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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Randall Beck, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey M. Eichen, Apex, NC (US);
Dale R. Hille, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jan Rogoyski, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Jerry A. Williams, Montezuma, IA (US);
Randall Beck, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey M. Eichen, Apex, NC (US);
Dale R. Hille, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jan Rogoyski, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Jerry A. Williams, Montezuma, IA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system or computer usable program product for managing a potential choking condition with a monitoring system including monitoring by the monitoring system by detecting relative positions of a set of emitters disposed along an object, wherein a choking condition is indicated by the set of emitters being on close proximity to a neck portion of a body and arranged in a potentially choking configuration, and responsive to the determination of the choking condition, the monitoring system performing an action.