Automatic system for monitoring person requiring care and his/her caretaker
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1. A monitoring device, comprising:
- a controller programmed to receive at least one monitor signal from an environment monitor located in a monitored zone in which a person requiring supervision is located, wherein said at least one monitor signal includes at least one of video and audio data;
said controller being programmed to produce class data by classifying at least one alarm condition in the monitored zone in a class selected from a plurality of available classes, responsive to said at least one monitor signal;
wherein the at least one alarm condition indicates that an event that is threatening to the person has occurred; and
said controller being programmed to generate an alarm signal responsively to said class data and to initiate a transmission of the alarm signal to a remote supervisor, said alarm signal including at least a portion of said at least one monitor signal at least one of immediately prior to and immediately after an incidence of said at least one alarm condition, wherein said controller is programmed to recognize faces and said at least one alarm condition is responsive to at least one of;
(a) a failure to detect a face of the person in the monitored zone, and (b) a presence of an unrecognized face in the monitored zone.
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Abstract
A monitoring system for an infant, child, invalid, or other person requiring care uses computer vision and hearing, and inputs of other modalities, to analyze the status of a caretaker and/or cared-for person and its environment. The conditions are classified as normal or alarm conditions and an informative alarm signal is generated which may include records of the vision audio and other inputs. The system also has the ability to solicit responses from the occupants to stimulate a classifiable input to reduce ambiguity in its state signal.
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1. A monitoring device, comprising:
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a controller programmed to receive at least one monitor signal from an environment monitor located in a monitored zone in which a person requiring supervision is located, wherein said at least one monitor signal includes at least one of video and audio data;
said controller being programmed to produce class data by classifying at least one alarm condition in the monitored zone in a class selected from a plurality of available classes, responsive to said at least one monitor signal;
wherein the at least one alarm condition indicates that an event that is threatening to the person has occurred; and
said controller being programmed to generate an alarm signal responsively to said class data and to initiate a transmission of the alarm signal to a remote supervisor, said alarm signal including at least a portion of said at least one monitor signal at least one of immediately prior to and immediately after an incidence of said at least one alarm condition, wherein said controller is programmed to recognize faces and said at least one alarm condition is responsive to at least one of;
(a) a failure to detect a face of the person in the monitored zone, and (b) a presence of an unrecognized face in the monitored zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A monitoring device comprising:
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a controller programmed to receive at least one monitor signal from an environment monitor located in a monitored zone in which a person requiring supervision is located, wherein said at least one monitor signal includes at least one of video and audio data;
said controller being programmed to produce class data by classifying at least one alarm condition in the monitored zone in a class selected from a plurality of available classes, responsive to said at least one monitor signal;
wherein the at least one alarm condition indicates that an event that is threatening to the person has occurred; and
said controller being programmed to generate an alarm signal responsively to said class data and to initiate a transmission of the alarm signal to a remote supervisor, said alarm signal including at least a portion of said at least one monitor signal at least one of immediately prior to and immediately after an incidence of said at least one alarm condition, wherein said controller is programmed to recognize a speaker'"'"'s voice, and said alarm signal is responsive to at least one of;
(a) a failure to recognize a voice of the person, and (b) a presence of a voice of an unrecognized or unauthorized person.
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9. A monitoring system, comprising:
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a controller connected to receive at least one signal from at least one sensor for monitoring an environment of a person requiring supervision;
said at least one sensor generating first and second signals responsive to a state of a caretaker of said person and a state of said person, respectively;
said controller being programmed to determine whether to generate a first alarm signal based on whether the state of the caretaker represents a distress event for the person, and to determine whether to generate a second alarm signal based on the state of the person. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A monitoring method, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring a person requiring supervision by generating a first signal indicative of a status of at least one of the person and an environment of the person;
detecting when a behavior of a second person in the environment, other than said person requiring supervision, represents a distress event for the person requiring supervision so as to require the attention of a remote supervisor; and
transmitting a signal including at least one of audio, video, and text data to said remote supervisor when the step of detecting detects that the behavior of the second person requires the attention of the remote supervisor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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