US 2023/0421892 A1 · MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE TARGET OBJECT

Abstract

A monitoring system for monitoring at least one target object in a medical environment. The monitoring system includes a camera unit and a processing unit, wherein the camera unit comprises a suspension facility and a cable-suspended camera, wherein, the suspension facility comprises at least one cable and at least two cable mountings, wherein the cable mountings hold the at least one cable at a respective point in the room, wherein the suspension facility moreover comprises a camera mounting which holds the cable-suspended camera on the at least one cable, wherein the cable-suspended camera has a field of view and is configured so as to capture the field of view, wherein the cable-suspended camera may be re-positioned by moving the at least one cable with regard to the cable mountings and/or by moving the cable-suspended camera with regard to the at least one cable, wherein the processing unit is configured so as to control the cable-suspended camera in such a manner that in a first operational state of the monitoring system: the at least one target object is arranged in the field of view and the cable-suspended camera captures first image data having a map of the at least one target object.

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Dependent claims

A monitoring system for monitoring at least one target object in a medical environment, the monitoring system comprising:

a camera unit comprising a suspension facility and a cable-suspended camera, wherein the suspension facility comprises at least one cable and at least two cable mountings, wherein the cable mountings hold the at least one cable at a respective point in a room, wherein the suspension facility further comprises a camera mounting that holds the cable-suspended camera on the at least one cable, wherein the cable-suspended camera includes a field of view and is configured to capture the field of view, wherein the cable-suspended camera is re-positioned by moving the at least one cable with regard to the cable mountings and/or by moving the cable-suspended camera with regard to the at least one cable;
and
a processing unit configured to control the cable-suspended camera in such a manner that in a first operational state of the monitoring system the at least one target object is arranged in the field of view and the cable-suspended camera captures first image data including a map of the at least one target object.

A method for monitoring at least one target object by a monitoring system, the method comprising:

capturing first image data having a map of the at least one target object, wherein capturing comprises:
capturing initial image data of a field of view of a cable-suspended camera by the cable-suspended camera,
checking with the initial image data whether the at least one target object is arranged within the field of view,
wherein if at least one target object is not arranged within the field of view, the cable-suspended camera is re-positioned and capturing and checking are repeated,
wherein if the at least one target object is arranged within the field of view, the initial image data is provided as the first image data.

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A non-transitory computer implemented storage medium that stores machine-readable instructions executable by at least one processor, the machine-readable instructions comprising:

controlling a cable-suspended camera in such a manner that in a first operational state of a monitoring system an at least one target object is arranged in a field of view of the cable-suspended camera;
and
capturing first image data having a map of the at least one target object, wherein capturing comprises:
capturing initial image data of the field of view of the cable-suspended camera by the cable-suspended camera,
checking with the initial image data whether the at least one target object is arranged within the field of view,
wherein if at least one target object is not arranged within the field of view, the cable-suspended camera is re-positioned and capturing and checking are repeated,
wherein if the at least one target object is arranged within the field of view, the initial image data is provided as the first image data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Monitoring system and method for monitoring at least one target object

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