Patent ID: 8675920
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61B,G06T,G08B,G16H,G16Z,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: monitoring output from at least one sensor configured to sense, in a room of a building, activity associated with a patient falling; based on the monitoring of output from the at least one sensor, determining to capture one or more images of the room; based on the determination to capture one or more images of the room, capturing, with a camera positioned to include the patient within a field of view of the camera, an image of the room; analyzing the captured image of the room to detect a state of the patient at a time of capturing the image; determining, based on the detected state of the patient, a potential fall event for the patient; and based on the determination of the potential fall event for the patient, sending, by a communication device, a message indicating the potential fall event for the patient, wherein the at least one sensor configured to sense activity associated with the patient falling is an on-body sensor configured to detect an impact and determine a change in an orientation of the patient; wherein monitoring output from the at least one sensor comprises: wherein determining to capture one or more images of the room comprises determining to capture one or more images of the room based on the determination that the patient has been inactive for a period of time greater than the determined threshold.