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Apparatus and method for recognition of patient activities when obtaining protocol adherence data

  • US 10,262,109 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2016
  • Issued: 04/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medication administration confirmation apparatus, comprising:

  • a memory for storing on a local device information indicative of a particular predetermined prescription regimen, the information further comprising a plurality of predetermined steps;

    a display associated with the local device for displaying one or more instruction prompts associated with each of the plurality of predetermined steps of a stored information sequence, and for displaying one or more graphical guidance indicators directing movement in accordance with each of the plurality of predetermined steps;

    a video capture device associated with the local device for sequentially capturing one or more video sequences of a user administering medication following the one or more instruction prompts and one or more guidance indicators to a video capture memory associated with the local device; and

    a processor associated with the local device, wherein the processor is operable to;

    a) output to the display at least one instruction prompt instructing the user to perform one or more actions and at least one graphical guidance indicator guiding a user'"'"'s movement relative to the display and/or the video capture device, wherein the at least one instruction prompt and the at least one graphical guidance indicator direct the user to perform motions depicted in a corresponding predetermined step of the plurality of predetermined steps,b) receive from the video capture device the sequentially captured one or more video sequences of the user following the output of the at least one instruction prompt and the at least one guidance indicator to the display,c) in response to receiving the sequentially captured one or more video sequences, compare, in accordance with one or more of facial recognition, activity recognition or gesture recognition, at least one of the sequentially captured video sequences to the corresponding predetermined step of the plurality of predetermined steps;

    d) determine, from the comparison, whether the user incorrectly followed a step in the predetermined prescription regimen,e) in response to determining that the user incorrectly followed the step in the predetermined prescription regimen, output feedback to the display and execute b)-d) again, the feedback comprising a prompt for the user to perform the sequence of one or more actions for following the predetermined prescription regimen again, andf) in response to determining that the user correctly followed the step in the predetermined prescription regimen, output to the display at least one other instruction prompt and at least one other guidance indicator, wherein each of the at least one other instruction prompt and the at least one other guidance indicator direct the user to perform motions depicted on the display and associated with a next predetermined step.

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