US 12,217,590 B2
Shadow-based fall detection
Ramy Samir Aziz ElDelgawy, Reston, VA (US); William Wireko Mensah, Fairfax, VA (US); Andrew Or, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Jinfei Yin, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/105,960.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/307,710, filed on Feb. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0252874 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/043 (2013.01) [G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G08B 21/0476 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining, from a camera, an image of a portion of a property;
determining whether a shadow is likely depicted in the image;
in response to determining that a shadow is likely depicted in the image, determining whether the shadow in the image likely represents a potentially falling person; and
in response to determining that the shadow in the image likely represents a potentially falling person, performing one or more actions for the potentially falling person.