Systems and Methods for Balance Deviation Detection in a Monitoring System
AssigneeBI Incorporated
InventorsDuke Hanson, Dustin Pettit, Joseph P. Newell
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for identifying impairment using measurement devices.
Claims20
A system for determining deviation from a balance norm, the system comprising:
- a user detached monitor device, wherein the user detached monitor device includes:
- a camera;
- an accelerometer;
- a display;
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable medium including non-transitory instructions executable by the processor to:
- capture an image of a monitored individual showing the monitored individual moving in accordance with a movement instruction;
- receive movement data from the accelerometer time correlated to the image of the monitored individual;
- generate a balance characteristic based at least in part on the movement data;
- and
- compare the balance characteristic with a baseline balance threshold.
A method for detecting balance deviation in a monitored individual, the method comprising:
- providing a visual instruction to a monitored individual via a display on a user detached monitor device, wherein the visual instruction directs the monitored individual to move in a particular way;
- capturing an image of a monitored individual using a camera on the user detached monitor device showing the monitored individual moving in accordance with an movement instruction;
- receiving movement data from an accelerometer on the user detached monitor device, wherein the movement data is time correlated to the image of the monitored individual;
- generating a balance characteristic based at least in part on the movement data;
- and
- comparing the balance characteristic with a baseline balance threshold.
A system for determining balance deviation for a monitored individual, the system comprising:
- a user attached monitor device physically coupled to a monitored individual;
- a user detached monitor device communicably coupled to the user attached monitor device, wherein the user detached monitor device includes:
- an accelerometer;
- a display;
- a first processor;
- and
- a first computer readable medium including first instructions executable by the first processor to:
- receive movement data from the accelerometer time;
- generate a balance characteristic based at least in part on the movement data;
- and
- compare the balance characteristic with a baseline balance threshold;
- and
- wherein the user attached monitor device includes:
- a second processor;
- and
- a second computer readable medium including second instructions executable by the second processor to transmit a request to begin balance test to the user detached monitor device via a wireless communication link.
The system of claim 19, wherein the movement instruction is an instruction to walk in a straight line, and wherein the balance characteristic is a lateral acceleration per step.
The system of claim 19, wherein the movement instruction is an instruction to stand on one foot, and wherein the balance characteristic is a lateral acceleration per time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.