System and method for monitoring the gait characteristics of a group of individuals
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring gait characteristics of one or more enrollees in a monitoring region of a public area, said system comprising:
- an identifying device comprising a video camera positioned in the monitoring region of the public area, wherein the identifying device is configured to;
automatically prompt a potential enrollee having entered the monitoring region of the public area to provide consent for monitoring the enrollee in the monitoring region, andenroll the enrollee on receiving the enrollee'"'"'s consent, said enrolling including automatically prompting the enrollee to move to a designated location in the monitoring region of the public area to acquire identifying information of the enrollee during an enrollment phase and automatically prompting the enrollee to move in monitoring region within a field of view of the video camera to measure a sample gait characteristic of the enrollee during the enrollment phase; and
acquire identifying information of one or more individuals having entered the monitoring region during a monitoring phase subsequent to the enrollment phase;
a processor configured to identify the enrollee from the one or more individuals in the monitoring region by comparing the acquired identifying information of the one or more individuals in the monitoring region with the acquired identifying information of the enrollee during the enrollment phase to determine if one of the individuals is the enrollee; and
a gait monitoring device configured to measure the sample gait characteristic of the enrollee during the enrollment phase;
said gait monitoring device being further configured to measure a gait characteristic of the enrollee during the monitoring phase, if the processor identifies that one of the individuals is the enrollee;
wherein said processor is further configured to compare the measured gait characteristic of the enrollee with at least one of a previously-measured gait characteristic and the sample gait characteristic of the enrollee, to determine if the measured gait characteristic exceeds a safety threshold.
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Abstract
A system is provided for monitoring gait characteristics of a group of enrollees in a monitoring region of a public area. The system includes an identifying device to enroll the group of enrollees into the system by measuring identifying information. The system further includes a gait monitoring device to measure a sample gait characteristic during an enrollment phase, and to measure a gait characteristic of each enrollee subsequent to the enrollment phase. The system further includes an alerting device to receive an alert signal from the gait monitoring device, when the measured gait characteristic of a respective enrollee exceeds a safety threshold. The system further includes a display device to issue a trend report of the measured gait characteristic of a selectable enrollee for a selectable time period.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring gait characteristics of one or more enrollees in a monitoring region of a public area, said system comprising:
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an identifying device comprising a video camera positioned in the monitoring region of the public area, wherein the identifying device is configured to; automatically prompt a potential enrollee having entered the monitoring region of the public area to provide consent for monitoring the enrollee in the monitoring region, and enroll the enrollee on receiving the enrollee'"'"'s consent, said enrolling including automatically prompting the enrollee to move to a designated location in the monitoring region of the public area to acquire identifying information of the enrollee during an enrollment phase and automatically prompting the enrollee to move in monitoring region within a field of view of the video camera to measure a sample gait characteristic of the enrollee during the enrollment phase; and acquire identifying information of one or more individuals having entered the monitoring region during a monitoring phase subsequent to the enrollment phase; a processor configured to identify the enrollee from the one or more individuals in the monitoring region by comparing the acquired identifying information of the one or more individuals in the monitoring region with the acquired identifying information of the enrollee during the enrollment phase to determine if one of the individuals is the enrollee; and a gait monitoring device configured to measure the sample gait characteristic of the enrollee during the enrollment phase;
said gait monitoring device being further configured to measure a gait characteristic of the enrollee during the monitoring phase, if the processor identifies that one of the individuals is the enrollee;wherein said processor is further configured to compare the measured gait characteristic of the enrollee with at least one of a previously-measured gait characteristic and the sample gait characteristic of the enrollee, to determine if the measured gait characteristic exceeds a safety threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for monitoring gait characteristics of one or more enrollees, said system comprising:
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an identifying device positioned in a monitoring region of a public area, said identifying device configured to; automatically prompt a potential enrollee having entered the monitoring region of the public area to provide consent for monitoring the enrollee in the monitoring region, enroll the enrollee on receiving the enrollee'"'"'s consent, said enrolling including automatically prompting the enrollee to move to a designated location in the monitoring region of the public area to capture corresponding facial recognition data and automatically prompting the enrollee to move within the monitoring region for measuring a sample gait characteristic of the enrollee; a processor configured to identify the enrollee from one or more individuals having entered the monitoring region by comparing the captured facial recognition data with a predetermined set of facial recognition data for the one or more enrollees to determine if one of the individuals is the enrollee; a gait monitoring device positioned in the monitoring area of the public area, said gait monitoring area configured to measure the sample gait characteristic of the enrollee, if the processor determines that one of the individuals is the enrollee; said processor being further configured to compare the sample gait characteristic with at least one of a previously-measured gait characteristic and a predetermined set of sample gait characteristic for the enrollee to determine if the measured gait characteristic exceeds a safety threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for monitoring gait characteristics of one or more enrollees in a monitoring region of a public area, said method comprising:
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automatically prompting a potential enrollee having entered the monitoring region of the public area to provide consent for monitoring of gait characteristics in the monitoring region; enrolling the enrollee on receiving the enrollee'"'"'s consent, said enrolling including automatically prompting the enrollee to move to a designated location in the monitoring region of the public area for measuring identifying information of the enrollee during an enrollment phase and automatically prompting the enrollee to move within the monitoring region for measuring a sample gait characteristic of the enrollee during the enrollment phase; monitoring one or more individuals having entered the monitoring region to acquire corresponding identifying information; identifying the enrollee from the one or more individuals by comparing the identifying information of the enrollee with the identifying information of the one or more individuals in the monitoring region with the acquired identifying information of the enrollee during the enrollment phase; measuring a gait characteristic of the enrollee upon identifying that one of the individuals is the enrollee; comparing the measured gait characteristic of the enrollee with at least one of a previously-measured gait characteristic and the sample gait characteristic of the enrollee, to determine if the measured gait characteristic exceeds a safety threshold and alerting if the measured gait characteristic of the enrollee has exceeded a safety threshold; and displaying a trend report of the measured gait characteristic of the enrollee for a selectable time period, wherein displaying a trend report comprises selecting the enrollee from the one or more enrollees.
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