Hospital video surveillance system, camera, data transmission system controller, hospital video surveillance method and hospital video surveillance computer program

摘要

The present invention relates to a hospital video surveillance system having several cameras 2, 3, 4 for acquiring video data in order to monitor several patient areas 5, 6, 7. Video data is transmitted from the camera to the display device and is used to determine the physiological characteristics of the patient. Here, the physiological characteristic is a vital sign. Bandwidth for transmission of video data is allocated based on the determined physiological characteristics. Thus, bandwidth allocation takes into account the patient's physiological condition, which can ensure that sufficient bandwidth is provided where it is actually needed. This is particularly beneficial when the overall bandwidth is limited. In addition, since the video data is used to implement several functions, i.e. to monitor several patient areas and determine physiological characteristics, the entire system is very compact and adds fewer May require additional physiological sensors, or may not require additional physiological sensors.