System and method for automated monitoring, recognizing, supporting, and responding to the behavior of an actor
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1. An automated monitoring and support system for an actor in an environment, the system comprising:
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an effector; and
a controller for receiving information from the sensor to monitor at least one of the actor and the environment and for controlling operation of the effector based upon the monitored information, the controller including;
a situation assessor for determining a current situation based upon the sensor information, a response planner for automatically generating an appropriate current response plan to the current situation as determined by the situation assessor, a plan executor for prompting the effector to execute the generated current response plan.
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Abstract
An automated system and method for monitoring and supporting and actor in an environment, such as a daily living environment. The system includes at least one sensor, at least one effector and a controller adapted to provide monitoring, situation assessment, response planning, and plan execution functions. In one preferred embodiment, the controller provides a layered architecture allowing multiple modules to interact and perform the desired monitoring and support functions.
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1. An automated monitoring and support system for an actor in an environment, the system comprising:
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a sensor;
an effector; and
a controller for receiving information from the sensor to monitor at least one of the actor and the environment and for controlling operation of the effector based upon the monitored information, the controller including;
a situation assessor for determining a current situation based upon the sensor information, a response planner for automatically generating an appropriate current response plan to the current situation as determined by the situation assessor, a plan executor for prompting the effector to execute the generated current response plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An automated monitoring and support system for an actor in an environment, the system comprising:
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a sensor located in the environment;
an effector adapted to interface with at least one of the actor and the environment; and
a controller adapted to provide a layered architecture including a sensing layer for receiving information from the sensor, a situation assessment layer for determining a current situation of at least one of the actor and the environment based upon the sensor information, a response planning layer for automatically generating a response plan to the determined situation, and a plan execution layer for prompting the effector to execute the generated response plan, the controller further including;
a first domain subject matter module operating across at least the sensing, situation assessment, and response planning layers, the first domain subject matter module adapted to process information relating to a first subject matter and generate a response plan relating to the first subject matter. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An automated monitoring and support system for an actor in an environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors adapted to sense information relating to the actor and the environment;
a plurality of effectors adapted to interface with the actor; and
a controller adapted to provide a layered architecture including a sensing layer for receiving information from the plurality of sensors, a situation assessment layer for determining a current situation of at least one of the actor and the environment based upon the sensor information, a response planning layer for automatically generating a response plan to the determined situation, and a plan executing layer for prompting at least one of the effectors to execute the generated response plan, the controller further including;
the first domain subject matter module operating across at least the sensing, situation assessment and response planning layers, the first domain subject matter module adapted to process information relating to a first subject matter and generate a response plan relating to the first subject matter, a second domain subject matter module operating across at least the sensing, situation assessment, and response planning layers, the second domain subject matter module adapted to process information and generate a response plan relating to a second subject matter, a third domain subject matter module operating across at least the situation assessment layer and adapted to process information relating to the actor, a fourth subject matter module operating across at least the situation assessment module and adapted to process information relating to the environment, a response execution module adapted to process response plans generated by the first and second domain subject matter modules. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of automatically monitoring and supporting an actor in an environment, the method comprising:
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receiving information from a plurality of sensors located in the environment;
automatically assessing a situation relating to at least one of the actor and the environment based upon information from the plurality of sensors;
automatically generating a response plan based upon the assessed situation; and
automatically executing the response plan by operating at least one of a plurality of effectors in the environment. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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