HANDS-FREE ASSISTIVE AND PREVENTIVE REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A hands-free assistive and preventive remote monitoring system, comprising:
- at least one sensor network comprising a plurality of sensors dispersed in a living environment of an infirm or aged person, or for persons with functional impairments or who are chronically ill;
a gateway connected to each of the at least one sensor network and configured to route communications to and from the sensor network, including emails and text messages; and
a server configured to manage the sensor network and the communications, including receiving the communications from the sensor network and sending the communications and control signals to the gateway or sensors in the at least one sensor network to enable access to sensor data by a variety of support personnel, wherein the communications include data on a state of the infirm or aged person or person with functional impairments or who is chronically ill in the living environment;
wherein the server provides a user interface object to an electronic processing device associated to the support personnel that enables the support personnel to define rules for sensor operation including identifying linked sensor events to help diagnose underlying problems, and setting timer trigger points according to individual patterns of behavior, to access and control the operation of the sensors at the living environment and to view the sensor data in real time;
wherein said setting of timer trigger points comprises at least one sensor of said plurality of sensors being programmed with a pre-determined time delay briefly delaying the sending of communications for a pre-determined period of time from said at least one sensor to said gateway;
andsaid system being without body worn transmitter alert devices or emergency pendant or any device attached to said person.
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Abstract
A computer-based method operate to monitor a state of a person in a living space or the state of the living space to optimize the monitored person'"'"'s well-being. The method includes arranging a plurality of sensors in predetermined positions within the living space for generating sensor data, connecting each of the sensors to a gateway node in the living space, the gateway node configured for routing signals to and from the sensors in the sensor network and operating a server including a processor and a memory that is programmed to communicate with the gateway node to control the sensors, receive data detected by the sensors, to process the sensor data received from the sensor network and to generate communications based on the processing in accordance with a set of rules.
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15 Claims
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1. A hands-free assistive and preventive remote monitoring system, comprising:
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at least one sensor network comprising a plurality of sensors dispersed in a living environment of an infirm or aged person, or for persons with functional impairments or who are chronically ill; a gateway connected to each of the at least one sensor network and configured to route communications to and from the sensor network, including emails and text messages; and a server configured to manage the sensor network and the communications, including receiving the communications from the sensor network and sending the communications and control signals to the gateway or sensors in the at least one sensor network to enable access to sensor data by a variety of support personnel, wherein the communications include data on a state of the infirm or aged person or person with functional impairments or who is chronically ill in the living environment; wherein the server provides a user interface object to an electronic processing device associated to the support personnel that enables the support personnel to define rules for sensor operation including identifying linked sensor events to help diagnose underlying problems, and setting timer trigger points according to individual patterns of behavior, to access and control the operation of the sensors at the living environment and to view the sensor data in real time; wherein said setting of timer trigger points comprises at least one sensor of said plurality of sensors being programmed with a pre-determined time delay briefly delaying the sending of communications for a pre-determined period of time from said at least one sensor to said gateway; and said system being without body worn transmitter alert devices or emergency pendant or any device attached to said person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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