Programmable monitoring system

• US 10,212,495 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2018
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: lchera Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Alchera, Inc.
• Inventors: Lloyd, Lester John, Lloyd, Timothy Patrick, Yazolino, Lauren Felix
• Primary Examiner(s): Bee, Andrew W
• Application Number:
  US15/872,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20180206009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/04 responsive to non-activity, e.g. of elderly persons G08B21/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0407 based on behaviour analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/50 using a mobile data collecting device, e.g. walk by or drive by
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/823 where the data is sent when the measured values exceed a threshold, e.g. sending an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

The programmable monitoring system comprises one or more motion sensors, one or more temperature sensors, one or more door sensors and one or more pill box sensors. Each sensor is tagged with a unique code readable by a smart phone camera and software program which allows alarms on the smart phone to be set. The alarms are individually set for any or all of the sensors based on habits of the person being monitored.

Claims

1. A programmable monitoring system, comprising:

a plurality of monitoring devices for monitoring motion, each device comprising a peel off layer with adhesive underneath allowing attachment to a surface in a user home, and each marked with a unique tag readable by a smart phone camera and related software program;

a program for receiving information from the plurality of monitoring devices, wherein the program allows for alarms to be sent for each of the plurality of monitoring devices;

wherein the program allows the alarms to be individually set based on habits of an individual being monitored which habits are calculated by the system after monitoring the individual over a period of days and allows for a notification or alarm to be sent when a pattern of the habit is determined to deviate by a set amount from a norm;

wherein each of the plurality of tags is scannable by a camera lens and program of a smartphone allowing a smartphone user to tap an icon on the smartphone to associate the scanned tag with a room where the monitor will be placed;

wherein the habits are selected from the groups consisting of time of waking up, time of going to sleep, time of leaving the house, time of returning to house, time of eating, time of taking medication and stove temperature; and

wherein the program creates a screen comprised of a time line associated with each monitoring device.

2. The system of claim 1,

wherein the system comprises a program which generate icons on a screen which icons are representative of rooms in a home where monitors are placed.

3. The system of claim 1,

wherein the system comprises a program which expands a room icon on the screen when a monitor detects movement in that room thereby indicating the presence of a person being monitored in that room.

4. The system of claim 1,

wherein the system comprises a program which generate footstep icons on the screen representing movement detected between rooms which footsteps schematically represent movement of an individual between rooms.

5. A motion pattern based notification method, comprising:

asking an individual a series of questions relating to the behavior of that individual;

reviewing answers to the questions;

determining placement of motion sensors to install based on a review of the answers;

installing motion sensors in a home of the individual being monitored by peeling off a layer to expose an adhesive and adhering to a surface in the home, and the motion sensors installed based on determinations made based on a review of the answers to the questions;

obtaining data from the motion sensors relating to the behavior of the individual over a period of time;

analyzing the data obtained from the motion sensors in order to determine deviations from a pattern of the individual; and

sending a notification or alarm when the pattern is determined to deviate by a set amount from a determined norm;

maintaining electronic storage of data obtained from the motion sensors.

6. The motion pattern based notification method of claim 5, further comprising:

allowing the stored data to play back to show activity over any given period of time.

7. The motion pattern based notification method of claim 5, further comprising:

obtaining data from a monitored pill box indicating opening and closing of the pill box.

8. The motion pattern based notification method of claim 5, further comprising:

sending an alarm when the pill box is not opened over a predetermined period of time.

9. A programmable monitoring system, comprising:

a plurality of monitoring devices for monitoring motion, each device comprising a peel off layer with adhesive underneath allowing attachment to a surface in a user home, and each marked with a unique tag readable by a smart phone camera and related software program;

a program for receiving information from the plurality of monitoring devices, wherein the program allows for alarms to be sent for each of the plurality of monitoring devices;

wherein the program allows the alarms to be individually set based on habits of an individual being monitored which habits are calculated by the system after monitoring the individual over a period of days and allows for a notification or alarm to be sent when a pattern of the habit is determined to deviate by a set amount from a norm;

wherein each of the plurality of tags is scannable by a camera lens and program of a smartphone allowing a smartphone user to tap an icon on the smartphone to associate the scanned tag with a room where the monitor will be placed;

wherein the habits are selected from the groups consisting of time of waking up, time of going to sleep, time of leaving the house, time of returning to house, time of eating, time of taking medication and stove temperature;

wherein the program creates a screen comprised of a time line associated with each monitoring device;

wherein the system comprises a program which generate icons on a screen which icons are representative of rooms in a home where monitors are placed;

wherein the program generates objects generally present in a house and allows the objects to be dragged and dropped into any room generated on the screen.