AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PAIN ALLEVIATING SLEEP ASSISTANCE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:EP4014842A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-22

    申请号:EP20215592.5

    申请日:2020-12-18

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus (10) to control a sleep assistance device (30) for alleviating a user's pain during sleep. The apparatus (10) comprises: a receiver (11) configured to receive sensor data (14) associated with the user; a processor (12) configured to analyze the sensor data (14) to predict a pain measure of the user, and to generate a control signal (15) for the sleep assistance device (30) in accordance with the predicted pain measure; and a transmitter (13) configured to transmit the control signal (15) to the sleep assistance device (30) for alleviating pain.

    A SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AMBIENT LIGHT IMAGE CORRECTION

    公开(公告)号:EP3820134A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-12

    申请号:EP19207439.1

    申请日:2019-11-06

    IPC分类号: H04N5/225 H04N5/235

    摘要: There is provided a system for performing ambient light image correction. The system comprises a light source, a rolling shutter imaging unit configured to capture a plurality of images of the object at an exposure time shorter than the wave period of the pulsed illumination from the light source, and a control unit configured to generate a first composite image comprising a plurality of bright bands from the plurality of captured images by combining sections from the plurality of captured images which correspond to bright bands, generate a second composite image comprising a plurality of dark bands from the plurality of captured images by combining sections from the plurality of captured images which correspond to dark bands, and generate an ambient light corrected image based on a difference in pixel information between the first composite image and the second composite image.

    A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A TREATMENT PROFILE

    公开(公告)号:EP4125096A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-01

    申请号:EP21188391.3

    申请日:2021-07-29

    摘要: According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method (200) for generating a treatment instruction, the method (200) comprising: receiving (202) first image data relating to the skin of a subject; obtaining (204), based on the first image data, an indication of a location of one or more features of the subject; generating (206), based on the first image data, an initial map of the skin of the subject including the location of the identified features; receiving (208) second image data relating to the skin of the subject during a current treatment session; determining (210), based on the second image data, a treatment parameter relating to a treatment performed in respect of the skin of the subject; generating (212), based on the initial map and the treatment parameter, an updated map of the skin of the subject; and generating (214), based on the updated map, a treatment instruction for delivery to a recipient device.

    A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING OBJECTS
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4059411A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-21

    申请号:EP21163502.4

    申请日:2021-03-18

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00 A61B5/1455

    摘要: According to an aspect, there is provided a method for analysing an object, the method comprising illuminating the object with illumination provided by at least two illumination sources, each illumination source being defined by at least one distinct characteristic property; temporally modulating the illumination provided by each illumination source according to a modulation function; capturing a plurality of image frames representing the object using a rolling shutter image sensor; and demultiplexing the plurality of image frames into component images each representing the object under illumination from a respective illumination source, and an ambient image representing the object under an ambient light condition.

    INTERACTING WITH A USER OF A PERSONAL CARE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:EP3974126A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-30

    申请号:EP20197720.4

    申请日:2020-09-23

    IPC分类号: B26B19/38 B26B21/40

    摘要: According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method (300; Fig. 3) for interacting with a user of a personal care device (Fig. 1; 102). The method (300; Fig. 3) comprises receiving (302, Fig. 3) device usage data indicative of a manner in which the personal care device is used by the user during a usage instance of the personal care device, the device usage data relating to one or more of a defined set of device usage parameters; receiving (304) performance data indicative of an outcome of the usage instance, the performance data relating to one or more of a defined set of performance parameters; and responsive to a determination that one or more of the received device usage data and the received performance data differ from stored reference device usage data and stored reference performance data, respectively, by more than a defined threshold amount, generating (306) a user input request to be presented to the user. An apparatus, a system and a computer program product are also provided.

    A SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IMAGE MOTION COMPENSATION

    公开(公告)号:EP3820138A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-12

    申请号:EP19207445.8

    申请日:2019-11-06

    IPC分类号: H04N5/232 H04N5/235

    摘要: There is provided a system for performing image motion compensation. The system comprises a light source configured to provide pulsed illumination to an object, an imaging unit configured to capture a plurality of images of the object including a first image, a second image, and a third image, and a control unit configured to: determine a first motion map indicating an estimated motion between at least a section in the first image and at least the corresponding section in the second image, determine a second motion map indicating an estimated motion between at least the section in the first image and at least a corresponding section in the third image, or an estimated motion between at least the corresponding section in the second image and at least a corresponding section in the third image, and generate an at least partially motion compensated image.

    GENERATING A REPRESENTATION OF TISSUE FROM AN AMBIENT LIGHT CORRECTED IMAGE

    公开(公告)号:EP4111954A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-04

    申请号:EP21183337.1

    申请日:2021-07-02

    IPC分类号: A61B5/026 A61B5/024 A61B5/00

    摘要: According to an aspect, there is provided a system (100) for generating image data comprising: a light source (104) configured to provide temporally modulated illumination to tissue of a subject; an imaging unit (106) configured to capture, while the tissue is illuminated by the temporally modulated illumination, a plurality of images of the tissue of the subject, wherein each of the plurality of images includes a plurality of bright bands and dark bands, wherein a bright band corresponds to a high state of the temporally modulated illumination and a dark band corresponds to a low state of the temporally modulated illumination; and a processor (102) configured to: generate a composite image based on the plurality of images or a subset of the plurality of images; generate an ambient light corrected image based on the plurality of images; measure, using the ambient light corrected image, a parameter of the tissue; generate a representation of the tissue based on a combination of the composite image and an indication of the measured parameter; and provide the generated representation for display.

    TREATMENT GUIDANCE
    9.
    发明公开
    TREATMENT GUIDANCE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4050461A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-31

    申请号:EP21159065.8

    申请日:2021-02-24

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01 A61B5/00 A61N5/06

    摘要: According to an aspect, there is provided a treatment guidance system (100) for guiding a user, using a treatment applicator (104), during treatment of a treatment object on a surface of a body part of the user. The system comprises at least one image capture device (106) configured to capture an image of the surface of the body part; a localization unit (108) configured to determine a location of a treatment element of the treatment applicator relative to the body part; a display (110) configured to present information to the user; and a processor (112). The processor is configured to control the at least one image capture device to capture a plurality of images of the surface of the body part; determine, based on the captured images, a location of a treatment object in the captured images; generate, based on the captured images, a three-dimensional representation of the surface of the body part, the three-dimensional representation including an indication of the treatment object in a location corresponding to the determined location of the treatment object in the captured images, and an indication of the location of the treatment element as determined by the localization unit; and provide, for presentation on the display to the user, the three-dimensional representation of the surface of the body part, including the indication of the treatment object and the indication of the location of the treatment element.