Monitoring activity of an individual
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1. A method for monitoring activity of an individual, comprising:
- detecting changes in performance of activities associated with the individual'"'"'s daily routine by;
grouping multiple sensors into multiple groups of sensors based on daily living activities;
monitoring each group of multiple sensors to identify activations of at least one sensor within the multiple groups;
applying one or more of multiple rules, each rule defining a number of actions to be taken, by comparing at least one of a pattern or frequency of multiple identified sensor activations to at least one of a predetermined sensor activation timeframe, pattern of multiple sensor activations, or frequency of sensors activations; and
determining whether to initiate an action based upon the one or more comparisons, wherein determining whether to initiate an action based upon the one or more comparisons includes changing a timer value in order to keep the value within an acceptable range based upon an analysis of the activations identified and one or more groups in which the activated sensors are grouped.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, devices, and systems to monitor activity. One method to monitor activity includes monitoring activity of an individual including detecting a sensor activated by an individual during the individual'"'"'s daily activities. The embodiment also includes comparing the sensor activation to a predetermined sensor activation timeframe, determining whether to initiate an alert based upon the comparison, and checking for at least one other sensor activation to confirm whether an alert should be initiated.
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1. A method for monitoring activity of an individual, comprising:
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detecting changes in performance of activities associated with the individual'"'"'s daily routine by; grouping multiple sensors into multiple groups of sensors based on daily living activities; monitoring each group of multiple sensors to identify activations of at least one sensor within the multiple groups; applying one or more of multiple rules, each rule defining a number of actions to be taken, by comparing at least one of a pattern or frequency of multiple identified sensor activations to at least one of a predetermined sensor activation timeframe, pattern of multiple sensor activations, or frequency of sensors activations; and determining whether to initiate an action based upon the one or more comparisons, wherein determining whether to initiate an action based upon the one or more comparisons includes changing a timer value in order to keep the value within an acceptable range based upon an analysis of the activations identified and one or more groups in which the activated sensors are grouped. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for monitoring activity, comprising:
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multiple sensors to be activated by an individual during performance of activities associated with a daily routine; a logic component to detect changes in performance of the activities associated with the individual'"'"'s daily routine, wherein the logic component; associates each of the multiple sensors with one or more groups of sensors; institutes multiple rules for determining whether to initiate an alert based upon one or more activations of the sensors, where the multiple rules are based upon an analysis of activations of the sensors to which one or more particular groups the sensor belongs, selection of one or more groups of sensors to monitor, and analysis of whether sensor activations for one or more of the selected groups meets a quantity of activations; initiates a first rule based upon an identification of a first sensor activation; initiates a first timer for monitoring sensor activations within one or more of the selected groups according to the first rule and the analysis of the activations of the sensors and the one or more groups in which the activated sensors are associated; initiates a second timer for monitoring the time between a first sensor activation and at least one second sensor activation according to the first rule; determines whether an action should he initiated based upon the analysis of whether at least one second sensor activation occurred to confirm that the action should be initiated; and changes a timer value in order to keep the value within an acceptable range based upon analysis of the activations identified and one or more groups in which the activated sensors are associated. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for monitoring activity, comprising:
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multiple sensors to be activated by an individual during performance of activities associated with a daily routine; a logic component to detect changes in performance of the activities associated with the individual'"'"'s daily routine, wherein the logic component; grouping the multiple sensors into multiple groups based on daily living activities; institutes multiple rules for determining whether to initiate an action based upon the one or more groups in which one or more activations of the sensors are associated, where the multiple rules are based upon an analysis of activations of the sensors; initiates a first rule based upon an identification of a first sensor activation of the number of sensors; initiates a timer for monitoring the time between the first sensor activation and at least one second sensor activation according to at least one rule; determines whether an action should be initiated based upon the analysis of whether at least one second sensor activation occurred to confirm that the action should be initiated; and changes a timer value in order to keep the value within an acceptable range based upon analysis of the activations identified and one or more groups in which the activated sensors are associated. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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