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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Evelyn R. Anderson, Houston, TX (US);
Martin G. Keen, Cary, NC (US);
Natalie Brooks Powell, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Michael Boone, Lutz, FL (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Real-time detection and alerting for swimming pool safety includes obtaining signals from sensor devices installed in a swimming pool area having a swimming pool, ascertaining, based on the obtained signals, that an individual has entered the swimming pool and identifying, based on the obtained signals, characteristics of the individual who has entered the swimming pool, determining whether to raise an alert about the individual having entered the swimming pool, the determining being based at least in part on location of one or more other individuals relative to the swimming pool area and on checking pre-configured parameters for alerting, and performing processing based on the determining whether to raise an alert.