Consciousness monitoring
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1. A method for automatically monitoring consciousness of a person and triggering an alarm if the monitored person is not in a state of full consciousness;
- the method comprising the steps;
monitoring at least one aspect of active behavior of the person;
detecting at least one environmental stimulus;
analyzing whether the monitored active behavior of the person in response to detecting the at least one environmental stimulus responds with an expected behavior for a state of full consciousness or not;
triggering an alarm if the analysis results in that the monitored active behavior does not correspond to the expected behavior.
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Abstract
A method for automatically monitoring consciousness of a person and triggering an alarm if the monitored person is not in a state of full consciousness is provided. The method comprises the steps: monitoring at least one aspect of the behavior of the person (S1); analyzing whether the monitored behavior of the person corresponds to an expected behavior for a state of full consciousness or not (S2, S2′); triggering an alarm if the analysis results in that the detected behavior does not correspond to the expected behavior (S3).
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1. A method for automatically monitoring consciousness of a person and triggering an alarm if the monitored person is not in a state of full consciousness;
- the method comprising the steps;
monitoring at least one aspect of active behavior of the person; detecting at least one environmental stimulus; analyzing whether the monitored active behavior of the person in response to detecting the at least one environmental stimulus responds with an expected behavior for a state of full consciousness or not; triggering an alarm if the analysis results in that the monitored active behavior does not correspond to the expected behavior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 19)
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8. A monitoring and alarming device for automatically monitoring consciousness of a person and outputting an alarm if the monitored person is not in a state of full consciousness, the device comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to sense at least one aspect of the behavior of a person; a detection unit configured to detect environmental stimuli; a processing unit configured to; monitor a signal from the at least one sensor, in response to the detection unit detecting an environmental stimulus, analyze whether the sensed behavior indicates a response to the detected environmental stimulus and to judge from the sensed behavior whether the person is in a state of full consciousness or not, and trigger an alarm in response to judging that the monitored person is not in the state of full consciousness. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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16. A monitoring and alarming device for automatically monitoring consciousness of a person and outputting an alarm if the monitored person is not in a state of full consciousness, the device comprising:
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a sensor unit configured to sense at least one aspect of the behavior of a person; at least one of; a detector configured to detect an occurrence of a natural environmental stimulus, and a stimulation unit configured to apply an artificial intentional stimulus to the person; a computer processor configured to; analyze the sensed aspect of the behavior and judge whether the person is in a state of full consciousness, in response to judging that the person is not in a state of full consciousness, at least one of (i) receive an input from the detector that the natural, environmental stimulus has been received and (ii) control the stimulation unit to apply the artificial stimulus to the person, analyze the behavior of the person in response to the stimulus and judge whether the person is in the state of full consciousness, and in response to judging from the analysis of the response to the stimulus that the person is not in the state of full consciousness, triggering an alarm. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 20)
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