Mobile video-based therapy
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsRonald L. Kelusky, Scott Robinson
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Abstract
Mobile video-based therapy, using a portable therapy device that includes a camera, a therapy application database, a processor, and a display. The camera is configured to generate images of a user, and the therapy application database is configured to store therapy applications. The processor is configured to select, from the therapy application database, a therapy application appropriate for assisting in physical or cognitive rehabilitation or therapy of the user, to invoke the therapy application, to recognize a gesture of the user from the generated images, and to control the invoked therapy application based on the recognized gesture. The display is configured to display an output of the controlled therapy application.
Claims20
A portable therapy device comprising:
- a camera configured to generate images of a user;
- a therapy application database configured to store therapy applications;
- a processor configured to:
- select, from the therapy application database, a therapy application appropriate for assisting in physical or cognitive rehabilitation or therapy of the user,
- invoke the therapy application,
- recognize a gesture of the user from the generated images, and
- control the invoked therapy application based on the recognized gesture;
- and
- a display configured to display an output of the controlled therapy application;
- wherein the processor is configured to select the therapy application by:
- recognizing, from one of the images, whether the user possesses a controller;
- and
- selecting a therapy application that does not require possession of the controller, if the user is recognized to not possess the controller.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- capturing images of a user via a camera;
- accessing the images of the user;
- selecting a therapy application appropriate for assisting in physical or cognitive rehabilitation or therapy of the user;
- invoking the therapy application by executing the therapy application at a processor;
- recognizing a gesture of the user from the accessed images;
- and
- controlling the invoked therapy application based on the recognized gesture;
- wherein selecting the therapy application comprises:
- recognizing, from one of the images, whether the user possesses a controller;
- and
- selecting a therapy application that does not require possession of the controller, if the user is recognized to not possess the controller.
A tangible computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform operations comprising:
- accessing images of a user;
- selecting a therapy application appropriate for assisting in physical or cognitive rehabilitation or therapy of the user;
- invoking the therapy application;
- recognizing a gesture of the user from the accessed images;
- and
- controlling the invoked therapy application based on the recognized gesture;
- wherein selecting the therapy application comprises:
- recognizing, from one of the images, whether the user possesses a controller;
- and
- selecting a therapy application that does not require possession of the controller, if the user is recognized to not possess the controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.