How it works

One continuous line of attention, from the camera to the caregiver's phone.

Kinocular is not built to understand everything happening in a room. It follows a specific, repeatable process designed to get one piece of information to the right person as quickly as possible — scroll down to walk through each stage.

1

Start with the camera already in the room

No proprietary hardware, sensors, or wearables to buy, charge, or lose. Kinocular runs as a software layer on top of a compatible camera feed that is already there — the same baby monitor or security camera a family already set up.

Hardware needed
None — uses an existing camera
Setup time
Connects to an existing feed
Ongoing cost
No extra device to maintain
2

Watch while the patient is alone

The system tracks presence and body movement for as long as the camera has coverage, without anyone needing to keep the feed open or watch a live stream. Monitoring runs continuously in the background, not on demand.

What's tracked
Presence & body movement only
What's not tracked
No facial recognition (see Safeguards)
Coverage
Pauses automatically with 2+ people present
3

Recognize what matters

A departure from the room, a fall, prolonged stillness on the floor, or a predefined behavior like repeated head-banging is flagged the moment it is recognized. These categories were chosen directly from the research on elopement, injury, and self-injury risk in this population.

Departure
Highest-risk event in the research
Falls & floor time
Flagged on prolonged stillness
Repeated behavior
e.g. head-banging, frantic movement
4

Tell the caregiver

An alert reaches the caregiver's phone with the type of event, the time it happened, and a short description of why it was flagged. What happens next — checking in, calling someone, or doing nothing — is entirely the caregiver's decision. Kinocular never acts on its own.

Alert contents
Type, timestamp, short description
Who decides next steps
The caregiver, always
Automatic emergency calls
Never (see Safeguards)
5

Keep a record

Every significant event joins a dated history, with the date, time, type, and description, so nothing depends on memory alone. Over weeks, this becomes a record a caregiver can bring to a clinician or share with other family members involved in care.

Record format
Dated, searchable event log
Shared with
Any caregiver on the account
Retention
Kept for the patient's active history
6

Notice change over time

Once enough history has built up, Kinocular can point out that a behavior such as head-banging has become more frequent, or has changed in a way worth a closer look. This is presented as an observation in plain language — never as a diagnosis.

What's surfaced
Frequency changes, recurring patterns
What's not surfaced
Never a diagnosis or clinical claim
Minimum history needed
Builds up with continued use