Method and System for Volume Estimation of Bodily Outputs in Absorbent Articles

A method and an incontinence monitoring system for estimating a volume or a volume range of a bodily output in a combination absorbent article and wetness sensor. The system comprises a combination of an absorbent article and a wetness sensor, and a processor adapted to receive an input representative of an electrical variable of the wetness sensor indicative of the occurrence of a bodily output in the absorbent article and to process the input including: characterising the input to generate a vector that is representative of the bodily output, applying one or more functions to the vector to generate one or more possible volumes of the bodily output, generating a distribution of the possible volumes, and determining a volume or a volume range for the bodily output based on the distribution of the possible volumes. Receiving Input Representative of Electrical Variable of Wetness Sensor in Absorbent Article Characterising the Input to Generate a Vector N j4 Applying a function to the Vector to Generate Possible Volumes Generating a Distribution of the Possible Volumes Determining an Estimate of a Volume or Volume Range for the Bodily Output Fig. 1