Condition detecting system and method
US6211787A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S17/86
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Condition detecting system has a detecting device (1) including a plurality of pieces of distance sensors arranged at one corner of an observing sector such as a toilet, a judging device for judging the condition of a staying person in the observing sector on the basis of the information from the detecting device (1), a signal transmitting section for transmitting the results of judgment, and a warning device for issuing a warning on the basis of the signal from the signal transmitting section, and the plurality of pieces of distance sensors are set to perform detection in a plurality of different directions by using infrared ray beams.
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