Behavioral pattern collecting apparatus, and behavioral pattern analyzing system and method using the same

• US 9,088,871 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2012
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Park, Chan Kyu, Kim, Jae Hong, Park, Cheon Shu, Kang, Sang Seung, Jang, Min Su, Sohn, Joo Chan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ajibade Akonai, Olumide T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang, Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/586,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20130178185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.2, 4554561-4566
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Disclosed are a wearable behavioral pattern collecting apparatus for generating collected information by analyzing a behavioral pattern of a wearer, and generating and thereby transmitting emergency call information when an emergency situation occurs, a network including a repeater to transmit information received from the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus to a remote monitoring server, and a behavioral pattern analyzing system and method for transmitting information on an emergency accident and a position of the wearer to a corresponding institution or a corresponding person in charge when an emergency situation such as a falling accident or the emergency accident occurs by observing a change in the behavioral pattern of the wearer.

Claims

1. A wearable behavioral pattern collecting apparatus, comprising:

an acceleration sensor to generate a three-axial acceleration signal by sensing a motion of a wearer;

a behavioral pattern extractor to classify and thereby store behavioral patterns of the wearer corresponding to patterns of acceleration signals, and to extract a behavioral pattern of the wearer corresponding to the generated acceleration signal;

a wireless communication unit to be connected to a repeater through wireless communication;

a position updating unit to update in real time position estimation information including a repeater identification (ID) code of a currently communication connected repeater;

an information collector to periodically generate collected information including an apparatus ID number, the position estimation information, and the extracted behavioral pattern, wherein the wireless communication unit periodically transmits the generated collected information to a monitoring server;

an emergency call button to push when an emergency situation occurs; and

an emergency call unit to generate emergency call information including the apparatus ID number and the position estimation information in a case where the extracted behavioral pattern is a falling accident, and to immediately transmit the generated emergency call information to the monitoring server.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an infrared (IR) sensor to receive, from the repeater, an IR signal including IR ID information, wherein the position estimation information further includes the IR ID information included in the received IR signal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an illumination sensor to sense peripheral illumination; and

a temperature sensor to sense temperature.

4. A behavioral pattern analyzing system, comprising:

a repeater to transmit a repeater ID code to a behavioral pattern collecting apparatus worn by a wearer, to receive, from the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus, collected information that is periodically transmitted and emergency call information that is transmitted immediately when an emergency situation occurs, and to transmit the received collected information and emergency call information; and

a monitoring server to receive the collected information and the emergency call information from the repeater, to store the received collected information and emergency call information in a database, and to immediately transmit the emergency call information to an information terminal held by a person in charge of the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus that has transmitted the emergency call information, when the emergency call information is received,

wherein the collected information includes position estimation information including an apparatus ID number of the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus and a repeater ID code of a communication connected repeater, and information on a behavioral pattern that is extracted from an acceleration signal generated based on a motion of a wearer, and

the emergency call information includes the position estimation information including the apparatus ID number of the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus and the repeater ID code of the communication connected repeater.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the monitoring server determines a position of the wearer based on the repeater ID information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein:

the repeater transmits, to the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus, an IR signal including IR ID information,

when the IR signal is received, the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus generates position estimation information including the IR ID information, and

the monitoring server determines the position of the wearer based on the IR ID information.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the behavioral pattern analyzing system controls a telepresence robot to autonomously drive to a position of the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus that has transmitted the emergency call information.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein when an enquiry request for inquiring about information on a behavioral pattern of the wearer is received from the information terminal, the monitoring server transmits, to the information terminal, a result that is obtained by searching the database for information on the behavioral pattern of the wearer.

9. A method of analyzing a behavioral pattern, comprising:

generating a three-axial acceleration signal by sensing a motion of a wearer;

extracting a behavioral pattern of the wearer corresponding to the acceleration signal;

updating in real time position estimation information including a repeater ID code of a currently communication connected repeater;

periodically generating collected information including an apparatus ID number, the position estimation information, and the extracted behavioral pattern;

periodically transmitting the generated collected information to a monitoring server through wireless communication;

immediately generating emergency call information including the apparatus ID number and the position estimation information when the extracted behavioral pattern is a falling accident; and

immediately transmitting the generated emergency call information to the monitoring server.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, from a repeater, an IR signal including IR ID information,

wherein the position estimation information further includes the IR ID information included in the received IR signal.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

measuring peripheral illumination; and

measuring peripheral temperature,

wherein the collected information further includes information on the measured illumination and temperature.

12. A method of analyzing a behavioral pattern, comprising:

transmitting, by a repeater, a repeater ID code to a behavioral pattern collecting apparatus worn by a wearer;

receiving, by the repeater from the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus, collected information that is periodically transmitted and emergency call information that is transmitted immediately when an emergency situation occurs;

receiving, by a monitoring server, the collected information and the emergency call information from the repeater, to store the received collected information and the emergency call information in a database; and

immediately transmitting, by the monitoring server, the emergency call information to an information terminal held by a person in charge of the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus that has transmitted the emergency call information, when the emergency call information is received,

wherein the collected information includes position estimation information including an apparatus ID number of the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus and a repeater ID code of a communication connected repeater, and information on a behavioral pattern that is extracted from an acceleration signal generated based on a motion of a wearer, and

the emergency call information includes the position estimation information including the apparatus ID number of the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus and the repeater ID code of the communication connected repeater.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining, by the monitoring server, a position of the wearer based on the repeater ID information.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting, by the repeater to the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus, an IR signal including IR ID information;

generating, by the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus, position estimation information including the IR ID information when the IR signal is received; and

determining, by the monitoring server, the position of the wearer based on the IR ID information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

controlling a telepresence robot to autonomously drive to a position of the behavioral pattern collecting apparatus that has transmitted the emergency call information.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, by the monitoring server from the information terminal, an enquiry request for inquiring about information on a behavioral pattern of the wearer; and

transmitting, by the monitoring server to the information terminal, a result that is obtained by searching the database for information on the behavioral pattern of the wearer, when the enquiry request is received.