System and method for monitoring clinical activities
AssigneeMasimo Corporation
InventorsNadeesha O. Ranasinghe, Ammar Al-Ali, Massi Joe E. Kiani, Mohammad Usman, Bowen Zhao, Pierre de Malliard, Peter Sunghwan Min
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Abstract
A monitoring system can be configured to monitor activities or actions occurring in clinical settings, such as hospitals. The monitoring system can improve patient safety. The system can use visual and/or other tracking methods. The system can detect and/or identify people in a clinical setting. The system can also track activities of the people, for example, to improve adherence to hygiene protocols.
Claims21
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A method for tracking a status of a person in a clinical room, wherein more than one person is present at the clinical room, the method comprising:
- receiving first image data captured by a first imager from a first viewpoint in the clinical room;
- detecting and identifying the person in an image frame from the first image data;
- assigning a unique boundary box to the person;
- tracking movement of the unique boundary box in subsequent image frames from the first image data by assigning the person to a track nearest to the unique boundary box;
- outputting the track to a server to store the track in a database located at server;
- receiving second image data captured by a second imager from a second viewpoint in the clinical room, the second imager being oriented with a downward tilt and at a higher location than the first imager;
- assigning the unique boundary box to the same person detected in an image frame from the second image data by comparing the first image data and the second image data;
- detecting an activity of the same person based on the second image data;
- updating a tracker status of the person based on the activity and/or location of the person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.