Real-time human collaboration monitoring and intervention
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring and intervening in, in real time, a collaboration between a plurality of subjects, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring one or more indications of physiological and cognitive states of each of the plurality of subjects;
communicating one or more of the indications to a monitoring computer system;
with the monitoring computer system, comparing the indications with one or more models of previous collaborative performance of one or more of the plurality of subjects, wherein one or more of the models in the comparing step comprises a self-organizing map of multiple subjects of the plurality of subjects; and
with the monitoring computer system, employing the results of the comparison to communicate commands or suggestions to one or more of the plurality of subjects.
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Abstract
A method of and apparatus for monitoring and intervening in, in real time, a collaboration between a plurality of subjects comprising measuring indicia of physiological and cognitive states of each of the plurality of subjects, communicating the indicia to a monitoring computer system, with the monitoring computer system, comparing the indicia with one or more models of previous collaborative performance of one or more of the plurality of subjects, and with the monitoring computer system, employing the results of the comparison to communicate commands or suggestions to one or more of the plurality of subjects.
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1. A method of monitoring and intervening in, in real time, a collaboration between a plurality of subjects, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring one or more indications of physiological and cognitive states of each of the plurality of subjects; communicating one or more of the indications to a monitoring computer system; with the monitoring computer system, comparing the indications with one or more models of previous collaborative performance of one or more of the plurality of subjects, wherein one or more of the models in the comparing step comprises a self-organizing map of multiple subjects of the plurality of subjects; and with the monitoring computer system, employing the results of the comparison to communicate commands or suggestions to one or more of the plurality of subjects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for monitoring and intervening in, in real time, a collaboration between a plurality of subjects, said apparatus comprising:
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means for measuring one or more indications of physiological and cognitive states of each of the plurality of subjects; means for communicating one or more of the indications to a monitoring computer system; a monitoring computer system that compares the indications with one or more models of previous collaborative performance of one or more of the plurality of subjects and employs the results of the comparison to communicate commands or suggestions to one or more of the plurality of subjects, wherein one or more of the models comprises a self-organizing map of multiple subjects of the plurality of subjects. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of monitoring and intervening in, in real time, a collaboration between a plurality of subjects, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring one or more indications of physiological and cognitive states of each of the plurality of subjects; communicating one or more of the indications to a monitoring computer system; with the monitoring computer system, comparing the indications with one or more models of previous collaborative performance of one or more of the plurality of subjects; and with the monitoring computer system, employing the results of the comparison to communicate commands or suggestions to one or more of the plurality of subjects, by displaying one or more of the indications or one or more results of the comparison to a monitoring human who initiates commands or suggestions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for monitoring and intervening in, in real time, a collaboration between a plurality of subjects, said apparatus comprising:
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means for measuring one or more indications of physiological and cognitive states of each of the plurality of subjects; means for communicating one or more of the indications to a monitoring computer system, wherein said means for communicating communicates visual images of one or more of the plurality of subjects and the apparatus additionally comprises one or more displays for displaying the visual images to a monitoring human; a monitoring computer system which displays one or more of the indications or one or more results of the comparison to the monitoring human and which monitoring computer system compares the indications with one or more models of previous collaborative performance of one or more of the plurality of subjects and employs the results of the comparison to communicate commands or suggestions to one or more of the plurality of subjects. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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