System and method for human monitoring

• US 9,538,959 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Morpheus, LLC
• Original Assignee: Morpheus, LLC
• Inventors: Messenger, Stephen, de Wit, Julien
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, TOAN NGOC
• Application Number:
  US14/802,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20160035205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.15, 340/539.1, 340/573.1, 340/539.12, 600/529, 600/549, 600/533
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6887 mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0208 Combination with audio or video communication, e.g. combination with "baby phone" function
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0492 Sensor dual technology, i.e. two or more technologies collaborate to extract unsafe condition, e.g. video tracking and RFID tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system for monitoring a user includes a transmitter positioned in a first location, a sensor system, first and second monitoring devices, a controller and an application. The sensor system collects data including sound and image data of the user, the user'"'"'s vital data, and ambient condition data and transmits the collected data wirelessly to the transmitter. The first and second monitoring devices communicate wirelessly with the transmitter and are worn by first and second caregivers of the user, respectively, that are located in a second location that is different from the first location. The controller is located in the second location and communicates wirelessly with the first and second monitoring devices and the transmitter. The transmitter transmits wirelessly live data feeds to the first and second monitoring devices and to the controller and the live data feeds include the sound and image data of the user and the user'"'"'s vital data. The application includes an analyzer that analyzes the live data feeds and determines whether any of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range and sends an alarm notification to at least one of the first and second monitoring devices in cases when at least one of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring a user comprising:

a transmitter positioned in a first location in a vicinity of the user;

a sensor system to be worn by the user, configured to collect data comprising sound and image data of the user, a user'"'"'s vital data and ambient condition data and transmit the collected data wirelessly to the transmitter;

first and second monitoring devices configured to communicate wirelessly with the transmitter and to be worn by first and second caregivers of the user, respectively, wherein the first and second caregivers are located in a second location that is different from the first location;

a controller located in the second location and configured to communicate wirelessly with the first and second monitoring devices and the transmitter;

wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit wirelessly live data feeds to the first and second monitoring devices and to the controller and wherein the live data feeds comprise the sound and image data of the user and the user'"'"'s vital data;

an application comprising an analyzer configured to analyze the live data feeds and determine whether any of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range and to send an alarm notification to at least one of the first and second monitoring devices in cases when at least one of the collected data has a value above the predetermined threshold or out of the predetermined range.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising outside servers configured to receive wirelessly the live data feeds from the transmitter and to transmit wirelessly the live data feeds to the controller and the first and second monitoring devices.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the application further comprises a scheduler configured to schedule times when the first and second caregivers are on-duty and off-duty for receiving and responding to the alarm notifications.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the application further comprises a cry analyzer configured to analyze the sound data of the user and to determine whether the user is crying and to provide possible causes for the user'"'"'s crying and to assign probabilities for such possible causes.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the analyzer is further configured to analyze the live data feeds and determine whether the user is about to require attention and to send a notification to at least one of the caregivers prior to the user waking up or crying.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the application is further configured to receive first and second caregiver'"'"'s vital data, sleep pattern data and activity data and the analyzer is further configured to analyze the first and second caregiver'"'"'s vital data, sleep pattern data, and activity data.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the application is further configured to determine which caregiver is to receive the notification based on the analysis results of the first and second caregiver'"'"'s vital data, sleep pattern data, and activity data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the application further comprises a report generator configured to report and display the collected sound and image data of the user and the user'"'"'s vital data versus time.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second monitoring devices comprises a vibrator for providing a vibrating alarm notification to at least one of the first and second caregivers indicating that at least one of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second monitoring devices comprises a vibrator and a speaker for providing a vibrating alarm and a sound alarm notification, respectively, to at least one of the first and second caregivers indicating that one of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range and wherein the vibrating alarm and the sound alarm comprise random patterns of vibrations and random patterns of sounds, respectively, and wherein the random patterns of vibrations and random patterns of sounds are configured to bypass the caregiver'"'"'s conditioned and expected patterns of vibrations and sounds, respectively.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second monitoring devices further comprises a speaker for providing a sound alarm notification to at least one of the first and second caregivers indicating that one of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second monitoring devices further comprises a microphone for capturing a voice signal of at least one of the caregivers and transmitting the voice signal to the user wirelessly via the transmitter.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second monitoring devices further comprises sensors configured to monitor each of the first and second caregiver'"'"'s vital data, sleep pattern data and activity data.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor system comprises wearable sensors configured to be worn by the user and to sense the user'"'"'s vital data.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor system comprises a daytime wearable sensor and a nighttime wearable sensor and wherein the daytime wearable sensor and the nighttime wearable sensors are configured to be worn by the user and to sense the user'"'"'s vital data during the day and during the night, respectively.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor system comprises skin attachable sensors configured to be attached to the user'"'"'s skin and to sense the user'"'"'s vital data.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor system comprises a microphone and a camera for capturing the sound and image data of the user, respectively.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor system is further configured to send an alarm notification to at least one of the first and second monitoring devices in cases when at least one of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor system is further configured to send an alarm notification to at least one of the first and second monitoring devices in cases when the user is about to or has moved away from the first location.

20. A method for monitoring a user comprising:

collecting data comprising sound and image data of the user, a user'"'"'s vital data, and ambient condition data, via a sensor system worn by the user and transmitting the collected data wirelessly to a transmitter positioned in a first location in a vicinity of the user;

providing first and second monitoring devices configured to communicate wirelessly with the transmitter and to be worn by first and second caregivers of the user, respectively, wherein the first and second caregivers are located in a second location that is different from the first location;

providing a controller located in the second location and configured to communicate wirelessly with the first and second monitoring devices and the transmitter;

transmitting wirelessly live data feeds from the transmitter to the first and second monitoring devices and to the controller and wherein the live data feeds comprise the sound and image data of the user and the user'"'"'s vital data;

providing and application and analyzing the live data feeds and determining whether any of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range with the application and sending an alarm notification to at least one of the first and second monitoring devices in cases when at least one of the collected data has a value above the predetermined threshold or out of the predetermined range.