Telecare and/or telehealth communication method and system
First Claim
1. A telecare and/or telehealth communication method comprising:
- providing, by a health monitoring control unit, predetermined voice messages configured to ask questions to or to give instructions to an assisted individual;
providing an algorithm stored in the health monitoring control unit configured to communicate with the assisted individual;
communicating, by the health monitoring control unit, at least one of the predetermined voice messages configured to ask questions to or to give instructions to the assisted individual;
analyzing, by an evaluator unit, a responsiveness and/or compliance characteristics of the assisted individual, wherein the responsiveness and/or compliance characteristics comprise emotional response of the assisted individual; and
providing, by the health monitoring control unit, the assisted individual with voice messages in a form most acceptable and effective for the assisted individual on the basis of the analyzed responsiveness and/or the analyzed compliance characteristics comprising the emotional response of the assisted individual.
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Abstract
A telecare and/or telehealth communication method is described. The method comprises providing predetermined voice messages configured to ask questions to or to give instructions to an assisted individual, providing an algorithm configured to communicate with the assisted individual, and communicating at least one of the predetermined voice messages configured to ask questions to or to give instructions to the assisted individual. The method further comprises analyzing a responsiveness and/or compliance characteristics of the assisted individual, and providing the assisted individual with voice messages in a form most acceptable and effective for the assisted individual on the basis of the analyzed responsiveness and/or the analyzed compliance characteristics.
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37 Claims
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1. A telecare and/or telehealth communication method comprising:
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providing, by a health monitoring control unit, predetermined voice messages configured to ask questions to or to give instructions to an assisted individual; providing an algorithm stored in the health monitoring control unit configured to communicate with the assisted individual; communicating, by the health monitoring control unit, at least one of the predetermined voice messages configured to ask questions to or to give instructions to the assisted individual; analyzing, by an evaluator unit, a responsiveness and/or compliance characteristics of the assisted individual, wherein the responsiveness and/or compliance characteristics comprise emotional response of the assisted individual; and providing, by the health monitoring control unit, the assisted individual with voice messages in a form most acceptable and effective for the assisted individual on the basis of the analyzed responsiveness and/or the analyzed compliance characteristics comprising the emotional response of the assisted individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 34, 35)
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19. A telecare and/or telehealth communication system comprising:
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a plurality of subsystems at the location of an assisted individual, wherein the plurality of subsystems comprises a subsystem control unit and at least one information collecting unit configured to collect information from and relating to the assisted individual, wherein at least one of the at least one information collecting unit is configured to communicate with the subsystem control unit; a central data server station configured to communicate with the plurality of subsystems; and monitoring side terminals configured to communicate with the central data server station and to provide information to health care professionals, care giving personnel, and/or authorized family members, wherein the subsystem control unit comprises; a communication storage configured to store a series of predetermined voice messages configured to ask questions to or to give instructions to the assisted individual; a program configured to determine an algorithm configured to communicate with the assisted individual; an output communication configured to communicate voice messages in order to ask questions to or to give instructions to the assisted individual; at least one information collecting unit; a first processor configured to analyze and to evaluate information collected by the at least one information collecting unit with respect to a responsiveness and/or compliance characteristics of the assisted individual, wherein the responsiveness and/or compliance characteristics comprise emotional response of the assisted individual; and a second processor configured to determine the voice messages in a form most acceptable and effective for the assisted individual on the basis of the analyzed responsiveness and/or the analyzed compliance characteristics comprising the emotional response of the assisted individual. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37)
wherein the output communication is further configured to generate a video message as a combination of the video sample and a corresponding voice message.
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32. The communication system of claim 31, further comprising a video parameter setting unit configured to change the characteristics of the video messages.
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33. The communication system of claim 32, wherein the video parameter setting unit is further configured to change at least one of the gender and character of the performer, mimics, gestures and additional video effects of the video messages.
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36. The communication system of claim 19, wherein the responsiveness and/or compliance characteristics comprises action response of the assisted individual.
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37. The communication system of claim 19, wherein the at least one information collecting unit comprises an information collecting unit configured to collect and to store voice and video information relating to the action response of the assisted individual.
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