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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Jumpei Matsunaga, Kyoto, JP;
Kiyoaki Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Shinji Takahashi, Kyoto, JP;
Tatsuya Murakami, Kyoto, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A watching assistance system that assists watching over a subject on a bed includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by an imaging device, a criterion storage in which a criterion for determining a dangerous state are previously set for each of a plurality of determination regions set based on a region of the bed in the image, a detector configured to detect the subject from the image acquired by the image acquisition unit, a state recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the subject detected by the detector, a determination unit configured to determine a danger degree of the state of the subject recognized by the state recognition unit using the criterion for the determination region corresponding to a position at which the subject is detected by the detector, and an output unit configured to provide notification according to the danger degree determined by the determination unit.