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MONITORING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM

  • US 20190313948A1
  • Filed: 11/28/2017
  • Published: 10/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A watching assistance system that assists watching over a subject on a bed, the watching assistance system comprising:

  • an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by an imaging device;

    a criterion storage in which a criterion for determining a dangerous state is previously set for each of a plurality of determination regions set based on a region of the bed in the image;

    a detector configured to detect the subject from the image acquired by the image acquisition unit;

    a state recognition unit configured to recognize a state of a head of the subject including a head orientation of the subject detected by the detector;

    a determination unit configured to determine a danger degree of the state of the head of the subject recognized by the state recognition unit using the criterion for the determination region corresponding to a position at which the subject is detected by the detector; and

    an output unit configured to provide notification according to the danger degree determined by the determination unit.

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