Patient monitoring system
First Claim
1. A patient monitoring system comprising:
- patient data acquiring means, located within a hospital sickroom where a patient exists, for acquiring patient image data including an image of the patient, said patient data acquiring means an image pick-up device for outputting the patient image data corresponding to the image;
means for detecting facial outline of the patient on the basis of the patient image data;
means for determining facial feature candidate regions on the basis of at least the facial outline;
means for processing image data corresponding to each of the facial feature candidate regions, to detect some facial features of the patient;
means for checking a difference between a real-time facial pattern formed of the detected facial features and a facial pattern indicating an normal state and for detecting frequent appearance of strange expressions represented by the real-time facial pattern to output critical state information;
display means, located within a monitor room separate from said hospital sickroom, including a display monitor for displaying said image of said patient; and
data transmitting means, located within said hospital sickroom, for transmitting said patient image data acquired by said image pick-up device to said display means in response to the critical state information to permit the physician examine the medical condition of the patient.
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Abstract
The patient monitoring system includes a patient-data-acquiring section and a monitor section. The patient data-acquiring section includes a data-inputting device for inputting at least one of two data items, the first data item representing a patient image, and the second data item representing the physical conditions of the patient, a detecting circuit for detecting whether or not it is necessary to examine the patient'"'"'s image on the basis of the data items input by the data-inputting device, a message-sending device for sending a message to the patient asking whether or not the patient agrees to be examined when the detecting circuit detects that it is necessary to examine the subject'"'"'s image, an agreement-recognizing circuit for recognizing the patients'"'"'s agreement to being examined, and a data-transmitting circuit for transmitting the first data item to a monitor room when the agreement-recognizing means recognizes the patient'"'"'s agreement. The monitor section includes a display for displaying the patients'"'"'s image represented by the first data item transmitted by the data-transmitting circuit.
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18 Claims
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1. A patient monitoring system comprising:
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patient data acquiring means, located within a hospital sickroom where a patient exists, for acquiring patient image data including an image of the patient, said patient data acquiring means an image pick-up device for outputting the patient image data corresponding to the image; means for detecting facial outline of the patient on the basis of the patient image data; means for determining facial feature candidate regions on the basis of at least the facial outline; means for processing image data corresponding to each of the facial feature candidate regions, to detect some facial features of the patient; means for checking a difference between a real-time facial pattern formed of the detected facial features and a facial pattern indicating an normal state and for detecting frequent appearance of strange expressions represented by the real-time facial pattern to output critical state information; display means, located within a monitor room separate from said hospital sickroom, including a display monitor for displaying said image of said patient; and data transmitting means, located within said hospital sickroom, for transmitting said patient image data acquired by said image pick-up device to said display means in response to the critical state information to permit the physician examine the medical condition of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A patient monitoring system comprising:
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patient data acquiring means, located within a hospital sickroom where a patient exists, for acquiring patient image data including an image of said patient, said patient data acquiring means including an image pick-up device for outputting the patient image data corresponding to the image; means for detecting a facial outline of the patient on the basis of the patient image data; means for determining facial feature candidate regions on the basis of the facial outline; means for processing image data corresponding to each of the facial feature candidate regions, to detect some facial features of the patient; means for checking a difference between a real-time facial pattern formed of the detected facial features and a facial pattern indicating an normal state and for detecting frequent appearance of strange expressions represented by the real-time facial pattern to output critical state information; message transmitting means for transmitting a message from said patient data acquiring means to said patient in response to the critical state information, said message requesting permission from said patient for an examination of said medical condition of said patient by a physician when said detecting means determined that such an examination is necessary; agreement-recognizing means, provided within said patient data acquiring means, for detecting an agreement by said patient to undergo an examination of said medical condition of said patient by a physician; display means, located within a monitor room separate from said hospital sickroom, including a data receiving means for receiving said patient data acquiring means, and a display monitor for displaying said image of said patient; and data transmitting means, located within said hospital sickroom, for transmitting said image of said patient acquired by said patient data acquiring means to said display means only when said detecting means determines that an examination of said medical condition of said patient is necessary so that a physician in said monitor room can examine said medical condition of said patient by viewing said image of said patient on said display monitor only when said detecting means determines that an examination of said medical condition of said patient is necessary. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A patient monitoring system comprising:
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patient data acquiring means, located within a hospital sickroom where a patient exists, for acquiring patient image data including an image of said patient, said patient data acquiring means including an image pick-up device for outputting the patient image data corresponding to the image; means for detecting a facial outline of the patient on the basis of the patient image data; means for determining facial feature candidate regions on the basis of the facial outline; means for processing image data corresponding to each of the facial feature candidate regions, to detect some facial features of the patient; means for checking a difference between a real-time facial pattern formed of the detected facial features and a facial pattern indicating an normal state and for detecting frequent appearance of strange expressions represented the real-time facial pattern to output critical state information; message transmitting means for transmitting a message from said patient data acquiring means to said patient in response to the critical state information, said message requesting permission from said patient for an examination of said medical condition of said patient by a physician; response detecting means for determining said patient'"'"'s response to said message; display means, located within a monitor room separate from said hospital sickroom, including a display monitor for displaying said image of said patient; and
data transmitting means, located within said hospital sickroom, for transmitting said image of said patient to said display means only when said detecting means has detected that said patient has agreed to undergo an examination of said medical condition of said patient so that a physician in said monitor room can examine said patients medical condition by viewing said image of said patient on said display monitor only when said response detecting means has agreed to undergo such an examination by said physician.
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18. A method for monitoring a patient comprising the steps of:
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generating patient image data including an image of a patient; detecting a facial outline of the patient on the basis of the patient image data; determining facial feature candidate regions on the basis of at least the facial outline; processing image data corresponding to each of the facial feature candidate regions, to detect some facial features of the patient; checking a difference between a real-time facial pattern formed of the detected facial features and a facial pattern detecting frequent appearance of strange expressions represents the real-time facial pattern to output critical state information; transmitting said image of said patient to display means in response to the critical state information to permit the physician examine the medical condition of the patient.
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