Infant monitoring system and method
First Claim
1. An object monitoring system for monitoring an object and a caretaker associated with the object, the object monitoring system comprising:
- an object badge attached to the object, the object badge transmitting an object signal including a unique object ID;
a caretaker badge attached to the caretaker, the caretaker badge transmitting a caretaker signal including a unique caretaker ID; and
a monitoring device comprising a processor, a receiver, and a memory;
wherein the caretaker badge is associated with the object badge by storing a first associated ID identifying the object badge with a second associated ID identifying the caretaker badge in the memory; and
the processor processes signals received by the receiver including comparing the unique ID from any received object and caretaker signals with the associated IDs, and indicating an alarm condition upon failure of a preset condition.
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Abstract
An object monitoring system and method for monitoring objects and caretakers, for example infants and their mothers. The monitoring system includes object badges; caretaker badges, and monitoring device. Object and caretaker badges transmit signals including a unique identifier. A caretaker badge is associated with an object badge by storing a first associated ID identifying the object badge with a second associated ID identifying the caretaker badge. The monitoring device processes received signals including comparing them with the associated IDs, and indicates an alarm upon failure of a preset condition. Object badges can include tamper-detection devices, and caretaker badges can include alarms activated when an alarm condition exists for an object badge associated with the caretaker badge. The monitoring system can also include location units associated with monitored locations, each location unit transmitting signals identifying any object and/or caretaker badges within its monitored location.
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40 Claims
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1. An object monitoring system for monitoring an object and a caretaker associated with the object, the object monitoring system comprising:
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an object badge attached to the object, the object badge transmitting an object signal including a unique object ID;
a caretaker badge attached to the caretaker, the caretaker badge transmitting a caretaker signal including a unique caretaker ID; and
a monitoring device comprising a processor, a receiver, and a memory;
wherein the caretaker badge is associated with the object badge by storing a first associated ID identifying the object badge with a second associated ID identifying the caretaker badge in the memory; and
the processor processes signals received by the receiver including comparing the unique ID from any received object and caretaker signals with the associated IDs, and indicating an alarm condition upon failure of a preset condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An infant monitoring system for monitoring an infant and a caretaker associated with the infant, the infant monitoring system comprising:
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an infant badge attached to the infant, the infant badge transmitting an infant signal including a unique infant ID;
a caretaker badge attached to the caretaker, the caretaker badge transmitting a caretaker signal including a unique caretaker ID; and
a monitoring device having a processor, a receiver, and a memory;
wherein the caretaker badge is associated with the infant badge by storing a first associated ID identifying the infant badge with a second associated ID identifying the caretaker badge in the memory; and
the processor processes signals received by the receiver including comparing the unique ID from any received infant and caretaker signals with the associated IDs, and indicating an alarm condition upon failure of a preset condition. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of associating and monitoring an object and an associated caretaker, the method comprising:
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associating an object badge with a caretaker badge by storing a first associated ID identifying the object badge with a second associated ID identifying the caretaker badge in a memory of a monitoring system;
the object badge transmitting an object signal including a unique object ID, and the caretaker badge transmitting a caretaker signal including a unique caretaker ID;
attaching the object badge to the object;
attaching the caretaker badge to the caretaker;
monitoring a plurality of monitored locations using a plurality of location units, each location unit being associated with one of the plurality of monitored locations, and being configured to receive any object signals and any caretaker signals transmitted in an associated monitored locations;
sending location signals identifying the any object badges and the any caretaker badges in each of the plurality of monitored locations from the associated location units to the monitoring system; and
indicating an alarm condition upon failure of a preset condition. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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