CN102473081A - Portable telepresence apparatus - Google Patents

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CN102473081A
CN102473081A CN2010800378212A CN201080037821A CN102473081A CN 102473081 A CN102473081 A CN 102473081A CN 2010800378212 A CN2010800378212 A CN 2010800378212A CN 201080037821 A CN201080037821 A CN 201080037821A CN 102473081 A CN102473081 A CN 102473081A
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K.滕比
C.S.乔丹
D.S.桑切斯
S.E.巴特纳
D.J.沃特斯
F.赖
K.P.汉拉罕
J.A.布加尼姆
J.罗森萨尔
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Abstract

A telepresence system that includes a portable telepresence apparatus coupled to a remote control station. The telepresence apparatus comprises a monitor, a camera, a speaker, a microphone and a viewfinder screen coupled to a housing. The view finder screen allows the user to view the image being captured by the camera. The portable telepresence apparatus is a hand held device that can be moved by a holder of the device in response to audio commands from the remote station. The telepresence apparatus can be used by medical personnel to remotely view a patient in a fast and efficient manner.

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The portable remote display device
The cross reference of related application
The application requires the application number 61/399 that is entitled as TELE-ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH A HAND HELD ROBOTIC FACE of submission on July 14th, 2010; 637 right of priority; And be the application of submitting on August 26th, 2,009 12/548 that is entitled as PORTABLE REMOTE PRESENCE ROBOT; 122 part continuation application, wherein the full content of each is attached among this paper by reference.
Technical field
The disclosure relates generally to the field of telepresence system.More specifically, the disclosure relates to the portable remote that comprises the equipment of remotely controlling through distant station and presents system, and wherein, this system comprises that camera, monitor, microphone and loudspeaker are to allow two-way audiovisual communications.
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It is obvious more fully that the following explanation and the accompanying claims of carrying out in conjunction with the drawings, present embodiment will become.Be understood that accompanying drawing only describes exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and therefore, be not intended to limit scope of the present invention, will describe and explain embodiment with specifics and details through using following listed accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is the diagram that comprises the telepresence system of the distant station that is coupled to the portable remote display device that is positioned at ambulance;
Fig. 2 is the diagram that the portable remote display device in the ambulance is shown;
Fig. 3 is the diagram that the portable remote display device that separates from the platform of being installed to the ambulance ceiling is shown;
Fig. 4 illustrates to be attached to the diagram that patient takes turns the portable remote display device of bed (gurney);
Fig. 5 is the diagram that the portable remote display device that is attached to support (stand) is shown;
Fig. 6 is the diagram that the patient in the health institution (healthcare facility) with the long-range display device that is attached to suspension rod (boom) is shown;
Fig. 7 A and 7B are the diagrams of the alternative embodiment of long-range display device;
Fig. 8 is the diagram of the rear view of long-range display device shown in Figure 7;
Fig. 9 illustrates the user keeps (hold) portable remote display device when observing by the image of captured by camera through the view finder screen diagram;
Figure 10 illustrates the diagram that allows the user to change the user interface of loudspeaker and microphone volume;
Figure 11 illustrates the diagram that allows the user to carry out the user interface of some function through graphic icons;
Figure 12 illustrates the diagram that picture-in-picture shows;
Figure 13 is the diagram that the picture that is in switch is shown; And
Figure 14 is the diagram that the graphical interfaces of the communication link in the display system is shown.
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With what be readily appreciated that is the assembly that can arrange and design general description and illustrational embodiment in the figure of this paper with multiple different configuration.Therefore, the following of the various embodiment of expression more specifies the scope of the present invention that is not intended the requirement for restriction protection in the drawings, but only representes various embodiment of the present invention.In addition, in some cases, not shown or describe well-known structure, material or operation in detail in order to avoid make aspect of the present invention ambiguous hard to understand.In addition, in one or more embodiments, can be in any appropriate manner with said characteristic, structure or property combination.
Word " exemplary " and term " for example " are used for meaning " serving as for example example or diagram " in this article.Any embodiment that is described to " exemplary " or " for example " at this paper not necessarily is understood that for other embodiment it is preferred or favourable.Though presented the various aspects of embodiment in the drawings, only if indicate particularly, accompanying drawing is not necessarily described in proportion.
A kind of telepresence system that comprises the portable remote display device that is coupled to distant station is disclosed.Long-range display device comprises monitor, camera, loudspeaker and microphone.Distant station comprises station monitor, the camera of standing, stand loudspeaker and station microphone.The portable remote display device can be attached to the platform of the ceiling of being installed to ambulance.The portable remote display device can be used to provide the telemedicine examination by the doctor at distant station place or healthworker.When patient by when ambulance moves, can the portable remote display device be separated and moves with patient from platform.
A kind of portable remote display device with monitor, camera, loudspeaker, microphone and view finder screen of all being coupled to shell is also disclosed.The view finder screen allows the user to observe the image with captured by camera.The portable remote display device is a portable equipment, and it can be moved by the keeper of this equipment (holder) in response to the voice command from distant station.Long-range display device can be used for remotely observing patient with mode fast and efficiently by the medical worker.
More particularly come with reference to accompanying drawing with Reference numeral, Fig. 1 illustrates telepresence system 10.System 10 comprises the portable remote display device 12 that is coupled to Long-distance Control station 14 through wireless network 18.Wireless network can be honeycomb fashion broadband network, satellite, WiMAX and/or WiFi network.Can portable remote display device 12 be positioned in the ambulance 20.
Long-distance Control station 14 can comprise have monitor 24, the computing machine 22 of camera 26, microphone 28 and loudspeaker 30.Computing machine 22 can also comprise the input equipment 32 such as operating rod or mouse.Control station 14 is usually located on the position away from long-range display device 12.Though a Long-distance Control station 14 only is shown, system 10 can comprise a plurality of distant stations 14.Usually, can the long-range display device 12 of any number be coupled to distant station 14 or other long-range display device 12 of any number.For example, can a distant station 14 be coupled to a plurality of long-range display devices 12, perhaps can a long-range display device 12 be coupled to a plurality of distant stations 14 or a plurality of long-range display device 12.This system can comprise moderator (arbitrator) (not shown) of the visit between long-range display device 12 of control and the distant station 14.
Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, can portable remote display device 12 be attached to platform 34.Platform 34 can extend from the ceiling (not shown) of ambulance 20.Platform 34 can comprise articulated joint 36 and 38, and it provides at least two degree of freedom and allows the user that long-range display device 12 is moved to different positions to observe patient and the EMT in the ambulance.
Each long-range display device 12 comprises (or a plurality of) camera 50 all being attached to shell 58, monitor 52, (or a plurality of) microphone 54 and (or a plurality of) loudspeaker 56.Camera 50 is coupled to remote monitor 24, makes the user at distant station 14 places can observe patient and/or EMT.Likewise, monitor 52 is coupled to remote camera 26, and therefore, patient and EMT can observe the user of distant station 14.Microphone 28 and 54 and loudspeaker 30 and 56 allow listening between Systems Operators and patient and/or the EMT to communicate by letter.
System 10 allows such as the patient in doctor's the system user observation ambulance and through distant station 14 and long-range display device 12 telemedicine examination (medical consultation) to be provided.Personnel such as EMT can send back problem and answer Xiang the doctor through system.Camera 50 allows the doctor to observe patient and strengthen medical consultation.Monitor 52 can show that the doctor is so that the sensation that exists to be provided, such as in ambulance.Platform 34 allows the doctor that long-range display device 12 is carried out distant taking the photograph (pan) and tilt (tilt).
Long-range display device 12 can comprise the transceiver 60 that is coupled to wireless network.Portable remote display device 12 also comprises battery 62.
System 10 can have some assembly and software; It is identical or similar with the robot system that InTouch Technologies company by California Ge Lata city provides, and embodies United States Patent (USP) 6,925; The system of describing in 357, it is attached among this paper by reference.
As shown in Figure 3, can portable remote display device 12 be separated from platform 34.Long-range display device 12 can have permission with platform 34 long-range display device 12 easily is attached to platform 34 and the mechanical connector that separates from it 64.Likewise, long-range display device 12 can comprise electric connector 66 with platform 34.Wherein (such as in ambulance) utilize the position of system 10 can comprise the transceiver (not shown) of the radio communication that can be provided to Long-distance Control station 14.Electric connector 66 is provided at being electrically connected between long-range display device 12 and the transceiver.Connector 66 can also provide power to long-range display device 12.Alternatively, near (such as in ambulance) that can utilize system 10 therein is coupled to Long-distance Control station 14 through transceiver with the transceiver 60 of long-range display device 12.Long-range display device can comprise can be with actuator (actuator) system 68 of two or more degree of freedom mobile cameras 50.Even this by when platform 34 separates, also allows operator's mobile cameras visual field at long-range display device 12.
As shown in Figure 4, can portable remote display device 12 be separated and be attached to patient from the platform (not shown) and take turns bed 70.Can long-range display device 12 be attached to platform 72 with two degree of freedom that allow remote station user to move long-range display device 12.Platform 72 can comprise the anchor clamps that adhere to (clamp) 74 that allow wheel bed 70.Can on wheel bed 70, long-range display device 12 be shifted out ambulance with patient.The portable aspect of long-range display device 12 allows it to move with patient.Long-range display device 12 should have certain size and weight so that the individual can be easily with its lifting.
As shown in Figure 5, can portable remote display device 12 be separated and be attached to the support 80 of distant station from ambulance platform (not shown).The portable nature of long-range display device 12 allows it to be carried into long-range long-range appear of any position with the operator that allows distant station.If the operator is the doctor, then portable remote display device 12 allows the telemedicine examination at place, any place.
Fig. 6 illustrates the patient and wheel bed who is moved in the health institution with the long-range display device 90 that is attached to suspension rod 92.When wheel bed 70 moves to when closely approaching health institution, can long-range display device transceiver be coupled to distant station through health institution's Local wireless network such as the WiFi network.In case in-house at this, then can portable remote display device 90 be connected to supply socket and be connected to carry out Ethernet with network.Can electronics ID equipment 94 be attached to patient.ID equipment 94 can transmit wireless signal to the long-range display device that is attached to suspension rod 92 90.The reception of 90 pairs of signals of long-range display device can impel distant station to be coupled to be attached to the long-range display device 90 rather than the portable remote display device 90 of suspension rod 92.Can long-range display device 90 be coupled to distant station with other means.For example, the nurse can key in the information of identification patient's reposition in health institution's network system.These type of clauses and subclauses can impel this system that the Long-distance Control station is switched to long-range display device 90.In addition, can exist and be used to cause this system and automatically distant station be transferred to another other method from a long-range display device.
Fig. 7 A, 7B and 8 illustrate another embodiment of portable remote display device 100.Long-range display device 100 comprises first 110 the monitor 102 that all is attached to shell 112, first camera 104, microphone 106 and loudspeaker 108.Camera 104 can comprise the fish-eye lens with 180 degree visual fields and zoom feature.More specifically, camera is 10,000,000 pixel CCD.When the long-distance user " was dwindled (zoom out) ", this system sent before its resampling to 1440 * 768 through the Internet in compression and with the 10MP image.The long-distance user can select this parts of images, for example upper left 1/4th through around the part of image, drawing square frame.The coordinate of this square frame is transferred into long-range display device, and this long-range display device will make resampling Regional Bureau be limited to the upper left 2.5MP of camera input successively.Face 100 is constructed to have size and the weight that makes that it can be carried by a people.Long-range display device 100 can have handle 114 so that it is carried and moves.For instance, long-range display device can have the weight less than 5 pounds.Can shell 112 be constructed so that long-range display device 100 can stand in the vertical position (upright position) from the teeth outwards, maybe be with the oblique angle that retreats of 5 degree, observe promoting.
Long-range display device 100 can comprise second 120 second camera 118 and view finder screen 116 that is attached to shell 112.Second camera 118 can be caught the people's of the long-range display device of maintenance that is transferred into distant station image, makes the long-distance user can switch to keeper's view so that to Audio Visual Communication it is provided instruction via 2.What be positioned at shell 112 is electronic circuit and device, comprises (or a plurality of) processor, storer and a hard disk drive (not shown) of the various functions that can carry out long-range display device 100.One side of long-range display device 100 can comprise various port 122,124,126,128 and 130.Port one 22 can provide USB and/or bluetooth or other connection.USB port can be used for the medical equipment such as stethoscope or pulse blood oxygen instrument is attached to long-range display device 100.Port one 24 can provide C video, the auxiliary input of S video.Can be through the battery charge of 126 pairs of long-range display devices of connector.Can set up cell phone through the transceiver 128 in the shell 112 connects.Connector 130 can provide 801.11 WiFi connectivities.Shown in Fig. 7 B, the opposite side of long-range display device 100 can comprise the different load buttons 132 that can set up video conference control (such as the audio volume adjustment).Monitor 102 can show can be through being equipped with plugging with the various port that long-range display device 100 uses by the touch-screen of user's operation.System 100 can have some assembly and software; It is identical or similar with the robot system that InTouch Technologies company by California Ge Lata city provides, such as United States Patent (USP) 6,925; The system of describing in 357, it is attached among this paper by reference.
Fig. 9 illustrates the user and keeps portable remote display device 100 to observe patient with first camera 104 that allows the opposite side of teleoperator through being positioned at long-range display device 100.View finder screen 116 allows the keeper to observe the image of being caught by first camera 104 and correspondingly moves long-range display device 100.For instance, the operator at distant station place can provide spoken command with the expectation view of the long-range display device 100 of mobile portable with the acquisition patient to the keeper.On this degree, the function of the actuator shown in user's execution graph 2 and 3, as stated.
Long-range display device 100 can comprise the motion sensing equipment 134 such as accelerometer, gyroscope and/or magnetometer.Can utilize motion sensing equipment 134, even make the user keep long-range display device 100 with the mode that tilts, the people who is shown by monitor is suitably confirmed size.The top of the people's who in other words, is shown by monitor head will point to all the time and away from gravity, if feasible equipment is maintained at miter angle, then the top of head will appear in the upper left corner of screen.Likewise, motion sensing equipment 134 can be used for the appropriate size pattern of the image of on camera 104, catching is offered distant station.
View finder screen 116 can comprise that the keeper who allows long-range display device 100 changes the touch characteristic of the image that is captured.For example, keeper's finger can impel the image of seizure to be exaggerated with outside mode from moving of inside position.Opposite the moving of user's finger can impel image to be dwindled.Therefore, the keeper can describe on the little touch-screen that shows patient image, and can the distant station (telestration) that the result obtains be shared to the long-distance user.The long-distance user keeps the control of shared characteristic, and can forbid that in these characteristics some can be used for the keeper.
Figure 10 illustrates the user interface 140 that is shown by view finder 116.Interface 140 comprises and can be touched the graphic icons 142 with the volume that changes loudspeaker and microphone by the user.View finder 116 can also show interface shown in Figure 11 144.Interface 144 comprises the graphic icons 146 that can be touched with the function of control such as power, audio mode, connection/disconnections connection and hold button.For example, the user can become the earphone based on bluetooth from local microphone with audio-source.
Figure 12 illustrates with the picture-in-picture form and shows teleoperator's image 148 and by the monitor 102 of the image 150 of captured by camera.Can be shown in figure 13 with image 148 and 150 exchanges.Touch-screen trigger (the touch screen toggle) (not shown) that can be enough shows by the view finder screen or come swap image with the figure switch at distant station place.Figure 12 and 13 also illustrates the alternative embodiment of camera, and thus, single camera can be at Rotate 180 degree physically before or after pointing to.
Shown in figure 14, long-range display device and/or distant station can provide graphical interfaces 160, and it is illustrated in the connectivity between long-range display device and the distant station.Graphic icons 162,164,166 and 168 can be represented long-range display device, server, network and distant station respectively.The link that solid line indication between two equipment is set up.The communication link of the disconnection between two equipment of dotted line indication.For example, Figure 14 is depicted in communicating by letter of disconnection between network and the distant station.System can carry out diagnosis and corrective action function to the link that breaks off.Corrective action can be automatically, perhaps comprises the instruction of pointing out the user to carry out the message of some task (such as plugging its Ethernet cable) or configuring firewalls being provided.Graphic icons 162 can change according to the long-range type that presents end points of attempting its connection.For example, if the user is attempting mobile robot's connection, then icon will be described the mobile robot, and if the user is being connected to only head equipment, then chart will be described this equipment.
Visit when long-range display device 100 can use many airborne modulator-demodular units (onboard modem) to provide wireless cellular bearer, WiFi be connected with satellite with the WiMAX local wireless.A bearer can according to the 2G standard operation, and another is according to 3G, and another is according to 4G or the like.These networks connect can be present in long-range display device 100 airbornely, and perhaps alternatively, long-range display device can have near the single local wireless connection of basic communication unit (it is controlled output again and connects).The basis communication unit can be taked the form of mobile system, and it can be installed on the vehicle, perhaps advances with long-range display device.Can also strengthen this system with the additional amplifier stage that is installed in the vehicle.This system can and improve quality of service measures with available connection gathering in of various modes.This pattern can comprise: redundant mode, and it sends identical signal through a plurality of connections; Balanced mode, it sends the each several part of signal through different connections; Switching mode, it sends all business through best available connection; And the VPN switching mode, it is switching between redundancy, balance and switching mode between session.
This system can be evaluated at reliability and the dynamic bandwidth on each of its wireless connections.Based on current networking statistics, the networking algorithm can be chosen between the different connections and separate communication stream, for example control command in the connection and video/audio on another connects, perhaps audio frequency is in the connection and be controlled at another and connect.When certain connected obviously degeneration, this algorithm can be selected its data stream is moved to another connection.Sometimes, this possibly mean that abandoning video (in the 3G connection) connects only to switch to audio frequency (2G).In addition, this algorithm can be selected to use in older, the wireless connections on the network (2G) more slowly but more reliably and be used for audio frequency, and use simultaneously upgrading/sooner but the connection on the network (for example 3G) is used for video so reliably.This method can guarantee to transmit steadily all the time audio frequency, and video possibly have interruption simultaneously, but will keep good visual quality and frame rate.Alternatively, system can have video and the audio frequency that is upgrading/connecting faster, have in older/slower connection in the audio frequency backup.If the connection of upgrading becomes so unreliable, then system can make the audio frequency CF of being play so that use from older/data of connecting more slowly.
Portable remote display device 100 can use in various application.For example, long-range display device 100 can be used for allowing patient's long-range inspection.Long-range display device 100 can remain on movable foundation and logging mode, even when not having ongoing and teleoperator's session." foundation " (pre-session " setup ") before the off-line record of this permission patient condition and the session.Set up before the session and allow the user to position and use digital square zoom (box-zoom) control to guarantee long-range doctor's input patient's before optimal viewing long-range display device.This and prior art telepresence system form contrast, and in the prior art telepresence system, when new session began, camera is distant to be taken the photograph/and the tilt/zoom setting is acquiescence or previous the setting.Long-range display device permission local user can set up the best visual field that be used for long-range doctor before his/her session is initiated, and can when long-range doctor becomes busy temporarily or asks local assistance, upgrade the visual field further.
When long-range display device for example was arranged in aircraft, long-range display device 100 can have " offline mode ", its take off and land during forbid outside transmission.In addition, can during the period of limited wireless connections, system be switched to " catch then and send " mode.In this mode, the user can be intended to be used for the videograph of patient's inspection of doctor.Can replenish this videograph with telemetry from the Medical Devices that adhere to.Audit report is automatically transferred to the doctor subsequently when system recovery enough connects, and is placed in doctor's the formation at distant station place.
Long-range display device can also be equipped with the GPS (not shown).The GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION (geo-tagging) of the real-time follow-up in the geographic position of this each long-range display device of permission and session statistics.This provides multiple function, comprising: based on the analysis of the wireless connections in geographic position; Based on the degree of approach and the video clipping of ambulance speed and patient data's tracking to hospital; And hospital and bill audit.The GPS characteristic can also provide unique fleet's supervision, antitheft etc.
The portable remote display device can be used in the various application in the medical domain.An application is specialities transportations (specialty transport), particularly paediatrics transportation.Can dispose ambulance and team from the A of hospital to the B of hospital to carry out patient transportation.When arriving the B of hospital, it is stable to find that patient needed before transportation.Expert diagnosis can take place in the B of hospital, perhaps between the delivery period on the route that returns the A of hospital.
For example; Can send calling to patient's transportation from said (spoke) B of hospital, the said B of hospital does not have the professional skill (for example paediatrics Intensive Care Therapy doctor specific nursing (pediatric intensivist specialist care)) that the A of hospital is had.The transportation team of deployment from the A of hospital to the B of hospital.This team brings long-range display device 100, it is installed on the wheel bed and will takes turns bed be placed in the ambulance.This team arrives the B of hospital and observes patient.If at any some place, transportation team wants request consulting, then sets up from the long-range doctor of the A of hospital and is placed on linking of long-range display device on the wheel bed.Long-range doctor can carry out distant taking the photograph-tilt-zoom to obtain the view of expectation to image.If still can not visit the view of expectation, then can offer help through long-range display device 100 being reorientated and used view finder help the front camera on patient/expectation view positioned someone of long-range display device side place.Long-range display device side team can communicate by letter with long-range doctor via the main loudspeaker/microphone on the unit.Long-range doctor can speak to recommend with the team at hospital B place and patient/family members' various members.Under the situation or secret situation of noise circumstance, can use bluetooth or wireless head-band earphone as replacement.Long-range doctor can help to carry out the judgement about nursing/transportation of patient.
Can through as by the long-range doctor with on-the-spot team collaboration confirm be continue transportation, do not continue to transport, or the judgement of implementing some nursing promotes nursing.If exist patient wherein to begin the situation of metabolism disorder, then consulting also can during transportation take place.In this case, between patient's delivery period, between distant station and long-range display device in ambulance, will exist to link.Long-range display device will be installed on the wheel bed, and long-range doctor can observe patient and communicate by letter to help to nurse judgement with transportation team.
Another Application can comprise that the nurse carries out planned visit to it in long-term sick patients home.The nurse observes patient.The touch-screen of long-range display device can be used for various symptoms are weaved into document.These data are stored in the long-range display device.Data that some patient is mutual and video can be transferred to server.Long-range display device can receive institute's information requested from server.The nurse can observe disease symptoms (troubling symptom) and ask the doctor to seek advice from.The nurse can call out the doctor, its set up with long-range display device link and initiate by the nurse promotion with remote healthcare session patient.The doctor can ask the nurse that digital stethoscope is attached to long-range display device and it is put on patient.The doctor can ask the nurse portable ultraphonic wave device to be attached to the auxiliary video port of long-range display device then.At last, the doctor can judge and should immediately patient be brought to medical institutions.The nurse can call out ambulance.When patient was transported to this mechanism, nurse station was on the patient next door, and long-range doctor signs in to long-range display device.
For a person skilled in the art will it is obvious that under the situation that does not break away from ultimate principle of the present invention, can the details of the foregoing description be changed.Though have been illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described some exemplary embodiment; But be understood that this type of embodiment only is illustrative rather than to invention restriction widely; And shown in the invention is not restricted to described particular configuration and layout because various other modifications can take place for the person of ordinary skill of the art.In claim, conjunction " with " comprising property, conjunction " or " be exclusiveness and conjunction " and/or " comprising property or exclusiveness.Wherein require to protect the embodiments of the invention of exclusiveness character or privilege like delimit.

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  1. One kind be suitable for being coupled to have station monitor, the camera of stand, the portable remote display device of the distant station of the stand loudspeaker and the microphone of standing, comprising:
    Shell;
    First camera, it is coupled to said shell;
    Monitor, it is coupled to said shell and is suitable for showing the image by the station captured by camera;
    Loudspeaker, it is coupled to said shell and is suitable for generating the sound that provides through the station microphone;
    Microphone, it is coupled to said shell;
    Battery, it is coupled to said shell;
    Transceiver, it is coupled to said shell; And
    The view finder screen, it is coupled to said shell.
  2. 2. the portable remote display device of claim 1; Also comprise second camera that is coupled to said shell, said first camera is positioned at first the last and position of said second camera on second of the said shell that comprises said view finder screen of the said shell that comprises said monitor.
  3. 3. the portable remote display device of claim 1, wherein, said view finder screen comprises at least one touch screen function that can change by the image of said first captured by camera.
  4. 4. the portable remote display device of claim 1 also comprises the motion sensing equipment that is attached to said shell.
  5. 5. the portable remote display device of claim 4, wherein, said motion sensing equipment is used for revising by said monitor images displayed.
  6. 6. the portable remote display device of claim 4, wherein, said motion sensing equipment is used for revising the image that offers distant station.
  7. 7. the portable remote display device of claim 1, wherein, said display comprises the graphic user interface that allows the user to change acoustic characteristic.
  8. 8. the portable remote display device of claim 1, wherein, said shell is configured to place on the surface that is in vertical position.
  9. 9. the portable remote display device of claim 1, wherein, said remote station monitors device viewing hardware icon is also described the interruption in the communication link between the hardware device.
  10. 10. the portable remote display device of claim 1 also comprises the actuator system that can move first camera and controlled by distant station.
  11. 11. the portable remote display device of claim 1 also comprises GPS equipment.
  12. 12. one kind be suitable for being coupled to have station monitor, the camera of stand, the portable remote display device of the distant station of the stand loudspeaker and the microphone of standing, comprising:
    Shell;
    Camera, it is coupled to said shell;
    Monitor, it is coupled to said shell and is suitable for showing the image by the station captured by camera;
    Loudspeaker, it is coupled to said shell and is suitable for generating the sound that provides through the station microphone;
    Microphone, it is coupled to said shell;
    Battery, it is coupled to said shell;
    Transceiver, it is coupled to said shell; And
    Memory devices, it is used for before setting up communication, catching at least one image, this image distant station set up with the communicating by letter of portable remote display device after be transferred into distant station.
  13. 13. the portable remote display device of claim 12 also comprises at least one input end, it allows the user to set up the input characteristics that changes the portable remote display device with communicating by letter of portable remote display device before at distant station.
  14. 14. one kind be suitable for being coupled to have station monitor, the camera of stand, the portable remote display device of the distant station of the stand loudspeaker and the microphone of standing, comprising:
    Shell;
    First camera, it is coupled to said shell;
    Monitor, it is coupled to said shell and is suitable for showing the image by the station captured by camera;
    Loudspeaker, it is coupled to said shell and is suitable for generating the sound that provides through the station microphone;
    Microphone, it is coupled to said shell;
    Battery, it is coupled to said shell;
    Transceiver, it is coupled to said shell; And
    Motion sensing equipment, it is coupled to said shell.
  15. 15. the portable remote display device of claim 14, wherein, said motion sensing equipment is used for revising by said monitor images displayed.
  16. 16. the portable remote display device of claim 14, wherein, said motion sensing equipment is used for revising the image that offers distant station.
  17. 17. one kind be suitable for being coupled to have station monitor, the camera of stand, the portable remote display device of the distant station of the stand loudspeaker and the microphone of standing, comprising:
    Shell;
    First camera, it is coupled to said shell;
    Monitor, it is coupled to said shell and is suitable for showing the image by the station captured by camera;
    Loudspeaker, it is coupled to said shell and is suitable for generating the sound that provides through the station microphone;
    Microphone, it is coupled to said shell;
    Battery, it is coupled to said shell; And
    Transceiver, it is coupled to said shell, and wherein, said transceiver is transmitting a kind of data of type and on higher bandwidth network, is transmitting second type data on the lower bandwidth.
  18. 18. a method that is used to provide the telemedicine examination comprises:
    The portable remote display device is installed to observe patient, this portable remote display device comprises camera, monitor, loudspeaker and microphone;
    Catch patient's image with the portable remote display device;
    The portable remote display device is linked to distant station, and this distant station comprises distant station camera, remote station monitors device, remote station speaker and distant station microphone, the healthworker's that this distant station camera can the capture operation distant station image;
    Healthworker's image is sent to the portable remote display device;
    On monitor, show healthworker's image;
    Patient image is sent to distant station;
    On the remote station monitors device, show patient image; And
    Transmit voice command from distant station to the portable remote display device.
  19. 19. the method for claim 18 also comprises the storage patient image and after distant station and portable remote display device are linked, transmits the patient image of being stored.
  20. 20. the method for claim 18, wherein, transportation patient in the captured by camera patient image.
  21. 21. the method for claim 20 also comprises the image that links and continue to catch and store with the portable remote display device patient that stops between distant station and the portable remote display device.
  22. 22. the method for claim 20 also comprises the portable remote display device is moved to first hospital.
  23. 23. the method for claim 22 also comprises patient is moved to second hospital.
  24. 24. the method for claim 23, wherein, said portable remote display device quilt moves to second hospital with patient.
  25. 25. the method for claim 24, wherein, said portable remote display device is sent to distant station with patient's image when patient is moved into second hospital.
  26. 26. the method for claim 25, wherein, said distant station is positioned at second hospital place.
  27. 27. the method for claim 18 also comprises the portable remote display device is moved to house.
  28. 28. the method for claim 27 also comprises patient is moved to medical institutions.
  29. 29. the method for claim 28 comprises that also storage is imported into the data of portable remote display device and these data are sent to distant station.
  30. 30. the method for claim 28 also comprises medical equipment is attached to the portable remote display device and obtains the patient data through medical equipment.
  31. 31. a method that is used to obtain the image of long-range seizure comprises:
    The portable remote display device is linked to distant station, and this portable remote display device comprises first camera, monitor, loudspeaker and microphone, and distant station comprises distant station camera, remote station monitors device, remote station speaker and distant station microphone;
    To be sent to distant station by the image of first captured by camera;
    Transmit audio instructions to the portable remote display device to the user who keeps the portable remote display device from distant station; And
    User by keeping the portable remote display device comes the long-range display device of mobile portable.
  32. 32. the method for claim 31 also comprises through the view finder screen on the portable remote display device and observes the image by captured by camera.
  33. 33. the method for claim 32 also comprises with second camera and catches the user's who keeps the portable remote display device image and user's image is sent to distant station.
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