Handheld skin measuring or monitoring device
AssigneeARANZ Healthcare Limited
InventorsWilliam Richard Fright, Brent Stephen Robinson, Shane Robert Goodwin, Bruce Clinton McCallum, Philip John Barclay
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Abstract
A handheld skin monitoring or measuring device includes a camera having a camera optical axis; and a structured light arrangement configured to project three or more laser fan beams such that the laser fan beams cross at a crossing point in front of the camera.
Claims13
1-17. (canceled)
A method of capturing data concerning an anatomical surface feature on a skin surface of a patient, the method comprising:
- directing a camera having a camera optical axis toward the skin surface;
- projecting a light pattern onto the skin surface via a projection arrangement mounted in fixed relation to the camera, wherein the light pattern is formed by three or more fan beams that cross at a crossing point;
- adjusting a position of the camera and the projection arrangement such that the crossing point falls on or near the skin surface;
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- capturing data via the camera.
A method of capturing data concerning an anatomical surface feature on a skin surface of a patient using a camera and a structured light projection arrangement in fixed relation to each other, the method comprising:
- directing the camera towards a skin surface;
- projecting a structured light pattern onto the skin surface via the structured light arrangement, wherein the structured light pattern is arranged to define a region that substantially corresponds to an image frame of the camera;
- adjusting a position of the projection arrangement such that the structured light pattern defines a desired image region on the skin surface;
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- capturing data using the camera, wherein the data includes at least one image including structured light data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.