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US 2019/0318602 A1Published application
Occupant monitoring system and method
OwnerShawn NEVINinventor
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Abstract
An occupant monitoring apparatus, system and method capable of monitoring an occupant of an occupant support or space. The apparatus, system and method utilizes a variable capacitance sensor and control unit to monitor, record and compare signals as a means of monitoring an occupant, a support or a space.
Claims20
An occupant monitoring apparatus in operative communication with an occupant support, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one sensor for detecting a state of the occupant with respect to the occupant support, the at least one sensor being in operative communication with the occupant support and adapted to have a variable capacitance;
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- a control unit in operative communication with the at least one sensor, the control unit being adapted to determine a state of the occupant on the occupant support based upon the capacitance of the at least one sensor.
A method for monitoring an occupant on a occupant support, comprising the steps of:
- placing at least one sensor in operative communication with the occupant support, the at least one sensor being adapted to have a variable capacitance;
- providing a control unit in operative communication with the at least one sensor, the control unit being adapted to read the capacitance of the at least one sensor;
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- associating a change in the capacitance of the at least one sensor with a state of the occupant with respect to the occupant support.
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