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US 10,708,550 B2Granted
Monitoring camera and mount
AssigneeUdisense Inc.
InventorsAssaf Glazer, Tor Ivry, Amir Katz, Amnon Karni, Mark Prommel, Pil Ho Chung, Marco Perry, Oscar Frias, Gal Shkedi
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Abstract
A video monitoring system (20) includes a camera head (22, 62), including an infrared illumination source (76) and an image sensor (74). A mount (64, 102, 112) is configured to hold the camera head in a fixed location and orientation above a crib (24), so that the image sensor captures images of the crib and an intervention region (52) adjacent to the crib from a fixed perspective.
Claims37
A video monitoring system, comprising:
- a camera head, comprising an infrared illumination source and an image sensor, wherein the camera head is configured to transmit video signals generated by the image sensor over a network;
- a mount, which is configured to hold the camera head in a fixed location and orientation above a crib, so that the image sensor captures images of the crib and an intervention region adjacent to the crib from a fixed perspective;
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- a server, which is configured to receive and analyze the video signals so as to extract and provide behavioral information regarding sleep patterns of an infant in the crib and regarding actions taken by a caregiver in the intervention region.
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Sleep monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- a memory, which is configured to receive and store a stream of images captured by a camera mounted over a crib in which an infant is put to sleep, wherein the images include an intervention region adjacent to the crib;
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- a processor, which is configured to analyze the stream of the images so as to detect and log events associated with sleep behavior of the infant, wherein at least some of the events that are detected and logged by the processor are based on analyzing actions of a caregiver in the intervention region.
A method for monitoring, comprising:
- providing a camera head, comprising an infrared illumination source and an image sensor for mounting in a fixed location and orientation above a crib;
- and
- displaying an image captured by the camera head, while overlaying on the image a graphical element corresponding to desired boundaries of the crib in a location in the image chosen so that when an actual boundary of the crib in the image is aligned with the graphical element, the image sensor captures images of the crib and an intervention region adjacent to the crib from a fixed perspective.
A method for sleep monitoring, comprising:
- receiving a stream of images captured by a camera mounted over a crib in which an infant is put to sleep, wherein the images include an intervention region adjacent to the crib;
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- analyzing the stream of the images so as to detect and log events associated with sleep behavior of the infant and to analyze actions of a caregiver in the intervention region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.