PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To watch various kinds of situations of a person resting on a bed, to immediately recognize a critical situation so that the person falls from the bed, and to notify a nurse, a family or the like.SOLUTION: This watching system on the bed and in a room includes: a detection means 10 capable of detecting the state of a target person P1 (P2, P3) to be watched in the room as information about a planar position and a height direction and a means partitioning the inside of the room into respective areas of the bed 2, a bed side 3, and a floor 4 when comparing the height direction information obtained by the detection means 10, and comparing each area with a comparison reference height set correspondingly to each area. By a comparison result, the situation of the target person P1 or the like is decided in each area. The situation of the target person obtained by a decision result thereof is notified to the nurse or the like through a notification means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】 ベッド上に休息している人の各種の状況を見守り、その人がベッドから転落したような危機的状況を即座に認識し、看護師や家族などに通報する。【解決手段】 室内にいる見守るべき対象者P1(P2,P3)の状態を、平面位置と高さ方向の情報として検知可能な検知手段10と、検知手段10で得られた高さ方向情報の比較に際し、室内をベッド2、ベッドサイド3、フロア4の各領域に区画し、それぞれの領域に対応して設定された比較基準高さと比較する。その比較結果により各領域内で対象者P1他の状況を判断する。その判断結果によって得られた対象者の状況を、通報手段を介して看護師等に通報する。【選択図】図1