Automatic detection by a wearable camera

摘要

There is set forth herein a system including a camera device. In one embodiment the system is operative to perform image processing for detection of an event involving a human subject. There is set forth herein in one embodiment, a camera equipped system employed for fall detection.

主权项

1. A camera device comprising:
an image sensor; a memory; a processor for processing images; wherein the camera device is adapted to be wearable by a human subject in a manner that images captured using the camera device represent surroundings of the human subject; wherein the camera device is operative to process images captured using the camera device for detection of one or more event, the one or more event being one or more action of the human subject, the one or more event being detected by performance of an image processing method that includes a comparison of a subsequently captured image to an earlier captured image; wherein the camera device is operative to wirelessly transmit a message to an external destination responsively to the detection by the camera device of the one or more event, wherein the one or more event includes one or more of the following selected from the group consisting of a laying down of the human subject, a sitting down of the human subject, and a falling of the human subject.