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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2023
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Marcus Pfister, Bubenreuth, DE;
Philipp Roser, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
A monitoring system for monitoring at least one target object in a medical environment. The monitoring system includes a camera unit and a processing unit, wherein the camera unit comprises a suspension facility and a cable-suspended camera, wherein, the suspension facility comprises at least one cable and at least two cable mountings, wherein the cable mountings hold the at least one cable at a respective point in the room, wherein the suspension facility moreover comprises a camera mounting which holds the cable-suspended camera on the at least one cable, wherein the cable-suspended camera has a field of view and is configured so as to capture the field of view, wherein the cable-suspended camera may be re-positioned by moving the at least one cable with regard to the cable mountings and/or by moving the cable-suspended camera with regard to the at least one cable, wherein the processing unit is configured so as to control the cable-suspended camera in such a manner that in a first operational state of the monitoring system: the at least one target object is arranged in the field of view and the cable-suspended camera captures first image data having a map of the at least one target object.