Information processing system for counting coughs
CA 2060903 A1 · Owner: Clinical Technologies Associates, Inc. · Inventors: Feldstein, Robert; Steiner, Solomon S.; Albala, Bruce J.
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A system using audio and visual information to count coughs or evaluate other discrete information, including respiration and heart rate, relating to a patient in a fixed location such as a bed (46) is disclosed. The system provides movement- and sound-based information derived from the patient's activities to a storage device (26) and subsequently to a signal processing apparatus. One embodiment of the invention includes a pressure transducer (14) a, video camera (18), a directional microphone (22) and a, videocassette recorder (VCR) having two audio channels. Signals obtained from the transducer (14) and microphone (22) are transmitted to the two audio channel inputs of the VCR while …
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- Filed April 19, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 19, 2011.
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