Hospital bed state detection via camera
AssigneeVitalchat, Inc.
InventorGhafran Abbas
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Abstract
A system for monitoring a room of a patient includes a server and a monitoring device. The monitoring device is configured to obtain at a first time a first image of at least a part of the room; identify a first state of the patient based on first image; obtain at a second time a second image of the at least the part of the room; identify a second state of the patient based on the second image; and, in response to the first state being different from the second state, sending a first notification to the server. The server is configured to, in response to receiving the first notification, set a monitored condition of the patient to a first value.
Claims18
A system for monitoring a room of a patient, comprising:
- a server;
- and
- a monitoring device,
- wherein the monitoring device is configured to:
- obtain at a first time a first image of at least a part of the room;
- identify a first state of the patient based on first image;
- obtain at a second time a second image of the at least the part of the room;
- identify a second state of the patient based on the second image;
- and
- in response to the first state being different from the second state, sending a first notification to the server;
- and
- wherein the server is configured to:
- in response to receiving the first notification, set a monitored condition of the patient to a first value, wherein the monitored condition relates to bedsores.
A method for monitoring a room of a patient, comprising:
- obtaining, by a monitoring device, a video stream of at least a part of the room of the patient;
- obtaining, by the monitoring device, from a first picture of the video stream a first state of the part of the room of the patient;
- setting a monitored condition of the patient based on the first state, wherein the monitored condition relates to bedsores;
- obtaining, by the monitoring device, from a second picture of the video stream a second state of the part of the room of the patient;
- and
- in response to identifying by the monitoring device a difference between the first state and the second state, sending a notification based on the difference.
An apparatus for monitoring a room of a patient, comprising:
- a camera;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- obtain a video stream of at least a part of the room of the patient;
- obtain from a first picture of the video stream a first state of the part of the room of the patient;
- set a monitored condition of the patient based on the first state, wherein the monitored condition relates to bedsores;
- obtain from a second picture of the video stream a second state of the part of the room of the patient;
- and
- in response to identifying a difference between the first state and the second state, send a notification based on the difference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.