Stryker Corporation
PRIVACY CONTROLS FOR CAMERAS IN HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract:

Disclosed are methods and systems that can maintain patient privacy in a video stream of a medical facility by obfuscating all patient identity information such that the patient's identity and medical information is protected. In addition, the system and methods disclosed herein can limit the change in the perspective of the camera based on a defined privacy zone in the medical facility such that the privacy zone is not in the field of view of the camera.