Surveillance camera becomes health monitoring, Oxehealth uses camera to track patient's physical condition

Release date: 2016-12-08

Start-up company Oxehealth is working on a project to turn a general surveillance camera into a health monitor. The idea is to allow patients to get better care no matter where they are, whether in a hospital, police station, mental hospital or nursing home. This method of monitoring does not disturb the patient's normal rest, while at the same time ensuring the patient's health.

Currently, the simplest tool for detecting vital signs is the finger pulse oximeter. Although this product is easy to use, it requires the user to wear them all at once. Therefore, Oxehealth believes that there are better health monitoring methods.

The venture uses this technology on digital video cameras. With this technology, the camera can monitor the color change of the skin and accurately read the heartbeat. In addition, the breathing activity can be tracked by observing the chest ups and downs.

Oxehealth said that they use computer vision, machine learning, signal processing and other technologies to obtain vital signs information. This program algorithm has also been patented. Oxehealth CEO Hugh Lloyd-Jukes demonstrated the technology live on the Disrupt stage using a standard 2 megapixel camera.

This technology can be widely used in specific fields such as psychiatric hospitals. For example, doctors want to ensure that patients do not self-mutilate, so they can not use finger pulse oximeter, then the technology can be used.

In addition to the specific uses mentioned above, you can apply this technology to a wider range of areas. For example, if there is a product that can check the health of the elderly, then we don't have to worry too much about the quality of life of the elderly. Of course, Oxehealth needs a good track record first, but it will continue to expand the market through technological innovation to provide you with better service.

Oxehealth does not want to enter the hardware industry, the company only wants to provide a software platform. So this also means that you can transform your existing surveillance camera into an Oxehealth camera. The venture plans to use the SaaS approach to launch subscription services to the public.

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Source: Hunting Cloud Network