Personal emergency response (PER) system
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1. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
- verbally communicating with a user through a base unit;
wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit, wherein the patient motions form a sequence of elemental motions;
identifying each elemental motion of a sequence of elemental motions of the accelerometer; and
identifying the activity of the patient, comprising matching the sequence of identified elemental motions with a library of stored sequences of elemental motions, wherein each stored sequence of elemental motions corresponds with an activity; and
determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help.
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Abstract
A method of method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient by verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit; and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
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verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit, wherein the patient motions form a sequence of elemental motions; identifying each elemental motion of a sequence of elemental motions of the accelerometer; and identifying the activity of the patient, comprising matching the sequence of identified elemental motions with a library of stored sequences of elemental motions, wherein each stored sequence of elemental motions corresponds with an activity; and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
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verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit; identifying each elemental motion by; generating an acceleration signature based on sensed acceleration of the device; matching the acceleration signature with at least one of a plurality of stored acceleration signatures, wherein each stored acceleration signatures corresponds with a type of motion; identifying the type of motion of the device based on the matching of the acceleration signature with the stored acceleration signature; and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help.
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13. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
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verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit; refining identification of the activity, comprising analyzing timing of the identified activity, and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help.
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14. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
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verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit; refining identification of the activity, comprising analyzing at least one identified location of the identified activity; and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help.
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15. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
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verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit; refining identification of the activity, comprising analyzing a rate of change of a location of the patient; and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help.
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16. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
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verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit; refining identification of the activity, comprising analyzing patterns of a plurality of identified activities; and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help.
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17. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
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verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit; identifying a behavior of the object by; identifying each activity of a sequence of activities of the patient; and identifying the behavior of the patient, comprising matching the sequence of identified activities of the object with a stored sequences of activities, wherein each stored sequence of activities corresponds with an identified behavior; and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help.
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18. A method of automatically requesting assistance for a patient, comprising:
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verbally communicating with a user through a base unit; wearing a mobile device with a plurality of different sensors on the patient to detect patient motion, wherein the mobile device transmits data to the base unit; identifying changes in at least one behavior of the patient; and determining if a fall has occurred and requesting help through the base unit without a user pressing a button to call for help. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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