Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing operability and guidance of a mobile scanning device configured to scan and generate images and reconstructions of surfaces of objects. A mobile scanning device, such as an otoscanner, may be guided such that collection of data for the surfaces of objects is optimized. In addition, the mobile scanning device may be further guided such that a position of the mobile scanning device may be maintained utilizing detection of fiducial markers via one or more sensors.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for optical scanning, including an optical probe capable of motion for optical scanning with respect to both the interior and the exterior of a scanned object, the optical probe also including light conducting apparatus disposed so as to conduct scan illumination from a source of scan illumination through the probe; light reflecting apparatus disposed so as to project scan illumination radially away from a longitudinal axis of the probe with at least some of the scan illumination projected onto the scanned object; optical line forming apparatus disposed so as to project scan illumination as a line of scan illumination with at least some of the scan illumination projected onto the scanned object; and a lens disposed so as to conduct, through the probe to an optical sensor, scan illumination reflected from the scanned object.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for systems and methods for acquiring images of cavity surfaces and generating three dimensional representations of the cavity surfaces using algorithmic methods, such as, for example, structure from motion. A scanning device illuminates light into a cavity and a probe is inserted into the cavity. Light that is reflected from the cavity surface, including natural features, and within the field of view of a reflective element of the probe is reflected towards a lens within the scanning device and projected onto a sensor. Two-dimensional images are captured as the reflections and reconstructed as the scanning device moves over time. Image processing algorithms are employed to generate a three dimensional image based at least in part on natural features included in a sequence of the two-dimensional images.

Abstract: A custom ear monitor, the custom earbud including an earpiece body manufactured from an image created from a three dimensional (‘3D’) optical scan of a user's ear; and one or more speakers located within the earpiece.

Abstract: A wearable computer including an earpiece body manufactured from an image of a user's ear, the image created from a three dimensional (‘3D’) optical scan of a user's ear; one or more sensors configured to sense information regarding the user when the wearable computer is worn in the ear; a computer processor and memory operatively coupled to the computer processor; and a wearable computing module stored in memory, the wearable computing module comprising a module of automated computing machinery configured to receive the sensed information and invoke a wearable computing action in dependence upon the sensed information.

Abstract: A customized wearable computerized earpiece, according to various embodiments is configured to confirm an identity of an individual. The earpiece may include a housing that is customized to fit within the individual's ear (e.g., ear canal). The earpiece may include one or more sensors configured to sense whether the earpiece is positioned within the ear of the individual. The one or more sensors may, for example, include one or more pressure sensors, one or more bio-electrical impedance sensors, one or more orientation sensors, one or more accelerometers, one or more oxygen sensors, one or more brainwave sensors, one or more heart rate sensors, or any other suitable sensor.

Abstract: A customized wearable computerized earpiece, according to various embodiments is configured to confirm an identity of an individual. The earpiece may include a housing that is customized to fit within the individual's ear (e.g., ear canal). The earpiece may include one or more sensors configured to sense whether the earpiece is positioned within the ear of the individual. The one or more sensors may, for example, include one or more pressure sensors, one or more bio-electrical impedance sensors, one or more orientation sensors, one or more accelerometers, one or more oxygen sensors, one or more brainwave sensors, one or more heart rate sensors, or any other suitable sensor.

Abstract: A customized wearable computerized earpiece, according to various embodiments is configured to confirm an identity of an individual. The earpiece may include a housing that is customized to fit within the individual's ear (e.g., ear canal). The earpiece may include one or more sensors configured to sense whether the earpiece is positioned within the ear of the individual. The one or more sensors may, for example, include one or more pressure sensors, one or more bio-electrical impedance sensors, one or more orientation sensors, one or more accelerometers, one or more oxygen sensors, one or more brainwave sensors, one or more heart rate sensors, or any other suitable sensor.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for determining sleep disorder appliance compliance. Embodiments include receiving, in a sleep disorder compliance module through one or more sensors of an earpiece worn within an ear of a sleeping patient, information regarding the sleep of the patient; deriving, by the sleep disorder compliance module from the information regarding the sleep of the patient, one or more biometric values capable of indicating whether the patient is using a sleep disorder appliance; and determining, by the sleep disorder compliance module, whether the one or more biometric values indicate that the sleeping patient is presently using the sleep disorder appliance.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for administering a sleep disorder are provided. Embodiments include receiving, in a sleep administration module through one or more sensors of an earpiece worn within an ear of a sleeping patient, information regarding the sleep of the patient; deriving, by the sleep administration module from the information regarding the sleep of the patient, one or more biometric values capable of indicating the existence of a sleep disorder; and determining, by the sleep administration module, whether the one or more biometric values indicate that the sleeping patient is presently experiencing a sleep disorder.

Abstract: Method, systems, and products are provided for sleep study. Embodiments include receiving, by a sleep study module, one or more biometric values capable of indicating the existence of a sleep disorder, the biometric values derived from information regarding the sleep of a patient sensed by one or more sensors of an earpiece worn within an ear of a sleeping patient; and recording, by the sleep study module, the plurality of biometric values for evaluation of the patient's sleep.

Abstract: Various examples related to calibration of a scanning device are disclosed. In one example, among others, a system includes a calibration pattern, a sensing device, and a calibration control system to control positioning of the calibration pattern with respect to the sensing device. Tracking sensors of the sensing device capture images of the calibration pattern during calibration of the sensing device. In another example, a method includes determining an estimated pose of the scanning device using an image of a calibration pattern, determining an error between a projected location of an artifact of the calibration pattern and an actual location of the artifact, and adjusting a tracking parameter using the error. In another example, a method includes determining an association between a pixel of an image sensor of a scanning device and a point in scanner space using pixel information corresponding to light reflected by an illuminated calibration pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for scanning a cavity surface using a tubular element comprising an inner wall and an outer wall. The tubular element may be designed to guide and approximately collimate light received from a light source from the first end of the tubular element to the second end of the tubular element. The light may be guided between the inner wall and the outer wall of the tubular element. The light may be projected from the tubular element onto a cone mirror fixed at the second end of the tubular element. The cone mirror may be designed to radially reflect the light guided to the second end of the tubular element when the light is within a predefined wavelength range.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for rendering multiple video streams in a display. A mobile computing device configured to perform a scan of an object utilizing the at least one imaging device may generate a first video stream utilizing the at least one imaging device. The mobile computing device may access a second video stream comprising at least a three-dimensional reconstruction of the object subject to the scan and may render the first video stream and the second video stream in a display in data communication with the mobile computing device.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for determining a pose of a mobile device by analyzing a digital image captured by at least one imaging device to identify a plurality of regions in a fiducial marker indicative of a pose of the mobile device. A fiducial marker may comprise a circle-of-dots pattern, the circle-of-dots pattern comprising an arrangement of dots of varied sizes. The pose of the mobile device may be used to generate a three-dimensional reconstruction of an item subject to a scan via the mobile device.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for determining a pose of a mobile device by analyzing a digital image captured by at least one imaging device to identify a plurality of regions in a fiducial marker indicative of a pose of the mobile device. A fiducial marker may comprise a circle-of-dots pattern, the circle-of-dots pattern comprising an arrangement of dots of varied sizes. The pose of the mobile device may be used to generate a three-dimensional reconstruction of an item subject to a scan via the mobile device.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for scanning a surface using a fan light element comprising a light source and a single lens. The fan light source generates divergent light and projects the divergent light onto a single element lens. The single element lens collimates the light and generates a fan line that may be used to scan an outer surface. By using triangulation of the reflections captured when projected onto a surface, the scanned surface may be reconstructed.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a tapered optical guide which may be used to guide light from a light source to a tubular element. Light guided through the tubular element may be projected onto a cavity surface for imaging. The tapered optical guide may comprise multiple optical fibers defining an elongated body having an elongated channel. The elongated body may converge from a first end to a second end such that a first end body diameter is larger than a second end body diameter.

Abstract: Various examples related to calibration of a scanning device are disclosed. In one example, among others, a calibration cradle includes a calibration pattern positioned within the calibration cradle and recesses to support a scanning device in a fixed position relative to the calibration pattern. In another example, a method includes positioning a scanning device in a calibration cradle, obtaining an image of a calibration pattern with a tracking sensor of the scanning device, determining an estimated pose of the scanning device, and determining an error associated with the calibration pattern using the estimated pose. In another example, a method includes capturing an image of a cone mirror a probe of a scanning device, determining a centroid of the cone mirror image, and determining an error associated with the cone mirror using the centroid.

Abstract: Optical scanning with an optical probe composed of an elongated cylinder of transparent material mounted upon an optical scanner body; one or more sources of scan illumination mounted in the probe distally or proximally with respect to the scanner body and projecting scan illumination longitudinally through the probe; a radially-reflecting optical element mounted in the probe having a conical mirror on a surface of the radially-reflecting optical element, the mirror oriented so as to project scan illumination radially away from a longitudinal axis of the probe with at least some of the scan illumination projected onto a scanned object; a lens mounted in the probe between the radially-reflecting optical element and the scanner body and disposed so as to conduct to an optical sensor scan illumination reflected from the scanned object.