Method for alarm qualification among alarms stemming from an activity supervision system

• US 9,962,080 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2015
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Berenguer, Marc, Bouzid, Marie-Jeanne
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tang, Son M
• Application Number:
  US14/941,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20160150957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 907 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0484 Arrangements monitoring consumption of a utility or use of an appliance which consumes a utility to detect unsafe condition, e.g. metering of water, gas or electricity, use of taps, toilet flush, gas stove or electric kettle

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being such that it is implemented in a management server connected to at least one second supervision system, and that it has, on reception of an alarm triggered by the first supervision system, steps of obtainment of a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system, comparison of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system, and qualification of the alarm according to the result of the comparison. The invention likewise concerns a device and a server implementing the method. According to another aspect, the invention concerns a method for requesting alarm qualification and a terminal implementing this method.

Claims

1. Method for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising an activity of an individual implemented in a management server connected to the first supervision system and to at least a second supervision system, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in an event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method comprising a step of comparing the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system, the method being characterized in that the activity index is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators and in that it has, on reception of an alarm triggered by the first supervision system, the following steps:

identification of a preponderant indicator of the plurality of indicators that has caused the drift in the index of the first system,

obtainment of the drift in a corresponding indicator corresponding to the preponderant indicator, for the at least one second supervision system,

comparison of the drift in the preponderant indicator of the first supervision system with a value that is representative of the drift in the corresponding indicator of the at least one second system, and

qualification of the alarm according to the result of the comparison, the alarm being confirmed if the drift in the preponderant indicator of the first supervision system is not correlated with the value that is representative of the drift in the corresponding indicator of the at least one second system.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the management server is connected to a plurality of second supervision systems and in that the comparison step is performed on the basis of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and an average for the drift in the activity index of the plurality of second systems.

3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the supervision systems are associated with domestic contexts and in that the supervision systems are grouped into classes that are defined by at least a spatial configuration of the domestic contexts with which they are associated, the comparison step being performed on the basis of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and an average for the drift in the activity index of the supervision systems belonging to the same class as the first system.

4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the activity index drifts are weighted according to a startup date for the corresponding supervision system.

5. Device for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising an activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the device being characterized in that it is connected to at least one second supervision system, and in that the activity index is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators and in that it has:

a communication module that is capable of receiving an alarm triggered by the first supervision system,

the communication module is further capable of obtaining a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system,

a computer that is capable of computing a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system,

a comparator that is capable of comparing the drift in a preponderant indicator of the plurality of indicators of the first supervision system with a value that is representative of the drift in a corresponding indicator of the at least one second system, and

a qualification module that is capable of qualifying the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

6. Method for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in an event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in a value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it has the following steps subsequent to the triggering of an alarm:

transmission of an alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

reception of a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, wherein the activity index is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators and the drift in a preponderant indicator of the plurality of indicators of the supervision system is compared with a value that is representative of the drift in a corresponding indicator of the at least one second supervision system, and

transmission of the alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.

7. Device for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in an event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in a value of the index in relation to a reference value, the device being characterized in that it has a communication module that is implemented on the triggering of the alarm and capable of:

transmitting the alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

receiving a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, wherein the activity index is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators and the drift in a preponderant indicator of the plurality of indicators of the supervision system is compared with a value that is representative of the drift in a corresponding indicator of the at least one second supervision system, and

transmitting the alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.

8. Management server characterized in that it has a device for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising an activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in an event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in a value of the index in relation to a reference value, the device being characterized in that it is connected to at least one second supervision system, and in that the activity index is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators and in that it has:

a communication module that is capable of receiving an alarm triggered by the first supervision system,

the communication module is further capable of obtaining a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system,

a computer that is capable of computing a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system,

a comparator that is capable of comparing the drift in a preponderant indicator of the plurality of indicators of the first supervision system with a value that is representative of the drift in a corresponding indicator of the at least one second system, and

a qualification module that is capable of qualifying the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

9. Terminal characterized in that it has a device for requesting alarm qualification for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising an activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in an event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in a value of the index in relation to a reference value, the device being characterized in that it has a communication module that is implemented on the triggering of an alarm and capable of:

transmitting the alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

receiving a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, wherein the activity index is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators and the drift in a preponderant indicator of the plurality of indicators of the supervision system is compared with a value that is representative of the drift in a corresponding indicator of the at least one second supervision system, and

transmitting the alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.

10. Non-transitory information storage medium that can be read by a processor on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for executing steps of a method for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising an activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, wherein the activity index is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators, the alarm being triggered by the supervision system in an event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in a value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it is implemented in a management server connected to at least one second supervision system, and in that it has, on reception of the alarm triggered by the first supervision system, the following steps:

identification of a preponderant indicator of the plurality of indicators that has caused the drift in the index of the first system,

obtainment of the drift in a corresponding indicator corresponding to the preponderant indicator, for the at least one second supervision system,

comparison of the drift in the preponderant indicator of the first supervision system with a value that is representative of the drift in the corresponding indicator of the at least one second system, and

qualification of the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

11. Non-transitory information storage medium that can be read by a processor on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for executing steps of a method for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising an activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in an event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in a value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it has the following steps subsequent to the triggering of an alarm:

transmission of the alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

reception of a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, wherein the activity index is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators and the drift in a preponderant indicator of the plurality of indicators of the supervision system is compared with a value that is representative of the drift in a corresponding indicator of the at least one second supervision system, and

transmission of the alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.