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US 10,307,060 B2Granted
Mesh network personal emergency response appliance
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorBao Tran
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Abstract
A monitoring system includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network; a user activity sensor including a wireless mesh transceiver adapted to communicate with the one or more wireless nodes using the wireless mesh network; and a digital monitoring agent coupled to the wireless transceiver through the wireless mesh network to request assistance from a third party based on the user activity sensor.
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A method to monitor a person, comprising:
- capturing and transmitting the person's daily activities over a wireless network;
- determining a pattern associated with the person's daily activities using a statistical recognizer to distinguish between falls and other types of normal body movement;
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- requesting assistance if the person's current activity varies from the pattern or if a dangerous condition is detected;
- wherein said dangerous condition comprises a symptom of a stroke.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network;
- a user activity sensor including a wireless mesh transceiver adapted to communicate with the one or more wireless nodes using the wireless mesh network;
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- a digital monitoring agent coupled to the wireless transceiver through the wireless mesh network to request assistance from a third party based on the user activity sensor if the digital monitoring agent detects a symptom of a stroke.
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A method for monitoring a person, comprising:
- capturing and transmitting one or more of the person's daily activities over a wireless network;
- monitoring at least one environmental condition of the person's home;
- determining a pattern associated with the one or more of person's daily activities using a statistical recognizer to detect a condition which deviates from the pattern;
- requesting assistance if the person's current activity varies from the pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.