MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring physiological conditions of an individual comprising;
- capturing images according to predefined capture criteria of one or more body regions of the individual on an ongoing basis;
transforming the captured images in response to capture conditions present during image capture to provide a normalized image;
calculating wellness parameters based on the normalized image;
storing system data, including the normalized image, capture parameters, normalization transforms, or wellness parameters, or combinations thereof;
monitoring and analyzing the wellness parameters in view of both current and prior semantic data to identify potential changes in physiological conditions; and
providing alerts indicative of changes in said physiological conditions of at least one image.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring physiological conditions of an individual including capturing images according to predefined capture criteria of one or more body regions of the individual on an ongoing basis; transforming the captured images in response to capture conditions present during image capture to provide a normalized image; calculating wellness parameters based on the normalized image; storing system data, including the normalized image, capture parameters, normalization transforms, or wellness parameters, or combinations thereof, monitoring and analyzing the wellness parameters in view of both current and prior semantic data to identify potential changes in physiological conditions; and providing alerts indicative of changes in said physiological conditions of at least one image.
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50 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring physiological conditions of an individual comprising;
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capturing images according to predefined capture criteria of one or more body regions of the individual on an ongoing basis; transforming the captured images in response to capture conditions present during image capture to provide a normalized image; calculating wellness parameters based on the normalized image; storing system data, including the normalized image, capture parameters, normalization transforms, or wellness parameters, or combinations thereof; monitoring and analyzing the wellness parameters in view of both current and prior semantic data to identify potential changes in physiological conditions; and providing alerts indicative of changes in said physiological conditions of at least one image. - 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)
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25. A method for unobtrusive screening the well-being of a person using a plurality of sensing devices, comprising:
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detecting the presence of a person; identifying and tracking the person; using sensing devices, which includes at least one camera, to unobtrusively sense one or more body parameters of the person; calculating and storing wellness parameters, which are derived from the sensed body parameter data; and automatically evaluating the well-being of the person based on current and prior semantic data including comparing the wellness parameters to previously determined wellness parameters for that person. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An image-based system for monitoring physiological conditions of an individual on an ongoing basis, comprising;
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an image capture device, which can capture image data of at least one individual during a capture event; a user identification means which uses captured image data to recognize an individual as a subject being monitored for the capture event; a well-being image capture structure which quantifies the capture conditions present during the capture event and which screens the captured image data relative to predetermined image capture condition criteria; an image normalization structure which corrects the captured image data to compensate for variations in the image capture conditions, to provide normalized image data; a well-being assessment structure which analyzes the normalized image data relative to physiological conditions of the individual, or changes thereof, based upon the capture conditions and semantic knowledge of the individual; and output means for providing image data or well-being assessments of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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