Patent ID: 11895394
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method of maintaining patient privacy in video of a portion of a medical facility, the method comprising:
defining at least one privacy zone for the portion of the medical facility, wherein the at least one privacy zone comprises an object with text comprising patient identity information;
generating a video stream of the portion of the medical facility via an image data source from a first perspective, wherein a perspective of the image data source can be remotely controlled;
detecting one or more edges of the object with text comprising patient identity information in the video stream of the portion of the medical facility;
receiving a first user input corresponding to a remotely controlled change in the perspective of the image data source to a second perspective;
limiting the change in the perspective of the image data source based on the defined at least one privacy zone so that the at least one privacy zone is not in a field of view of the image data source, wherein the one or more edges of the object with text comprising patient identity information provide a reference point to define the at least one privacy zone.