Apparatus and Method for Recognition of Suspicious Activities

A medication administration confirmation apparatus, comprising:

• a display for displaying a first set of one or more instructions encouraging proper performance of one or more steps of a medication administration sequence;
• a video capture device operable to capture one or more video sequences of a user administering medication in response to the displayed one or more instructions;
• a memory operable to store the captured one or more video sequences;
• and
• a processor operable to analyze at least one video sequence of the stored video sequences to:
• identify a change in one or more symptoms of the user,
• evaluate the identified change in one or more symptoms to identify an indication of suspicious activity, and
• output to the display one or more further instructions encouraging proper performance of the one or more steps of the medication administration sequence in response to the identification of one or more indications of suspicious activity.

A medication administration confirmation apparatus, comprising:

• a display for displaying, to a user, a first set of one or more instructions encouraging proper performance of one or more steps of a medication administration sequence;
• a video capture device operable to capture one or more video sequences of a user administering medication;
• a memory operable to store the captured one or more video sequences;
• and
• a processor operable to analyze at least one of the stored video sequences to:
• determine a change in one or more symptoms of the user, the one or more symptoms including at least one of (i) an ability of the user to concentrate on one or more tasks, (ii) a speed with which the user is able to complete the one or more tasks, (iii) a motor control ability of the user, (iv) an eye movement pattern of the user, or (v) mood of the user,
• evaluate the determined change in the one or more symptoms to determine potentially suspicious behavior of the user, and
• output to the display one or more further instructions encouraging proper performance of the one or more steps of the medication administration sequence in response to the determination of the occurrence of potentially suspicious behavior.

A computer-implemented method for confirming medication administration, comprising:

• displaying, by a medication administration confirmation apparatus, to a user, a first set of one or more instructions encouraging proper performance of one or more steps of a medication administration sequence;
• capturing one or more video sequences of a user administering medication by a video capture device of the medication administration confirmation apparatus;
• storing the one or more of the captured video sequences to a non-transitory memory of the medication administration confirmation apparatus;
• and
• analyzing, by the medication administration confirmation apparatus, at least one video sequence of the one or more stored video sequences to:
• identify a change in one or more symptoms of the user, and evaluate the identified change in one or more symptoms to identify an indication of suspicious activity of the user.