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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Jerald W. Judy, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bita Akhlaghi, Cary, NC (US);
David O. Melgar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel Sampson, Morrisville, NC (US);
Edwin N. Swift, Apex, NC (US);
Jennifer A. Gunn, Durham, NC (US);
Darren S. Hudgins, Cary, NC (US);
Patrick D. Harrison, St. Johns, FL (US);
William B. Richard, Jamestown, RI (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A location monitoring system tracks a location of a user within a healthcare facility. When the user is detected in a patient room an electronic controller activates a voice command database having a plurality of voice commands specific to the user. A microphone located in the patient room receives one of the plurality of voice commands. The electronic controller transmits the one of the plurality of voice commands to a remote device positioned outside of the patient room.