Method and apparatus for monitoring movements of an individual
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1. An apparatus that determines when a monitored individual is likely to exit a supportive structure, comprising:
- an image capturing device that captures successive images of the monitored individual in the supportive structure;
a processing device that processes said captured images to detect predetermined characteristics of the monitored individual with respect to the supportive structure, by comparing a current captured image to a previous image, said predetermined characteristics comprising at least one of a relative position, a velocity, and an acceleration of the monitored individual relative to the supportive structure; and
an alarm that is actuated when said processing device determines that said detected predetermined characteristics exceed predetermined threshold values for at least one of said predetermined characteristics.
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Abstract
Monitoring an individual to determine when the individual is likely to exit a supportive structure. An apparatus has an image capturing device that captures successive images of the monitored individual in the supportive structure. A processing device compares a current captured image to a previous image to detect predetermined characteristics of the monitored individual with respect to the supportive structure. An alarm is actuated when it is determined that the detected predetermined characteristics exceed predetermined threshold values for at least one of the predetermined characteristics.
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1. An apparatus that determines when a monitored individual is likely to exit a supportive structure, comprising:
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an image capturing device that captures successive images of the monitored individual in the supportive structure; a processing device that processes said captured images to detect predetermined characteristics of the monitored individual with respect to the supportive structure, by comparing a current captured image to a previous image, said predetermined characteristics comprising at least one of a relative position, a velocity, and an acceleration of the monitored individual relative to the supportive structure; and an alarm that is actuated when said processing device determines that said detected predetermined characteristics exceed predetermined threshold values for at least one of said predetermined characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus that determines when a monitored individual is likely to exit a supportive structure, comprising:
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means for capturing successive images of the monitored individual in the supportive structure; means for processing said captured images to detect predetermined characteristics of the monitored individual with respect to the supportive structure, by comparing a current captured image to a previous captured image, said predetermined characteristics comprising at least one of a relative position, a velocity, and an acceleration of the monitored individual relative to the supportive structure; and means for indicating that the monitored individual is likely to exit the supportive structure when said processing means determines that said detected predetermined characteristics exceed predetermined threshold values for at least one of said predetermined characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for determining when a monitored individual is likely to exit a supportive structure, comprising:
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capturing successive images of the monitored individual in the supportive structure; processing the captured images to detect predetermined characteristics of the monitored individual with respect to the supportive structure, by comparing a current captured image to a previous image; and indicating that the monitored individual is likely to exit the supportive structure when it is determined that at least one predetermined characteristic exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the processing of captured images analyzes the captured images to determine at least one of a relative position, a velocity, and an acceleration of the monitored individual relative to the supportive structure. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. An apparatus that determines when a monitored individual is likely to exit a supportive structure, comprising:
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an image capturing device that captures successive images of the monitored individual in the supportive structure; an image processing device that processes said captured images to detect at least one of a relative position, a velocity and an acceleration of the monitored individual with respect to the supportive structure, by comparing a current captured image to a previous image; a motion threshold setting device that sets a predetermined characteristic for at least one of said relative position, said velocity and said acceleration of the monitored individual with respect to the supportive structure; an alarm that is actuated when said at least one of said relative position, said velocity and said acceleration, detected by said image processing device, exceeds said predetermined characteristic; and an alarm inhibitor that inhibits said alarm when a caretaker renders assistance to the monitored individual. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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