System and method for home health care monitoring

Abstract

A monitoring method and system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring the health of a person in a home. The method includes capturing a video sequence from a first camera disposed within the home, including capturing two-dimensional image data for the video sequence; receiving depth data corresponding to the two-dimensional data, and associating the depth data with the video sequence as metadata; setting a plurality of events to monitor associated with the person, the events defined to include actions captured from the first camera, at least a first event including the person's body being in a particular bodily position and performing video content analysis on the video sequence to determine whether the events have occurred. The video content analysis includes automatically detecting a potential human object from the video sequence based on the two-dimensional image data; using the depth data to determine a size and bodily position of the potential human object; and 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. The method further includes determining that the first event has occurred based on the determined bodily position of the target.