Methods and systems for audio call detection
AssigneeCerner Innovation, Inc.
InventorsMichael Kusens, Neil Kusens
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Abstract
Systems and methods allow caregivers, central monitoring, and/or other persons to monitor whether a patient or another person has generated a call, such as an audio call. The systems and methods work by detecting audio within one or more audio detection zones, which are predefined areas surrounding the patient or other person to be monitored. The systems and methods detect when a command/keyword is spoken in the audio detection zone and generate an appropriate alert to an appropriate role.
Claims17
One or more non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-readable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
- defining both an audio detection zone within a predetermined distance relative to a location of a first person to be monitored within a monitored environment and an audio ignore zone outside of the audio detection zone and within the monitored environment, wherein audio in the audio ignore zone is not identified, and wherein the location of the first person is identified using an identification apparatus configured to use skeletal figures, blob tracking, or facial tracking;
- identifying audio detected in the audio detection zone by the first person;
- and
- providing an alert when the audio detected in the audio detection zone includes one or more inputs.
A method for monitoring patient calls, the method comprising:
- identifying a patient in a monitored environment;
- configuring an audio detection zone around the patient based on motion and sound data obtained from an identification apparatus configured to determine a location of the patient identified using skeletal figures, blob tracking, or facial tracking;
- ignoring audio from any area outside of the audio detection zone, wherein audio is not identified from the area outside of the audio detection zone;
- detecting one or more inputs originating from the audio detection zone;
- and
- generating an alert corresponding to the one or more inputs.
A method for monitoring caregiver calls, the method comprising:
- identifying a location of an at least one caregiver using skeletal figures, blob tracking, or facial tracking for the at least one caregiver;
- identifying an area surrounding the at least one caregiver as an audio detection zone based on the location of the at least one caregiver;
- ignoring audio from any area other than the audio detection zone, wherein audio is not identified from the any area other than the audio detection zone;
- and
- monitoring the audio detection zone for one or more inputs spoken by the at least one caregiver within the audio detection zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.