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17. A system to monitor and register the position of an individual, comprising a monitoring device which comprises:
an inertial system with three or more accelerometers,
an directional system with three or more magnetometers,
a communication module, and
a processing module configured to obtain, through said inertial system and said directional system, and communicate, through said communication module, the inclination and direction of the monitoring device, when coupled to an individual, such that the inclination and direction of the individual is obtained and communicated.
18. The system as in claim 17, further comprising an energy module, a communication module for communication to an acquisition unit, and a sound alarm module.
19. The system as in claim 17, wherein the energy module includes a battery, a battery charger and a sub-module for regulation and energy monitoring.
20. The system as in claim 17, wherein the monitoring device is configured, by determining the individual’s inclination and direction, to determine indirectly one or more of: the individual’s position, the area of the individual’s body under pressure, and the critical areas of the individual’s body affected by pressure.
21. The system as in claim 17, wherein the monitoring device is programmed to send a local alert, a remote alert or both the local alert and the remote alert, after detecting the individual’s change of position or after a predefined maximum time of the individual in the same inclination and direction.
22. The system as in claim 17, wherein the monitoring device is programmed to alert when the individual is placed in an inclination and direction previously defined as being inadequate.
23. The system as in claim 17, wherein the monitoring device is programmed to send a local alert, a remote alert or both the local alert and the remote alert, after detecting the individual’s change of position and after detecting the individual’s return to a previous position without having passed a predefined time for the individual to recover from the pressure of the previous position.
24. The system as in claim 17, wherein the monitoring device is programmed to gather and store relevant information from the temporal evolution of the individual’s inclination and direction for posterior analysis.
25. The system as in claim 17, wherein either:
wherein the monitoring device is used in respect of a prevention of pressure ulcers through placement of the monitoring device on the individual’s torso or waist for the individual who is a bedridden patient or a patient in a wheelchair, or
wherein the monitoring device is configured for placement on a thigh or waist of the individual in respect of monitoring the individual, wherein the individual has dementia or a motor limitation, has had an accident, or requires a fall prevention.
26. The system of claim 17, wherein the monitoring device is used in a medical domain.
27. A system to monitor and register the position of an individual, comprising a monitoring device which comprises:
an inertial system with three or more accelerometers,
a directional system with three or more magnetometers,
a communication module, and
a processing module configured to obtain, through said inertial system and said directional system, and communicate, through said communication module, the inclination and direction of the monitoring device, when coupled to an individual, such that the inclination and direction of the individual is obtained and communicated,
wherein the system is configured, by determining the individual’s inclination and direction, to determine indirectly one or more of: individual’s body position, area of the individual’s body under pressure, or critical areas of the individual’s body affected by pressure.
28. The system as in claim 27, wherein the monitoring device is programmed to, after detecting the individual’s change of position, or after a predefined maximum time of the individual in the same inclination and direction, send a local alert, a remote alert or both.
29. The system as in claim 27, wherein the monitoring device is programmed to alert when the individual is placed in an inclination and direction previously defined as inadequate.
30. The system as in claim 27, wherein the monitoring device is programmed to, after detecting the individual’s change of position and after detecting the individual’s return to a previous position without having passed a predefined time for the individual to recover from the pressure of the previous position, send a local alarm, a remote alarm or both.
31. The system as in claim 27, wherein the monitoring device is used in a medical domain.
32. A method for monitoring and registering an individual’s position, through a monitoring device coupled to the individual to be monitored, comprising the steps of:
obtaining the device’s inclination through an inertial system, particularly, three or more accelerometers;
obtaining the device’s direction through a directional system, with three or more magnetometers, and
communicating the device’s inclination and direction, and therefore the individual’s inclination and direction, through a communication module.
33. The method as in claim 32, comprising determining indirectly the area of the individual’s body that is under pressure and affected critical areas of the individual’s body, assuming that an inclination of the back of a bed is changed whenever the mentioned device’s inclination is kept for more than a predetermined period of time.
34. The method as in claim 32, to monitor the individual bedridden or in wheelchairs and the respective prevention of pressure ulcers, when after a maximum predefined time in the same position; andor to monitor of individual suffering from dementia or that have motor limitations and respective falls prevention, when after detecting the individual’s change of position; andor to detect the individual’s gait andor involuntary individual’s body movements, when a predefined limit of movement frequency range is reached; andor to detect the individual’s spatial location, when a change of communication access point is detected; comprises:
sending a local alert, remote alert or both.
35. The method as in claim 32, comprising generating an alert when the individual is placed in a position previously defined as inadequate.
36. The method as in claim 32, comprising gathering and storing of relevant information of the temporal evolution of the individual’s position for posterior analysis.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A media processing system comprising:
a control device including;
an application execution unit configured to run an application that generates and outputs information to process a medium, and
a transmission unit configured to transmit the information output by the application; and
a media processing device including;
a communication unit configured to receive the information transmitted by the transmission unit,
an operating unit configured to execute a first operating mode or a second operating mode that is different from the first operating mode based on the information, and
a control unit configured to select the first operating mode or the second operating mode based on the identification of the application that generated the information.
2. The media processing system described in claim 1, wherein
the application execution unit of the control device starts the application; and
the control unit of the media processing device selects the first operating mode or the second operating mode when the application execution unit starts the application.
3. The media processing system described in claim 2, wherein
the transmission unit of the control device transmits application identification information to the communication unit of the media processing device when starting the application, the application identification information identifying the application that generated the information to process the medium.
4. The media processing system described in claim 3, wherein
the media processing device has a storage unit configured to store relation information relating the identification information to an operating mode; and
the control unit of the media processing device selects the first operating mode or the second operating mode based on the relation information stored in the storage unit and the transmitted identification information.
5. The media processing system described in claim 1, wherein
the media processing device has a print settings storage unit configured to store settings of the first operating mode and settings of the second operating mode.
6. The media processing system described in claim 5, wherein
when the communication unit receives the information transmitted by the transmission unit, the control unit of the media processing device selects the settings of the first operating mode or the settings of the second operating mode stored in the storage unit based on the application that generated the information to process the medium.
7. A printing system comprising:
a control device including;
an application execution unit configured to run an application that generates and outputs control information instructing processing a medium and print control information instructing printing on the medium, and
a transmission unit configured to transmit the control information and print control information output by the application; and
a printing device including;
a communication unit configured to receive the control information and the print control information transmitted by the transmission unit,
a print unit configured to print based on the print control information,
a conveyance unit configured to convey the medium,
a cutting unit configured to cut the medium based on the control information in a first operating mode or a second operating mode that differs from the first operating mode, and
a control unit configured to select the first operating mode or the second operating mode based on the identification of the application that generated the control information.
8. The printing system described in claim 7, wherein
the printing device has a detection unit configured to detect displacement of the medium after conveyance of the medium by the conveyance unit stops; and
in the first operating mode, the cutting unit cuts the medium based on the detection result of the detection unit.
9. The printing system described in claim 7, wherein
in the second operating mode, the cutting unit cuts the medium after conveyance of the medium by the conveyance unit stops.
10. The printing system described in claim 7, wherein
the application execution unit of the control device starts the application; and
the control unit of the printing device selects the first operating mode or the second operating mode when the application execution unit starts the application.
11. The printing system described in claim 7, wherein
the control information includes identification information of the started application.
12. The printing system described in claim 11, wherein
the printing device has a storage unit that stores relation information relating the identification information to an operating mode; and
the control unit of the printing device selects the first operating mode or the second operating mode based on the relation information stored in the storage unit and the transmitted identification information.
13. The printing system described in claim 7, wherein
the printing device has a print settings storage unit configured to store settings of the first operating mode and settings of the second operating mode.
14. A control method of a media processing system comprising:
starting an application using a control device;
transmitting identification information of the application to the a media processing device when the application starts;
selecting an operating mode related to the identification information when the identification information is received by the media processing device; and
processing a medium according to the selected operating mode.
15. The control method of the media processing system described in claim 14, further comprising:
ending the application started by the control device;
starting a second application different from the application started by the control device; and
transmitting second identification information of the second application to the media processing device when starting the second application.
16. The control method of the media processing system described in claim 15, further comprising:
selecting a second operating mode related to the second identification information when the second identification information is received by the media processing device; and
processing the medium according to the selected second operating mode.
17. The control method of the media processing system described in claim 14, wherein
the media processing device is a printing device configured to print on the medium and cut the medium; and
when the identification information is transmitted, the media processing device stops conveyance of the medium after finishing a current printing operation, and monitors for displacement of the medium.