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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tomohiro Nunome, Komaki, JP;
Assignee:
Colin Corporation, Komaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a patient, including a plurality of pressure detecting devices which are adapted to be placed on a bed such that the pressure detecting devices are arranged in a widthwise direction of the bed, and which detect respective pressures and produce respective pressure signals representing the detected pressures, and a position detecting device for detecting, based on the pressure signals supplied from the pressure detecting devices, a position, in the widthwise direction of the bed, where the patient is present.