Methods and systems for audio call detection
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1. One or more non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-readable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
- communicatively coupling one or more motion and sound sensors to a network;
displaying a visual representation of motion and sound data on a visual display apparatus communicatively coupled to the network from the one or more motion and sound sensors communicatively coupled to the network;
defining both an audio detection zone within a predetermined distance relative to a location of a first person to be monitored within a monitored environment and an audio ignore zone outside of the audio detection zone and within the monitored environment, wherein audio in the audio ignore zone is not identified, and wherein the location of the first person is identified using an identification apparatus configured to use skeletal figures, blob tracking, or facial tracking;
identifying audio detected in the audio detection zone by the first person; and
providing an alert when the audio detected in the audio detection zone includes one or more inputs.
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Abstract
Systems and methods allow caregivers, central monitoring, and/or other persons to monitor whether a patient or another person has generated a call, such as an audio call. The systems and methods work by detecting audio within one or more audio detection zones, which are predefined areas surrounding the patient or other person to be monitored. The systems and methods detect when a command/keyword is spoken in the audio detection zone and generate an appropriate alert to an appropriate role.
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1. One or more non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-readable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
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communicatively coupling one or more motion and sound sensors to a network; displaying a visual representation of motion and sound data on a visual display apparatus communicatively coupled to the network from the one or more motion and sound sensors communicatively coupled to the network; defining both an audio detection zone within a predetermined distance relative to a location of a first person to be monitored within a monitored environment and an audio ignore zone outside of the audio detection zone and within the monitored environment, wherein audio in the audio ignore zone is not identified, and wherein the location of the first person is identified using an identification apparatus configured to use skeletal figures, blob tracking, or facial tracking; identifying audio detected in the audio detection zone by the first person; and providing an alert when the audio detected in the audio detection zone includes one or more inputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10)
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7. A method for monitoring patient calls, the method comprising:
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obtaining motion and sound data from one or more sensors in a room with a patient, wherein the one or more sensors includes an identification apparatus configured to identify a location of the patient using skeletal figures, blob tracking, or facial tracking; generating a visual display of the motion and sound data; identifying the patient in the visual display; configuring an audio detection zone around the patient based on the motion and sound data; ignoring audio from any area outside of the audio detection zone, wherein audio is not identified from the area outside of the audio detection zone; detecting one or more inputs originating from the audio detection zone; and generating an alert corresponding to the one or more inputs. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring caregiver calls, the method comprising:
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electronically receiving sound sensor data from one or more sensors positioned in a room with a patient and at least one caregiver; identifying a location of the at least one caregiver using skeletal figures, blob tracking, or facial tracking the at least one caregiver; identifying an area surrounding the at least one caregiver as an audio detection zone based on the location of the at least one caregiver; ignoring audio from any area other than the audio detection zone, wherein audio is not identified from the any area other than the audio detection zone; and monitoring the audio detection zone for one or more inputs spoken by the at least one caregiver within the audio detection zone based on the sound sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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