Patent ID: 9125779
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61G,G05D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle for transporting an individual subject, comprising: a bedframe structure including a steering assembly operably coupled to at least one of the plurality of rotatable members; a power source operably coupled to one or more of the plurality of rotatable members and configured to rotate at least one of the plurality of rotatable members; an imager operable to image a person within an image zone, the imager including circuitry configured to map one or more gestures of a person within the image zone to at least one input correlated with one or more control commands for controlling the vehicle based on the one or more gestures; and a verification module for determining whether the person in the image zone is an authorized operator of the vehicle and configured to acquire patient identification information associated with the individual subject, the verification module having circuitry operable to generate route-to-destination information based on the acquired patient identification information associated with the individual subject; wherein the imager is operably coupled to the power source and the bedframe structure, the imager including one or more modules having circuitry operable to control the power source and steering assembly so as to maintain the authorized operator in the image zone.