SMART CAREGIVER PLATFORM METHODS, APPARATUSES AND MEDIA

• US 20140145845A1
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ashkan Sattari
• Original Assignee: Ashkan Sattari
• Inventors: Sattari, Ashkan
• Granted Patent: US 9,142,116 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/043 detecting an emergency event, e.g. a fall
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0446 worn on the body to detect changes of posture, e.g. a fall, inclination, acceleration, gait
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

A smart tag associated with a user'"'"'s item may be identified and a status update from the smart tag may be obtained. Conditions associated with the item may be analyzed. If it is determined that the status update indicates that a condition associated with the item being lost has been triggered, an alert informing the user that the user forgot the item may be generated for the user or for the user'"'"'s caregiver.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method to detect a forgotten item, comprising:

identifying via a processor a smart tag associated with a user'"'"'s item;

obtaining via the processor a status update from the smart tag;

analyzing via the processor conditions associated with the item;

determining via the processor that the status update indicates that a condition associated with the item has been triggered; and

generating via the processor an item forgotten alert for the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that the user did not retrieve the item; and

facilitating alerting the user'"'"'s caregiver that the user forgot the item.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein detecting that the user did not retrieve the item is based on the amount of time elapsed since the item forgotten alert was generated and the user'"'"'s movement with respect to the item.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing the location of the forgotten item to the user'"'"'s caregiver.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the smart tag is associated with the item based on a request from the user'"'"'s caregiver.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the conditions associated with the item are specified by the user'"'"'s caregiver.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition is triggered based on (1) distance between the user'"'"'s smart phone and the smart tag and (2) at least one of weather, temperature, date, time.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

logging that the user forgot the item in a log; and

generating a report, using the log, to facilitate understanding when the user is likely to forget items.

9. A processor-implemented method to detect user wandering, comprising:

obtaining via a processor a user'"'"'s location data;

analyzing via the processor approved locations for the user with respect to the location data;

determining via the processor that the analysis indicates that a condition signifying that the user is wandering has been triggered; and

generating via the processor directions to an approved location for the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the location data comprises the user'"'"'s location and direction of travel.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein whether a location is an approved location for the user depends on at least one of weather, temperature, date, time.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the condition is triggered when the user is outside a designated safe area.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the condition is triggered when (1) the user is not at one of the approved locations and (2) the user is not travelling via an approved route.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting that the user did not follow the directions; and

facilitating informing the user'"'"'s caregiver regarding the user'"'"'s location and direction of travel.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the detecting further comprises:

waiting a specified time period; and

concluding that the user did not follow the directions when the user does not reach the approved location within the specified time period.

16. A processor-implemented method to detect a missed medicine dose, comprising:

obtaining via a processor a status update from a smart pillbox associated with a user;

determining via the processor that the status update indicates that the user missed a medicine dose; and

generating via the processor a reminder for the user to take the medicine dose.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

detecting that the user did not take the medicine dose; and

facilitating alerting the user'"'"'s caregiver that the user did not take the medicine dose.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the determination of whether the user missed a medicine dose is based on whether the smart pillbox was opened during a specified time range.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the reminder is generated via at least one of the user'"'"'s smart phone and the user'"'"'s smart bracelet.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the reminder is a video message from the user'"'"'s caregiver.