Method and system for determining whether a monitored individual's hand(s) have entered a virtual safety zone
First Claim
1. A method for detecting when a monitored individual has moved one or both of his or her hands within a virtual safety zone, the method comprising:
- configuring a virtual safety zone around an area where an individual to be monitored should not place his or her hands;
providing one or more 3D motion sensors to capture live video data from the virtual safety zone;
forwarding the video data from the one or more 3D motion sensors to a computerized monitoring system;
determining by the computerized monitoring system when the monitored individual has moved at least one of his or her hands within the virtual safety zone; and
electronically transmitting an alert to at least one of the monitored individual, one or more caregivers, and a centralized monitoring station, by the computerized monitoring system when the computerized monitoring system determines that the monitored individual has moved at least one of his or her hands within the virtual safety zone.
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Abstract
A system and method that allows caregivers, central monitoring services, and other persons to monitor whether a monitored individual'"'"'s hand(s) have entered into an area where the caregiver has determined the monitored individual'"'"'s hand(s) should not be, such as where the monitored individual may remove or disturb a piece of medical equipment. Where the monitored individual'"'"'s hand(s) do enter the restricted area that is represented by an electronic virtual safety zone, an alert can be generated by the system and method.
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1. A method for detecting when a monitored individual has moved one or both of his or her hands within a virtual safety zone, the method comprising:
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configuring a virtual safety zone around an area where an individual to be monitored should not place his or her hands; providing one or more 3D motion sensors to capture live video data from the virtual safety zone; forwarding the video data from the one or more 3D motion sensors to a computerized monitoring system; determining by the computerized monitoring system when the monitored individual has moved at least one of his or her hands within the virtual safety zone; and electronically transmitting an alert to at least one of the monitored individual, one or more caregivers, and a centralized monitoring station, by the computerized monitoring system when the computerized monitoring system determines that the monitored individual has moved at least one of his or her hands within the virtual safety zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. 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 co-located with a monitored individual; a computerized monitoring system, the computerized monitoring system configured to receive data from the one or more 3D motion sensors, identify the position of the monitored individual'"'"'s hands, and determine whether at least one of the monitored individual'"'"'s hands have entered a virtual safety zone; and a computerized communication system, the computerized communication system configured to receive from the computerized monitoring system a determination that at least one of the monitored individual'"'"'s hands have entered a virtual safety zone, and send an alert of the entry into the virtual safety zone to at least one designated recipient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Computer-readable storage media having stored thereon executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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receive visual data from one or more 3D motion sensors; identify a monitored individual'"'"'s location from the visual data; establish a virtual safety zone at least partially overlapping the monitored individual'"'"'s location; identify the monitored individual'"'"'s hands from the visual data; determine whether one or both of the monitored individual'"'"'s hands enter the virtual safety zone from the visual data; time the duration for which the monitored individual'"'"'s hand or hands remain in the virtual safety zone; and issue an alert if the monitored individual'"'"'s hand or hands remain in the virtual safety zone for longer than a predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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