Sensor system

A method of configuring a multi-sensory sensor for behavioural monitoring of a user in a building, the method comprising:

• providing a multi-sensory sensor having a first sensor element in the form of a movement sensor element and a second sensor element in the form of an audio sensor element, the multi-sensory sensor being operatively associated with a controller;
• attaching the multi-sensory sensor to any one of different types of movable structures in said building;
• configuring said first sensor element to detect a basic movement and said second sensor element to sense audio, said basic movement and audio being indicative of a human behavioural action in said building among more than one possible action;
• configuring the controller to indirectly identify a human behavioural action based on a combination of detection signals from the multi-sensory sensor;
• and
• defining an appropriate executable function based on the identified action, wherein the function pertains to assistance, attendance, care taking, medical care, emergency service or rescue of a human user in said building.

A multi-sensory sensor comprising at least a first and a second sensor element, said multi-sensory sensor being adapted for attachment to any one of different types of movable structures in a building, said multi-sensory sensor being operatively connected to a controller being configured to

• receive input from said first sensor element, said input being indicative of a movement of said movable structure;
• receive input from said second sensor element;
• indirectly identify, based on a combination of said input from said first sensor element and said input from said second sensor element, an action of a human user in said building among more than one possible action, wherein one action is associated with one type of movable structure and another action is associated with another type of movable structure;
• determine a function, based on the identified action, among a plurality of executable functions, to be taken;
• and
• cause said function to be taken to be executed.