摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (10) for detecting a patient, comprising a plurality of pressure detecting devices (16; 60) which are adapted to be placed on a bed (12) 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 means (54) 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. <IMAGE></p> |