Method and apparatus for occupant customized wellness monitoring

• US 9,613,515 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Prakah-Asante, Kwaku O., Yang, Hsin-hsiang, Strumolo, Gary Steven, Rao, Manoharprasad K., Cuddihy, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): BLOUNT, ERIC
• Application Number:
  US14/633,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 34053911, 34053912, 340576, 3405731
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/22 Motor vehicles operators, e.g. drivers, pilots, captains
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• 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 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A system includes a processor configured to wirelessly connect to a wearable device. The processor is also configured to determine a device-wearer identity. Further, the processor is configured to receive a biometric value from the wearable device. The processor is additionally configured to compare the biometric value to thresholds associated with a user profile selected based on the device-wearer identity and, in response to the biometric value exceeding a threshold, engage in a predefined response associated with the threshold.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle computing system processor configured to;

wirelessly connect to a wearable device;

determine a device-wearer identity in response to received biometric information from the wearable device;

compare the received biometric information to previously stored user profiles to select a matching user profile associated with the device-wearer based on matching biometric information;

if no matching profile is identified, request additional biometric information from the wearable device and repeatedly compare the additional biometric information to the previously stored profiles for a predetermined number of times or predetermined time period;

compare the biometric value to data thresholds that are based on received vehicle or ambient operating condition signals, and associated with the user profile selected based on the device-wearer identity; and

in response to the biometric value exceeding one of the data thresholds, engage in a response associated with the exceeded data threshold.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the device-wearer identity based on a device identifier associated with one of the previously stored user profiles.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a display on a human-machine interface configured to receive user-input to adjust the data thresholds.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the data thresholds are defined by a user via a vehicle human-machine interface.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the data thresholds are learned based on previously received biometric values over a period of time.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the predefined response based on one or more responses selected by a user via a vehicle-user interface.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the predefined response includes dialing a remote phone number.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the predefined response includes alerting a vehicle occupant.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the predefined response is device manufacturer-defined.

10. A system comprising:

a vehicle processor configured to;

wirelessly connect to a wearable device;

request device identifying information from the wearable device;

request biometric information from the wearable device;

determine a device-wearer identity based on the device identifying information and the biometric information

if the device-wearer identity matches a previously stored user profile having biometric information thresholds, display the biometric information thresholds on a vehicle display for user confirmation;

if the device-wearer identity does not match a previously stored user profile, create a new user profile based on the device-wearer identity having at least one of default biometric information thresholds and user-defined biometric information thresholds; and

compare the biometric information to the biometric information thresholds.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to compare the biometric information to a plurality of previously stored user profiles associated with the device identifying information to determine which profile corresponds to the biometric information;

and

if none of the user profiles matches at least one of the user profiles, request additional biometric information from the wearable device and compare the received biometric information to biometric information of the previously stored user profiles.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the biometric information includes heart rate information.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the biometric information includes blood pressure information.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to gather a predetermined amount of biometric data prior to determining the device-wearer identity.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having stored instructions executable by a computer to perform a method comprising:

wirelessly connecting a vehicle computing system (VCS) to a wearable device;

requesting, by the VCS, biometric information from the wearable device, the biometric information having a biometric value;

generating one or more learned health regions based on the biometric information received over a predetermined period of time and current vehicle state data;

determining, via a computer, if the biometric value exceeds a data threshold of the one or more health regions; and

in response to the biometric value exceeding a data threshold, engaging in a user-defined response associated with the data threshold, the user-defined response based on user input from a vehicle mounted user interface.

16. The device of claim 15, further comprising instructions for comparing the biometric information to a plurality of user profiles associated with the device and identifying information to determine if any of the profiles correspond to the biometric information;

if none of the profiles correspond to the biometric information, requesting additional biometric information from the wearable device; and

if the additional biometric information from the wearable device does not match any of the user profiles, create a new user profile.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the biometric information includes heart rate information.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the biometric information includes blood pressure information.

19. The device of claim 15, further comprising instructions for gathering a predetermined amount of biometric data prior to determining the device-wearer identity.