Patent ID: 7035432
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: A61B,G08B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting high risk movements of an infant relating to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, comprising the steps of: providing a camera to generate a first electronic image of the infant by signaling a controller a location of a first plurality of pixels thereby generating a reference image representative of the front of the infant; generating a second electronic image of the infant by the camera and signaling said controller the location of a second plurality of pixels corresponding to the infant's sleeping position; comparing said second electronic image to said first electronic image for detecting a high-risk position of the infant; and determining if the infant has moved to said high risk position by comparing said first plurality of pixels to said second plurality of pixels; sounding an alarm if the infant has rolled completely over or onto the side of the infant corresponding to said high risk position prior to any disruption in the infant's breathing pattern.