Patents Assigned to SWORD HEALTH S.A.
  • Patent number: 11960791
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motion tracking system, including the steps of: digitally processing sound waves detected by a plurality of microphones so as to detect a voice of a user and estimate a first direction of the user; digitally processing electromagnetic waves captured by antennas so as to detect data packets transmitted to a computing apparatus by sensors and estimate second directions of each sensor; digitally averaging the second directions so as to provide an average direction for the sensors; digitally computing a difference between the first direction and the average direction; and starting to digitally track motion of the user based on measurements of each sensor when the computed difference does not exceed a predetermined difference threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.
    Inventors: Márcio Filipe Moutinho Colunas, José Carlos Coelho Alves, Luís António Correia de Oliveira, Luís Ungaro Pinto Coelho, Virgílio António Ferro Bento
  • Patent number: 11917567
    Abstract: Method for synchronizing data packets is disclosed, which includes: receiving an initial data packet having a timestamp from a first sensor; storing the timestamp of the initial data packet from the first sensor, herewith defined as reference timestamp; for each received data packet having a timestamp from said sensors, received subsequently to said initial data packet, for the first sensor, storing the timestamp of the most recent data packet from said first sensor, herewith defined as reference timestamp; for the sensors other than the first sensor, calculating the difference between the timestamp of a received data packet and the reference timestamp; calculating an average of said differences for the received data packets for each said sensor; correcting the timestamp of the received data packet with the calculated average of said differences of the respective sensor; using the corrected timestamps to synchronize the data packets from the embedded wireless data sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.
    Inventors: André Branquinho Gomes, Ana Clara Ferreira Matos, Luis Ungaro Pinto Coelho, Virgílio António Ferro Bento
  • Patent number: 11908145
    Abstract: A method for assessing whether one or more trackers are positioned on a person according to a predetermined configuration of tracker positions, comprising: transmitting, from a computing device to at least one tracker of the one or more trackers, an instruction to change an operation of the light emitter of the tracker to which the instruction is transmitted; taking one or more images by the optical sensing device; digitally processing the one or more images to digitally determine both first positions of a plurality of joints of the person on each image, and second positions of the one or more trackers positioned on the person on each image based on both a light of the light emitter of each of the one or more trackers and the transmitted instructions; digitally determining on which body member each of the one or more trackers is positioned on the person based on the first and second positions; and digitally comparing the position of each of the one or more trackers on the body members with the predetermined c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.
    Inventors: José Carlos Coelho Alves, Márcio Filipe Moutinho Colunas, Pedro Henrique Oliveira Santos, Virgílio António Ferro Bento
  • Patent number: 11774246
    Abstract: A method comprising: digitally processing orientation measurements provided by each of first and second inertial measurement units, the first and second units being arranged on first and second body members of a person, respectively, according to a predetermined unit arrangement, and the first and second body members being connected by a joint; the measurements are digitally processed such that the computing device at least: computes a length vector of a segment of the first body member based on a first orientation measurement of the first unit; defines a joint axis plane of the joint based on a second orientation measurement of the second unit; and computes a heading rotation value for making the first orientation measurement to be contained within the joint axis plane defined; and the method further comprising digitally modifying the first orientation measurement or the second orientation measurement by applying a rotation at least based on the heading rotation value computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Henrique Oliveira Santos, Luís Ungaro Pinto Coelho, Marta Maria Ramalho Ferreira, Ana Clara Ferreira Matos, Pablo Peñas, Virgílio António Ferro Bento
  • Patent number: 11726165
    Abstract: A method comprising: wirelessly receiving, at a first device, at least one data packet from each second device of a plurality of second devices arranged at predetermined locations of a target; detecting an angle of arrival of each at least one data packet wirelessly received of at least a pair of second devices; calculating at least one angle difference between the angles of arrival associated with the pair of second devices, or between the angles of arrival associated with each of the pair of second devices and a predetermined direction; and determining whether the target is at a predetermined distance range from the first device by estimating the distance based on the at least one angle difference, and a predetermined distance between the predetermined locations; or checking whether each of the at least one angle difference is within a predetermined angle range for the predetermined locations of the pair of second devices. Also, a method for making such determination based on angles of departure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Henrique Oliveira Santos, José Carlos Coelho Alves, Márcio Filipe Moutinho Colunas, João Paulo Dias Andrade, Virgílio António Ferro Bento
  • Patent number: 11720185
    Abstract: Method for determining a correct reproduction of a movement of a target based on a plurality of orientations thereof at different time instants at least including first and second time instants, the second time instant being posterior to the first time instant, the movement being defined by at least a first predetermined constraint, the first predetermined constraint being defined for first and second orientations of the plurality of orientations and defined by a start angle, an end angle and a first plane definition, comprising: providing a first plane and a second plane, each defined by the first plane definition, corresponding to the first and second time instants, respectively; providing a first pair of vectors by projecting the first orientation and the second orientation, corresponding to the first time instant, onto the first plane; providing a second pair of vectors by projecting the first orientation and the second orientation, corresponding to the second time instant, onto the second plane; computin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.
    Inventors: André Branquinho Gomes, Ana Clara Ferreira Matos, Filipe Tavares Dos Santos, Luis Ungaro Pinto Coelho, Virgilio António Ferro Bento
  • Patent number: 11609102
    Abstract: A method including: wirelessly transmitting and receiving data packets between first and second apparatuses; determining first and second angles of arrival at each apparatus for electromagnetic waves of the received data packets; providing first and second directions of arrival corresponding to the angles of arrival; converting the first and second directions into a global frame; projecting the first and second converted directions onto a horizontal plane; and computing a first drift estimate for a gyroscope or IMU of the first apparatus relative to the second apparatus, and/or computing a second drift estimate for a gyroscope or IMU of the second apparatus relative to the first apparatus, the first drift estimate being based on a difference between the projected second direction and a mirrored projected first direction, and the second drift estimate being based on a difference between the projected first direction and a mirrored projected second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Henrique Oliveira Santos, José Carlos Coelho Alves, Pedro Miguel Simões Bastos Martins, Pedro Miguel Moreira de Sousa, Pedro Filipe Xavier Rodrigues, Márcio Filipe Moutinho Colunas, Virgílio António Ferro Bento
  • Patent number: 11372484
    Abstract: Method for determining a correct reproduction of a movement is disclosed. The method can include providing a first plane and a second plane, each defined by the first plane definition, corresponding to first and second time instants, respectively; providing a first pair of vectors by projecting a first orientation and a second orientation, corresponding to the first time instant, onto the first plane; providing a second pair of vectors by projecting the first orientation and the second orientation, corresponding to the second time instant, onto the second plane; computing first and second angles between the pair of vectors of the first and second pairs of vectors, respectively; and determining the correct reproduction of the movement if: the first angle is equal to or less than the start angle, and the second angle is equal to or greater than the end angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH S.A.
    Inventors: André Branquinho Gomes, Ana Clara Ferreira Matos, Filipe Tavares Dos Santos, Luís Ungaro Pinto Coelho, Virgílio Antonio Ferro Bento