Methods and systems for assigning locations to devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11666246-B2
Application number	US-202017101639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2020
Priority date	Dec 31, 2015
Publication date	Jun 6, 2023
Grant date	Jun 6, 2023

Abstract

A location identification system analyzes information received corresponding to a device detected in a room of a patient. On detecting a location identification of the device, the system assigns the device to the location corresponding to the location identification. In embodiments, the system retrieves patient and care team information for the location. The location and patient and care team information may be communicated to a central video monitoring system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computerized method for assigning locations to 3D motion sensors, the computerized method comprising:
receiving, from a motion sensor, a signal including one or more images;
determining that a motion sensor's location is unassigned in a location database;
responsive to determining that the motion sensor's location is unassigned, determining that a location identification tag is visible within at least one of the one or more images received from the motion sensor; and
automatically assigning the motion sensor to a location corresponding to the location identification tag in the location database.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the location database is within an EMR system and the computerized method further comprises retrieving, from the EMR system, patient information and care team information for the location.

3. The computerized method of claim 2 , further comprising communicating the patient information and the care team information for the location to a central video monitoring system.

4. The computerized method of claim 3 , wherein the central video monitoring system comprises a primary display and an alert display.

5. The computerized method of claim 4 , wherein the alert display is a dedicated portion of the primary display.

6. The computerized method of claim 4 , wherein the alert display is a display or series of displays separate from the primary display.

7. The computerized method of claim 1 further comprising sending an alert to a clinician present at the location with one or more of a live image, video and/or audio feed from the motion sensor assigned to the location.

8. The computerized method of claim 7 further comprising sending an alert to a central video monitoring system, wherein the alert to the clinician present at the location is sent prior to the alert sent to the central video monitoring system.

9. The computerized method of claim 7 further storing a response taken in response to the alert to the clinician present at the location.

10. The computerized method of claim 7 further comprising storing content of the alert to the clinician present at the location.

11. A computing system comprising:
a motion sensor configured to collect images;
a computerized monitoring system communicatively coupled to the motion sensor, the computerized monitoring system configured to:
receive, from the motion sensor, one or more images;
determine if a location identification for the motion sensor has been input by a user;
upon determining no location identification has been input by the user for the motion sensor, determine that a location identification is visible on a location identifier tag in at least one of the one or more images from the motion sensor;
based on determining the location identification is visible in the at least one of the one or more images from the motion sensor, automatically assign the motion sensor to a location corresponding to the location identification; and
send an assignment of the motion sensor to the location for recording in a location database.

12. The computing system of claim 11 , where the location corresponds to an individual.

13. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the computerized monitoring system is further configured to retrieve patient information and care team information for the location.

14. The computing system of claim 13 , wherein the computerized monitoring system is further configured to display the one or more images and the patient information and the care team information for the location.

15. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the location database is within an EMR system.

16. The computing system of claim 11 further comprising a central video monitoring system coupled to the computerized monitoring system, the central video monitoring system configured to display at least a portion of the one or more images from the motion sensor.

17. The computing system of claim 16 , wherein the computerized monitoring system is further configured to send an alert to a clinician present at the location with one or more of a live image, video and/or audio feed from the motion sensor assigned to the location.

18. The computing system of claim 17 , wherein the computerized monitoring system is configured to send the alert to the clinician present at the location prior to an alert being sent to the central video monitoring system.

19. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the location identification that is visible within the one or more images comprises a bar code, QR code, or a distinct object or symbol corresponding to the location.

20. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the motion sensor is positioned within a patient room to capture images of a patient.

Assignees

• Cerner Innovation Inc

Inventors

• Kusens Michael

Classifications

• G08B25/009

  Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title

• G08B13/19639

  Details of the system layout · CPC title

• G16H15/00

  ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof · CPC title

• G06T7/0016

  involving temporal comparison · CPC title