Portable alarm transmitter for compliance monitoring
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1. A portable alarm triggering device comprising:
- a) a sensor configured to sense any abnormal status of a user;
b) a stimuli generating means capable of transmitting a stimuli to said user;
c) a user input means configured to receive an explicit input from said user;
d) a transmitter configured to transmit an alarm signal to a third party;
e) a control unit coupled to said sensor, said stimuli generating means and said user input means, said control unit further comprising a plurality of different timers, each said timer being set with a predetermined time setting;
when said sensor detects said abnormal status of said user after all of said plurality of timers have expired, said control unit causes;
i) said stimuli generating means to stimulate said user; and
subsequentlyii) said transmitter to generate said alarm signal to said third party through said transmitter unless said control unit receives said explicit input as a cut-off signal from said user within a predefined period;
whereby said portable alarm triggering device monitors said user and can automatically call for assistance when said abnormal status of said user is detected.
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Abstract
A portable alarm transmitter for compliance monitoring detects whether a user is wearing the device. If not, a special alarm signal is sent to the monitoring service provider so that remedial actions can be taken. The alarm transmitter comprises a motion sensor, and an algorithm thereby for detecting whether the alarm device is being worn by the user. The alarm transmitter distinguish between non-compliance (e.g. user has taken off the alarm device) versus other “activities of daily living (ADL) that may appear to be non-compliance events (e.g. sleeping) by incorporating user stimulus and user response.
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1. A portable alarm triggering device comprising:
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a) a sensor configured to sense any abnormal status of a user; b) a stimuli generating means capable of transmitting a stimuli to said user; c) a user input means configured to receive an explicit input from said user; d) a transmitter configured to transmit an alarm signal to a third party; e) a control unit coupled to said sensor, said stimuli generating means and said user input means, said control unit further comprising a plurality of different timers, each said timer being set with a predetermined time setting;
when said sensor detects said abnormal status of said user after all of said plurality of timers have expired, said control unit causes;i) said stimuli generating means to stimulate said user; and
subsequentlyii) said transmitter to generate said alarm signal to said third party through said transmitter unless said control unit receives said explicit input as a cut-off signal from said user within a predefined period; whereby said portable alarm triggering device monitors said user and can automatically call for assistance when said abnormal status of said user is detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
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14. A method for automatically calling for assistance by a portable alarm triggering device, comprising the steps of:
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a) sensing the abnormal status of said user by a sensor; b) stimulating said user by a stimuli generating means when said abnormal status of said user is detected after a plurality of different timers in said portable alarm triggering device have expired, each said timer being set with a predetermined time setting; and c) generating an alarm signal to a third party if a response is not received from said user within a predefined period. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 19)
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17. In a portable alarm triggering device having a sensor configured to sense any abnormal status of a user, a stimuli generating means capable of transmitting a stimuli to said user, a user input means configured to receive an explicit user input from said user, a transmitter configured to transmit and alarm signal to a third party, and a control unit coupled to said sensor, said stimuli generating means and said user input means, the improvement comprising:
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a) means for causing said stimuli generating means to stimulate said user when said sensor detects said abnormal status of said user after a plurality of different timers with predetermined time settings in said control unit have expired; b) means for subsequently generating said alarm signal to said third party through said transmitter unless said control unit receives said explicit input as a cut-off signal from said user within a predefined period.
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