System for determining whether an individual enters a prescribed virtual zone using 3D blob detection
First Claim
1. A system for detecting movement by an individual within a monitored room, said system comprising:
- one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors positioned such that the one or more sensors capture continuous video of a preconfigured area of a particular room wherein an individual is to be monitored;
a computerized Virtual Blob Detecting Monitoring system in communication with said one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors to receive the captured continuous video of the preconfigured area for analysis by the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system, said computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system programmed to use an IR depth map to recognize objects of a predetermined size entering within the preconfigured area; and
a computerized communication system in communication with the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system, said computerized communication system programmed to facilitate communication with the monitored individual when the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system determines that an object meeting the predetermined size has entered the preconfigured area based on data received from the one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors.
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Abstract
A method and system that allows healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other persons to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and/or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual being monitored where assistance is required. The monitored individual is virtually represented as a blob object of at least a specific size by a computerized monitoring system and such system detects and alerts when the blob object enters or crosses into a virtually defined or designated blob detection zone and remains in the zone for at least a predetermined period of time.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for detecting movement by an individual within a monitored room, said system comprising:
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one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors positioned such that the one or more sensors capture continuous video of a preconfigured area of a particular room wherein an individual is to be monitored; a computerized Virtual Blob Detecting Monitoring system in communication with said one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors to receive the captured continuous video of the preconfigured area for analysis by the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system, said computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system programmed to use an IR depth map to recognize objects of a predetermined size entering within the preconfigured area; and a computerized communication system in communication with the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system, said computerized communication system programmed to facilitate communication with the monitored individual when the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system determines that an object meeting the predetermined size has entered the preconfigured area based on data received from the one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for detecting movement by an individual within a monitored room, said system comprising:
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one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors positioned such that the one or more sensors capture continuous video of a preconfigured area of a particular room wherein an individual is to be monitored; a computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system in communication with said one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors to receive the captured continuous video of the preconfigured area for analysis by the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system, said computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system programmed to use an IR depth map to recognize objects of a predetermined size entering within the preconfigured area; a centralized monitoring system in communication with the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system and the one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors, said centralized monitoring system receiving the capture video from the one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors, said centralized monitoring system located in a different room from the monitored room; and a centralized monitoring primary display in communication with the centralized monitoring system for displaying the captured video received by the centralized monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for detecting movement by an individual within a monitored room, said system comprising:
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one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors positioned such that the one or more sensors capture continuous video of a preconfigured area of a particular room wherein an individual is to be monitored; a computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system in communication with said one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound sensors to receive the captured continuous video of the preconfigured area for analysis by the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system, said computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system programmed to use an IR depth map to recognize objects of a predetermined size entering within the preconfigured area; a computerized communication system in communication with the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system, said computerized communication system programmed to facilitate communication with the monitored individual when the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system determines that an object meeting the predetermined size has entered the preconfigured area based on data received form the one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors; a centralized monitoring system in communication with the computerized Virtual Blob Detection Monitoring system and the one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors, said centralized monitoring system receiving the captured video from the one or more 3D Camera, Motion and Sound Sensors, said centralized monitoring system located in a different room from the monitored room; and a centralized monitoring primary display in communication with the centralized monitoring system for displaying the captured video received by the centralized monitoring system.
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