Patent ID: 9220651
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61G,G05D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A self-propelled operator-guided vehicle for transporting and supporting at least one individual subject, comprising: an operator-authorization device including a bedframe structure including a surface configured to support an individual subject and a transport assembly having a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface a self-propelled operator-guided vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a steering assembly operable to vary a steering angle of at least one of the plurality of rotatable members; a powertrain for driving one or more of the plurality of rotatable members; and an operator-guided vehicle navigation controller operably coupled to a virtual object generator configured to generate a virtual representation of at least one of a locality of the human operator within the operator-guide zone or a locality of the self-propelled operator-guided vehicle within a physical space on a virtual display; the operator-guided vehicle navigation controller operably coupled to at least one or more of the operator-authorization device, the steering assembly, or the powertrain, the operator-guided vehicle navigation controller including a control command module operable to determine physical gesture movement information from the image information and to map one or more physical gesture movements of the authorized human operator within the operator-guide zone to at least one input correlated with one or more navigation control commands for controlling the self-propelled operator-guided vehicle based on the physical gesture movement information, the operator-guided vehicle navigation controller configured to acquire patient identification information associated with the individual subject, the operator-guided vehicle navigation controller having circuitry operable to generate route-to-destination information based on the acquired patient identification information associated with the individual subject.