Patent ID: 6847336

Claim:
A heads-up display system for use by a medical technician, the heads-up display system selectively controllable by the medical technician comprising: a) a transparent heads-up display screen including a plurality of icons including a vital signs icon, the transparent heads-up display screen worn on the head of the medical technician, the transparent heads-up display screen positioned in the normal field of view of the medical technician; b) a command control computer coupled to the transparent heads-up display screen and including an electronic storage device; c) a communication network coupled to the command control computer and further comprising: i. a wide-area network for accessing medical data bases to be accessed by the medical technician and for communication and consulting with other medical technicians; and, ii. signal transmitters and receivers for communication of information and images derived from the procedure for remote viewing, thus establishing a remote telepresence for consultation, education or other medical purposes; d) an eye-tracking system integrated with the transparent heads-up display system, the eye-tracking system supported on the head of the medical technician and coupled to the command control computer and configured, (i) to detect and track movement of one of the medical technician's eyes as the medical technician views the icons on the transparent heads-up display screen, and (ii) to communicate to the command control computer eye-tracking data corresponding to the movement of the medical technician's eye to the icons on the transparent heads-up display; and e) a user interface including: (i) an icon control program stored in the electronic storage device and configured to cause the command control computer to generate and maintain on the display screen a plurality of selectable control icons, including a vital sign icon in a manner that is superimposed over the normal field of view; (ii) a cursor control program stored in the electronic storage device and configured to cause the command control computer to: (1) generate and maintain on the display screen a moveable cursor in a manner that is superimposed over the normal field of view; (2) translate the eye-tracking data communicated from the eye-tracking system into cursor control data; (3) apply the cursor control data to cause the cursor displayed on the display screen to move in a manner that tracks movement of the medical technician's eye; and (4) generate process control data when the cursor is tracked over and selects the vital sign icon; and (iii) a process control program stored in the electronic storage device and configured to cause the command computer to initiate specific control actions corresponding to the process control data generated when the eye-tracking cursor is moved to the vital sign icon.