System and method of monitoring patients in hospital beds
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1. A system of monitoring patients in hospital beds, the system comprising:
- at least one image capture element disposed in a hospital bed and configured to generate an image parameter of a patient disposed in the hospital bed; and
at least one processor configured to generate a temperature map of the patient from the image parameter;
wherein the processor is further configured to generate, from the image parameter, a segmented model of the patient, the segmented model representing a vector illustration of the patient'"'"'s body, wherein the segmented model comprises a plurality of segments, and wherein the processor is further configured to;
determine a temperature parameter of at least one segment of the segmented model;
determine a midpoint of each segment of the segmented model;
determine a position and an orientation of each midpoint of each segment of the segmented model; and
generate at least one movement parameter of the patient from the analysis of the position and of the orientation of each midpoint of each segment of the segmented model generated at different time instants.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a system of monitoring patients in hospital beds, the system comprising: at least one image capture element (2) disposed in a hospital bed (10) and configured to generate an image parameter (11) of a patient (12) disposed in the hospital bed (10). The system further comprises at least one processor, configured to generate a temperature map (13) of the patient (12) from the image parameter (11). Also disclosed is a method (40) of monitoring patients in hospital beds.
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1. A system of monitoring patients in hospital beds, the system comprising:
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at least one image capture element disposed in a hospital bed and configured to generate an image parameter of a patient disposed in the hospital bed; and at least one processor configured to generate a temperature map of the patient from the image parameter;
wherein the processor is further configured to generate, from the image parameter, a segmented model of the patient, the segmented model representing a vector illustration of the patient'"'"'s body, wherein the segmented model comprises a plurality of segments, and wherein the processor is further configured to;determine a temperature parameter of at least one segment of the segmented model; determine a midpoint of each segment of the segmented model; determine a position and an orientation of each midpoint of each segment of the segmented model; and generate at least one movement parameter of the patient from the analysis of the position and of the orientation of each midpoint of each segment of the segmented model generated at different time instants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of monitoring patients in hospital beds, the hospital bed comprising at least one image capture element, such that the image capture element is associated with a processor, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating an image parameter of a patient disposed in the hospital bed; generating, thereafter, a temperature map of the patient from the generated image parameter; wherein the method further comprises the steps of; generating a segmented model of the patient at subsequent time instants, the segmented model representing a vector illustration of the patient'"'"'s body, wherein the segmented model comprises a plurality of segments; determining a temperature parameter of at least one segment of the segmented model; determining a midpoint of each segment of the segmented model; determining a position and an orientation of each midpoint of each segment of the segmented model; and generating at least one movement parameter of the patient from the analysis of the position and of the orientation of each midpoint of each segment of the segmented model generated at different time instants. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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