US 2018/0000385 A1 · METHOD FOR DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO FALLS BY RESIDENTS WITHIN A FACILITY

Abstract

One variation of a method for detecting and responding to falls by residents within a facility includes: at a wearable device worn by a resident, writing sensor data from a sensor integrated into the wearable device to a buffer, inputting sensor data into a compressed fall detection model—defining a compressed form of a complete fall detection model and stored locally on the wearable device—to detect a fall event at a first time, and transmitting a corpus of sensor data from the buffer and a cue for confirmation of the fall event to a local wireless hub in response to detecting the fall event; and, remotely from the wearable device, inputting the corpus of sensor data into the complete fall detection model—stored remotely from the wearable device—to confirm the fall event and dispatching a care provider to assist the resident in response to confirming the fall event.

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Dependent claims

A method for detecting and responding to falls by residents within a facility, the method comprising:

at a wearable device worn by a resident:
writing sensor data from a sensor integrated into the wearable device to a buffer;
inputting sensor data read from the sensor into a compressed fall detection model stored locally on the wearable device to detect a fall event at a first time, the compressed fall detection model defining a compressed form of a complete fall detection model;
in response to detecting the fall event at a first time:
wirelessly connecting to a local wireless hub;
transmitting a corpus of sensor data from the buffer and a cue for confirmation of the fall event to the local wireless hub, the corpus of sensor data corresponding to a duration of time terminating at approximately the first time;
and
wirelessly disconnecting from the local wireless hub;
remotely from the wearable device, inputting the corpus of sensor data into the complete fall detection model, stored remotely from the wearable device, to confirm the fall event;
and
in response to confirming the fall event, dispatching a care provider to assist the resident.

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A system for detecting and responding to falls by residents within a facility, the system comprising:

a set of local wireless hubs distributed throughout the facility;
a wearable device assigned to a resident occupying the facility, comprising a motion sensor and an ambient pressure sensor, and configured to:
write motion data read from the motion sensor and ambient pressure data read from the ambient pressure sensor to a buffer;
pass motion data and ambient pressure data into a compressed fall detection model stored locally to detect a fall event at a first time, the compressed fall detection model defining a compressed form of a complete fall detection model;
and
broadcast a corpus of sensor data from the buffer and a cue for confirmation of the fall event to a first local wireless hub in response to detecting the fall event, the first local wireless hub in the set of local wireless hubs and proximal the wearable device at the first time, the corpus of sensor data corresponding to a duration of time terminating at approximately the first time;
and
a remote computer system remote from the facility and configured to:
receive the corpus of sensor data from the first local wireless hub via a computer network;
pass the corpus of sensor data into the complete fall detection model to confirm the fall event;
and
transmit a prompt to assist the resident to a computing device affiliated with a care provider within the facility in response to confirming the fall event.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for detecting and responding to falls by residents within a facility

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Method for detecting and responding to falls by residents within a facility

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Abstract

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