Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for monitoring a fall state of a patient while minimizing false alarms
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Application No.: US15830268Application Date: 2017-12-04
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Publication No.: US10382727B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Matt Clark , Derek del Carpio
- Applicant: CareView Communications, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Lewisville
- Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Lewisville
- Agency: Meister Seelig & Fein LLP
- Agent Seth H. Ostrow
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G08B21/04 ; G08B13/196

Abstract:
Various embodiments concern a system for monitoring a patient in a bed, the system comprising a camera, a user interface comprising a screen, and a computing system. The computing system can be configured to monitor, with the camera, for motion within each of a plurality of zones, the plurality of zones comprising a one or more inner zones extending adjacent along the bed, one or more outer zones extending adjacent along the one or more inner zones, and one or more end zones. Motion within the inner zones can trigger a fall alert while motion within the outer or end zones can suspend one or more functions to prevent the fall alert from being issued. The end zones can comprise a bottom zone and one or more top zones.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180192007A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A FALL STATE OF A PATIENT WHILE MINIMIZING FALSE ALARMS Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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