Patent ID: 6968294
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: A61B,G08B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A monitoring device, comprising: a controller programmed to receive at least one monitor signal from an environment monitor located in a monitored zone in which a person requiring supervision is located, wherein said at least one monitor signal includes at least one of video and audio data; said controller being programmed to produce class data by classifying at least one alarm condition in the monitored zone in a class selected from a plurality of available classes, responsive to said at least one monitor signal; wherein the at least one alarm condition indicates that an event that is threatening to the person has occurred; and said controller being programmed to generate an alarm signal responsively to said class data and to initiate a transmission of the alarm signal to a remote supervisor, said alarm signal including at least a portion of said at least one monitor signal at least one of immediately prior to and immediately after an incidence of said at least one alarm condition, wherein said controller is programmed to recognize faces and said at least one alarm condition is responsive to at least one of: (a) a failure to detect a face of the person in the monitored zone, and (b) a presence of an unrecognized face in the monitored zone.