Methods and systems for determining whether a monitored individual's hand(s) have entered a virtual safety zone
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1. A computerized method for detecting when a monitored individual has moved one or both of his or her hands within a virtual safety zone, the method executed by one or more processors and comprising:
- receiving video data from one or more 3D motion sensors capturing live video data of an individual to be monitored within a monitored area;
defining a virtual safety zone representing an area in which the individual should not place his or her hands, the virtual safety zone encompassing at least part of the individual'"'"'s face;
determining that one or more hands of the individual are within the virtual safety zone based on at least a partially lost or obscured facial tracking signal; and
upon determining that the one or more hands of the individual are within the virtual safety zone, electronically transmitting an alert to at least one designated recipient.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided that allow caregivers, central monitoring services, and other persons to monitor whether a monitored individual'"'"'s hands have entered into an area in which the hands are prohibited, such as areas in which the monitored individual may remove or disturb a piece of medical equipment. When the monitored individual'"'"'s hands do enter the restricted area that is represented by an electronic virtual safety zone, an alert is generated and transmitted to a designated recipient.
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1. A computerized method for detecting when a monitored individual has moved one or both of his or her hands within a virtual safety zone, the method executed by one or more processors and comprising:
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receiving video data from one or more 3D motion sensors capturing live video data of an individual to be monitored within a monitored area; defining a virtual safety zone representing an area in which the individual should not place his or her hands, the virtual safety zone encompassing at least part of the individual'"'"'s face; determining that one or more hands of the individual are within the virtual safety zone based on at least a partially lost or obscured facial tracking signal; and upon determining that the one or more hands of the individual are within the virtual safety zone, electronically transmitting an alert to at least one designated recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for determining whether a monitored individual has placed one or both hands in a virtual safety zone, the system comprising:
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one or more 3D motion sensors capturing live video data of an individual to be monitored; a computerized monitoring system, the computerized monitoring system configured to; receive video data from the one or more 3D motion sensors; define a virtual safety zone representing an area in which the individual should not place his or her hands, the virtual safety zone encompassing at least part of the individual'"'"'s face; determine that one or more hands of the individual are within the virtual safety zone based on at least a partially lost or obscured facial tracking signal; and upon determining that the one or more hands of the individual are within the virtual safety zone, electronically transmit an alert to at least one designated recipient. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Non-transitory computer-readable storage media having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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receive video data from one or more 3D motion sensors capturing live video data of an individual to be monitored; define a virtual safety zone representing an area in which the individual should not place his or her hands, the virtual safety zone encompassing at least part of the individual'"'"'s face; determine that one or more hands of the individual are within the virtual safety zone based on at least a partially lost or obscured facial tracking signal; and upon determining that the one or more hands of the individual are within the virtual safety zone, electronically transmit an alert to at least one designated recipient. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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