Determining treatment compliance using speech patterns passively captured from a patient environment
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one audio sensor for sensing at least one audio signal including spontaneous speech from a patient at a patient location, the patient having a brain-related disorder and a prescribed treatment regimen for treating at least one aspect of the brain-related disorder;
signal processing circuitry for detecting the spontaneous speech in the at least one audio signal and generating speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen based upon the detected spontaneous speech; and
at least one transmitting device for transmitting a speech data signal containing the speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen from the patient location to a receiving device at a monitoring location.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for monitoring patient speech to determine compliance of the patient with a prescribed regimen for treating for a brain-related disorder. Patient speech is detected with an audio sensor at the patient location, and speech data is transmitted to a monitoring location. The audio sensor and other components at the patient location may be incorporated into, or associated with, a cell phone, computing system, or stand-alone microprocessor-based device, for example. Patient speech is processed at the patient location and/or monitoring location to identify speech parameters and/or patterns that indicate whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen. Patient identity may be determined through biometric identification or other authentication techniques. The system may provide a report to an interested party, for example a medical care provider, based on whether (and/or the extent to which) the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen.
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50 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one audio sensor for sensing at least one audio signal including spontaneous speech from a patient at a patient location, the patient having a brain-related disorder and a prescribed treatment regimen for treating at least one aspect of the brain-related disorder; signal processing circuitry for detecting the spontaneous speech in the at least one audio signal and generating speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen based upon the detected spontaneous speech; and at least one transmitting device for transmitting a speech data signal containing the speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen from the patient location to a receiving device at a monitoring location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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sensing at least one audio signal including spontaneous speech from a patient with at least one audio sensor at a patient location, the patient having a brain-related disorder and a prescribed treatment regimen for treating at least one aspect of the brain-related disorder; detecting the spontaneous speech of the patient in the at least one audio signal with signal processing circuitry at the patient location; generating with the signal processing circuitry speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen; and transmitting a speech data signal containing the speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen to a receiving device at a monitoring location with at least one transmitting device at the patient location. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory machine-readable data storage medium bearing; one or more instructions for sensing at least one audio signal including spontaneous speech from a patient with at least one audio sensor at a patient location, the patient having a brain-related disorder and a prescribed treatment regimen for treating at least one aspect of the brain-related disorder; one or more instructions for detecting the spontaneous speech of the patient in the at least one audio signal with signal processing circuitry at the patient location; one or more instructions for generating with the signal processing circuitry speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen; and one or more instructions for transmitting a speech data signal containing the speech data including data indicative of whether speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen to a receiving device at a monitoring location with at least one transmitting device at the patient location. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A system comprising:
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a computing device; and instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to; sense at least one audio signal including spontaneous speech from a patient with at least one audio sensor at a patient location, the patient having a brain-related disorder and a prescribed treatment regimen for treating at least one aspect of the brain-related disorder; detect the spontaneous speech of the patient in the at least one audio signal with signal processing circuitry at the patient location; generate with the signal processing circuitry speech data including data indicative whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen; and transmit a speech data signal containing the speech data including data indicative of whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen to a receiving device at a monitoring location with at least one transmitting device at the patient location.
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