Social sensing and behavioral analysis system
First Claim
1. A method of tracking human interactions using electronic sensors, the method comprising:
- providing a first wearable electronic badge to be worn by a first person and a second wearable electronic badge to be worn by a second person, each wearable electronic badge comprising a plurality of sensors capturing sensor data, the plurality of sensors including a wireless communication module and a compass;
measuring an orientation of the first person using the compass of the first wearable electronic badge;
measuring an orientation of the second person using the compass of the second wearable electronic badge;
measuring a wireless signal strength between the first wearable electronic badge and the second wearable electronic badge, the measured wireless signal strength being representative of a distance between the first person and the second person;
transmitting from the wearable electronic badges being worn captured sensor data to a server via a base station or directly via the wireless communication module, the captured sensor data including the measured orientations and the measured wireless signal strength;
in response to the server receiving the transmitted sensor data, analyzing the captured sensor data and calculating a plurality of human interaction metrics, said analyzing the captured sensor data including determining existence of an interaction between the first person and the second person by comparing the measured orientations in combination with the measured wireless signal strength; and
creating and displaying on a computer screen a visualization of the calculated plurality of human interaction metrics according to at least one user specification.
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Abstract
A method and system for capturing and analyzing human behavior data is disclosed. The present disclosure describes a method and system for a plurality of people, wherein each person wears a badge. The badge transmits data collected from a plurality of sensors from the badge to a base station. The data is sent from the base station to a server, which aggregates the data from a plurality of base stations, and then analyzes and processes the data to create raw human behavior data. From the raw human behavior data and plurality of metrics is calculated, which can be displayed on a computer screen according to whichever metrics a user wishes to view.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of tracking human interactions using electronic sensors, the method comprising:
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providing a first wearable electronic badge to be worn by a first person and a second wearable electronic badge to be worn by a second person, each wearable electronic badge comprising a plurality of sensors capturing sensor data, the plurality of sensors including a wireless communication module and a compass; measuring an orientation of the first person using the compass of the first wearable electronic badge; measuring an orientation of the second person using the compass of the second wearable electronic badge; measuring a wireless signal strength between the first wearable electronic badge and the second wearable electronic badge, the measured wireless signal strength being representative of a distance between the first person and the second person; transmitting from the wearable electronic badges being worn captured sensor data to a server via a base station or directly via the wireless communication module, the captured sensor data including the measured orientations and the measured wireless signal strength; in response to the server receiving the transmitted sensor data, analyzing the captured sensor data and calculating a plurality of human interaction metrics, said analyzing the captured sensor data including determining existence of an interaction between the first person and the second person by comparing the measured orientations in combination with the measured wireless signal strength; and creating and displaying on a computer screen a visualization of the calculated plurality of human interaction metrics according to at least one user specification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for tracking human interactions using electronic sensors, the system comprising:
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a first wearable electronic badge to be worn by a first person and a second wearable electronic badge to be worn by a second person, each wearable electronic badge comprising a plurality of sensors capturing sensor data, the plurality of sensors including a wireless communication module and a compass; one or more base stations configured to receive the captured sensor data from the wearable electronic badges; a server configured to;
(i) receive the captured sensor data from the one or more base stations or the wearable electronic badges, the captured sensor data including an orientation of the first person measured by the compass of the first wearable electronic badge, an orientation of the second person measured by the compass of the second wearable electronic badge, and a measured wireless signal strength between the first wearable electronic badge and the second wearable electronic badge, the measured wireless signal strength being representative of a distance between the first person and the second person, and (ii) analyze the captured sensor data and calculate a plurality of human interaction metrics, said analyzing the captured sensor data including determining existence of an interaction between the first person and the second person by comparing the measured orientations in combination with the measured wireless signal strength; anda user terminal having a processor and a display monitor, the user terminal providing a visualization of the calculated plurality of human interaction metrics by rendering the visualization on the display monitor according to at least one user specification. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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