Patent Document ID: 20130184592
Application ID: 13744266
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of monitoring the health of a patient in the patient's home, the method comprising: capturing a plurality of video sequences from a plurality of respective cameras disposed in different locations within the patient's home, including capturing two-dimensional image data and depth data for each video sequence; associating the depth data with the video sequences as metadata; setting a plurality of events to monitor associated with the patient, the events defined to include actions captured from at least two of the plurality of cameras; performing video content analysis on the plurality of video sequences to determine whether the events have occurred, wherein the video content analysis includes: automatically detecting a potential human object from the video sequences based on the two-dimensional image data; using the depth data to determine a size and position of the potential human object; based on the size of the potential object, confirming that the potential human object is an actual human, thereby confirming the potential human object as a target; and determining that a first event has occurred based on the determined position of the target.