Apparatus and method for acoustic alarm detection and validation
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1. An alarm detection and validation device for validating acoustic alarms that have been generated by a medical device, the alarm detection and validation device comprising:
- a microphone arranged to output a first signal corresponding to audio detected by the microphone;
anda processing unit arranged to;
receive the first signal from the microphone;
receive a second signal from the medical device indicating that the medical device has generated an acoustic alarm;
analyze the first signal to determine whether the detected audio includes the acoustic alarm generated by the medical device by applying a sound classifier to the detected audio so as to identify known alarm sounds included in the detected audio; and
output a third signal to the medical device based on the result of the analysis of the first signal, if the result of the determination is that the detected audio includes the acoustic alarm generated by the medical device, wherein the third signal comprises an instruction that the medical device alter one or more parameters of the acoustic alarm, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of alarm volume, alarm pattern, alarm spectral composition, and which loudspeaker is used to emit the alarm.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for use in detecting and validating acoustic alarms, and in particular relates to an apparatus and method for use in detecting and validating acoustic alarms generated by medical devices, such as patient monitoring devices.
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1. An alarm detection and validation device for validating acoustic alarms that have been generated by a medical device, the alarm detection and validation device comprising:
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a microphone arranged to output a first signal corresponding to audio detected by the microphone; and a processing unit arranged to; receive the first signal from the microphone; receive a second signal from the medical device indicating that the medical device has generated an acoustic alarm; analyze the first signal to determine whether the detected audio includes the acoustic alarm generated by the medical device by applying a sound classifier to the detected audio so as to identify known alarm sounds included in the detected audio; and output a third signal to the medical device based on the result of the analysis of the first signal, if the result of the determination is that the detected audio includes the acoustic alarm generated by the medical device, wherein the third signal comprises an instruction that the medical device alter one or more parameters of the acoustic alarm, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of alarm volume, alarm pattern, alarm spectral composition, and which loudspeaker is used to emit the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14)
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3. An alarm detection and validation device comprising:
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a memory; and a processing unit configured to; receive a first signal corresponding to audio detected by a microphone; receive a second signal from a medical device indicating that the medical device has generated an acoustic alarm; analyze the first signal to determine whether the detected audio includes the acoustic alarm generated by the medical device by applying a sound classifier to the detected audio so as to identify known alarm sounds included in the detected audio; determine a current sound pressure level; use the determined sound pressure level to compare the volume of an acoustic alarm identified in the detected audio with the volume of other sounds included in the detected audio; and output a third signal to the medical device based on the result of the analysis of the first signal, if the result of the analysis of the first signal is that the detected audio includes the acoustic alarm generated by the medical device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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11. A method for validating an acoustic alarm generated by a medical device, the method comprising:
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receiving a first signal corresponding to audio detected by a microphone; receiving a second signal from a medical device indicating that the medical device has generated an acoustic alarm analyzing, with the processing unit, the detected audio to determine whether it includes the acoustic alarm generated by the medical device by applying a sound classifier to the detected audio so as to identify known alarm sounds included in the detected audio; and outputting, with the processing unit, a signal to the medical device based on the result of the analysis of the first signal, wherein the third signal comprises an instruction that the medical device alter one or more parameters of the acoustic alarm, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of alarm volume, alarm pattern, alarm spectral composition, and which loudspeaker is used to emit the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (12, 15)
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13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for execution by a processor, the non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising:
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instructions for receiving a first signal corresponding to audio detected by a microphone; instructions for receiving a second signal from a medical device indicating that the medical device has generated an acoustic alarm instructions for analyzing the detected audio to determine whether it includes the acoustic alarm generated by the medical device by applying a sound classifier to the detected audio so as to identify known alarm sounds included in the detected audio; and instructions for outputting a signal to the medical device based on the result of the analysis of the first signal, wherein the third signal comprises an instruction that the medical device alter one or more parameters of the acoustic alarm, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of alarm volume, alarm pattern, alarm spectral composition, and which loudspeaker is used to emit the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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