Methods for determining whether an individual enters a prescribed virtual zone using 3D blob detection
First Claim
1. A method for detecting movement by an individual within a monitored room, the method performed at a computerized virtual blob detecting monitoring system and comprising:
- receiving, by a computerized Virtual Blob Detecting Monitoring system, 3D depth data of a preconfigured area of a particular room wherein an individual is to be monitored, the 3D depth data captured by one or more 3D camera, motion and sound sensors;
determining, using the 3D depth data, that an object has entered the preconfigured area;
upon determining the object entered the preconfigured area, determining, using the 3D depth data and IR depth map, that the object within the preconfigured area satisfies a predetermined size; and
initiating an alert based on at least the object within the preconfigured area satisfying the predetermined size.
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Abstract
A method and system that allows healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other persons to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and/or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual being monitored where assistance is required. The monitored individual is virtually represented as a blob object of at least a specific size by a computerized monitoring system and such system detects and alerts when the blob object enters or crosses into a virtually defined or designated blob detection zone and remains in the zone for at least a predetermined period of time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for detecting movement by an individual within a monitored room, the method performed at a computerized virtual blob detecting monitoring system and comprising:
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receiving, by a computerized Virtual Blob Detecting Monitoring system, 3D depth data of a preconfigured area of a particular room wherein an individual is to be monitored, the 3D depth data captured by one or more 3D camera, motion and sound sensors; determining, using the 3D depth data, that an object has entered the preconfigured area; upon determining the object entered the preconfigured area, determining, using the 3D depth data and IR depth map, that the object within the preconfigured area satisfies a predetermined size; and initiating an alert based on at least the object within the preconfigured area satisfying the predetermined size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for detecting movement by an individual within a monitored room, the method performed by a computerized virtual blob detecting monitoring system and comprising:
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receiving 3D depth data of a preconfigured area of a particular room wherein an individual is to be monitored, the 3D depth data captured by one or more 3D camera, motion and sound sensors; determining, using the 3D depth data, that an object has entered the preconfigured area; upon determining the object entered the preconfigured area, determining, using the 3D depth data and using an IR depth map, that the object within the preconfigured area satisfies a predetermined size; initiating an alert to a centralized monitoring system based on at least the object within the preconfigured area satisfying the predetermined size; and transmitting video data from the one or more 3D camera, motion, and sound sensors to the centralized monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for detecting movement by an individual within a monitored room, the system comprising:
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one or more 3D camera, motion, and sound sensors configured to captured 3D depth data of a preconfigured area of a particular room wherein an individual is to be monitored; a computerized virtual blob detecting monitoring system configured to; receive the 3D depth data of the preconfigured area; based on the 3D data, determining that an object has entered the preconfigured area; and upon determining the object entered the preconfigured area, determining that the object within the preconfigured area satisfies a predetermined size using the 3D depth data and an IR depth map; and a centralized monitoring system configured to receive video data captured by the one or more 3D camera, motion, and sound sensors and display the video data on a centralized monitoring primary display. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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