Method and system for mitigating physical risks in an iot environment

A system for mitigating physical risks associated with a user in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, the system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
• monitor multi-modal input data over a first time period, the multi-modal input data being associated with at least one multi-modal interaction with at least one IoT device in the IoT environment,
• identify a change in at least one cognitive ability of the user, based on the monitored multi-modal input data,
• estimate a cognitive ability index of the user based on the identified change in the at least one cognitive ability of the user;
• predict at least one possible physical risk associated with a current user activity in the IoT environment based on a correlation of the estimated cognitive ability index with at least one cognitive health index from a plurality of cognitive health indexes,
• determine at least one corrective action to avoid the predicted at least one possible physical risk associated with the current user activity, and
• control at least one IoT device in the IoT environment to notify or perform the determined at least one corrective action such that the predicted at least one possible physical risk is mitigated.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer readable program code or instructions which are executable by a processor to perform a method for mitigating physical risks associated with a user in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, the method comprising:

• monitoring multi-modal input data over a first time period, the multi-modal input data being associated with at least one multi-modal interaction of the user with at least one IoT device in the IoT environment;
• identifying a change in at least one cognitive ability of the user, based on the monitored multi-modal input data;
• estimating a cognitive ability index of the user, based on the identified change in the at least one cognitive ability of the user;
• predicting at least one possible physical risk associated with a current user activity in the IoT environment based on a correlation of the estimated cognitive ability index with at least one cognitive health index from a plurality of cognitive health indexes;
• determining at least one corrective action to avoid the predicted at least one possible physical risk associated with the current user activity;
• and
• controlling at least one IoT device in the environment to notify or perform the determined at least one corrective action such that the predicted at least one possible physical risk is mitigated.