US RE50,344 E1
Video monitoring system
Richard A. Derenne, Portage, MI (US); Richard Thomas DeLuca, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Jason James Wroblewski, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Sanjay Dhall, Canton, MI (US); Xiyu Duan, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Vishal P. Lowalekar, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,461.
Application 18/101,461 is a continuation of application No. 15/926,275, filed on Mar. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,368,039, issued on Jul. 30, 2019.
Application 15/926,275 is a continuation of application No. 14/934,299, filed on Nov. 6, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/934,299 is a continuation of application No. 13/242,022, filed on Sep. 23, 2011, granted, now 9,204,823, issued on Dec. 8, 2015.
Application 18/101,461 is a reissue of application No. 16/524,343, filed on Jul. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,904,492, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/385,607, filed on Sep. 23, 2010.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06Q 50/22 (2018.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/185 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0013 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0036 (2018.08); A61B 5/1113 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/1128 (2013.01); A61B 5/7445 (2013.01); G01B 11/026 (2013.01); G08B 21/043 (2013.01); G08B 21/0476 (2013.01); G08B 21/245 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); A61B 5/1115 (2013.01); A61B 5/1117 (2013.01); A61B 5/1123 (2013.01); A61B 5/6889 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 21. A system comprising: a computer device configured to:
receive signals representative of images, captured by one or more devices including one or more video cameras, one or more depth sensing devices, or one or more thermal imaging devices, of a patient positioned on a bed or chair;
identify a skeleton of the patient within the images, the skeleton including a plurality of points corresponding to three dimensional locations of one or more of the patient's head, trunk, arms, and legs;
determine depths of the plurality of points relative to the bed or chair based on the images or information from the one or more devices that captured the images;
determine information about the patient using movements or positions of one or more of the plurality of points and the depths of the plurality of points, wherein the information includes one or more of whether the patient is about to exit, or has exited, the bed or chair, or whether the patient has fallen; and
communicate an alert based on the information about the patient. ]