator to operate multiple medical devices in a contactless way, comprising the steps of: tracking the motion information of the operator; interpreting the motion information of the operator into operation information relating to the movement trajectory of a cursor in a GUI displayed on a display device or the confirmation of the selection of an item in the GUI where the cursor locates; operating the GUI in accordance with the operation information so as to select a medical device the operator wants to operate and generate control commands for the one or more medical devices; and outputting the control commands to the multiple medical devices. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the GUI displayed by the display device shows the multiple medical devices as selectable items before the tracking step. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the GUI further shows all the control items for a medical device when the operation information indicates that said medical device is selected, and the step of operating comprises generating control commands for said medical device in accordance with the operation information regarding said control items. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the motion information of the operator is the motion information of the operator's hand, and the step of interpreting comprises interpreting the hand gestures into operation information in accordance with the motion information of the operator's hand. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the tracking step comprises tracking the motion information of the operator by an optical or infrared camera. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of tracking comprises tracking the operator with the aid of active optical or infrared markers attached to the operator.