Systems, methods and articles for monitoring and enhancing human wellness
Wellness monitoring systems and methods that account for both environmental characteristics of habitable environments (e.g., hotel or motel rooms, spas, resorts, cruise boat cabins, offices, hospitals and/or homes, apartments or residences) and biometric feedback. The wellness monitoring systems collect data from a plurality of environmental sensors in one or more habitable environments and collect data from a plurality of body worn sensors. The wellness monitoring systems analyze the collected data to generate reports and/or prompt individuals to take action or complete an activity.
1. A method of operation in a wellness monitoring system which includes at least one processor, a plurality of body worn sensors, and a plurality of ambient environmental sensors, and at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium which stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the method comprising: sensing biometric data by at least one body worn sensor integrated into an armband worn by a first individual, wherein the at least one body worn sensor is communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and is configured to transmit the biometric data to the at least one processor; repeatedly determining by the at least one processor a respective value of at least one wellness parameter associated with the first individual from the biometric data; sensing environmental data by at least one ambient environmental sensor located in an environment which the first individual occupies, wherein the at least one ambient environmental sensor is communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and is configured to transmit environmental data to the at least one processor; repeatedly determining by the at least one processor a respective value of at least one wellness parameter associated with the environment which the first individual occupies from the environmental data; autonomously tracking over time the at least one wellness parameter associated with the first individual; assessing a wellness of the first individual by the at least one processor by comparing the determined value of the at least one wellness parameter associated with the first individual to a target range for the at least one wellness parameter defined in a wellness protocol; and upon determining the at least one wellness parameter associated with first individual is outside the target range, identifying at least one wellness parameter associated with the environment corresponding with the at least one wellness parameter associated with the first individual that is outside the target range, and automatically causing by the at least one processor, a transmission of an electronic message to an electronic device associated with the first individual and configured to display the electronic message, the electronic message prompting the first individual to take an action based at least in part on the assessment and the identified at least one wellness parameter associated with the environment; upon determining the at least one wellness parameter associated with first individual is outside the target range, causing at least one actuator to dynamically adjust at least one operational parameter of at least one active subsystem in the wellness monitoring system based at least in part on the assessment and the identified at least one wellness parameter associated with the environment.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric data maps one-to-one with the respective value of the at least one wellness parameter associated with the first individual.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the environmental data sensed by the at least one ambient environmental sensor located in the environment which the first individual occupies includes at least one of room temperature in the environment, a level of light in the environment, a spectral distribution of light in the environment, an amount of noise in the environment, a measure of air quality in the environment, a measure of water quality in the environment, or a measure of pressure asserted by at least a portion of the first individual on at least one of a piece of furniture or flooring in the environment.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving information in the form of responses from the first individual to a number of queries proposed to the first individual.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein determining a respective value of at least one wellness parameter associated with the first individual includes determining the respective value of at least one wellness parameter associated with the first individual based on at least one of the responses from the first individual.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein determining a respective value of at least one wellness parameter associated with an environment which the first individual occupies includes determining the respective value of at least one wellness parameter associated with the environment which the first individual occupies based on at least one of the responses from the first individual.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a change over time in at least one bodily characteristic of the first individual;
determining whether the detected change over time in at least one bodily characteristic of the first individual is a positive change or a negative change;
associating the detected change over time with at least one action, via the at least one processor; and
causing the at least one action to be taken autonomously by at least one actuator.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor prorates the at least one wellness parameter based on a relative amount of time that the first individual occupies the environment.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the wellness protocol is defined for a demographic group selected from at least one of gender, age bracket, and shared history of health-related issues.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one ambient environmental sensor is attached to or carried by a piece of furniture in the environment.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the piece of furniture is at least one of a chair, a sofa, a bed, or a seat in a vehicle.
12. The method of claim 4 wherein the responses from the first individual to the number of queries proposed to the first individual are captured via an automated survey presented to the first individual via a graphical user interface on the electronic device associated with the first individual.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the electronic message includes an aural prompt.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one active subsystem includes at least one of a control subsystem, an illumination subsystem, a water treatment subsystem, an air treatment subsystem, a scent subsystem, or a sound subsystem.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one operational parameter includes at least one of air temperature, relative humidity, illumination, or scent dispersal.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the actuator adjusts at least one of an electrochromatic pane or an electric motor coupled by a transmission to drive a window covering to dynamically adjust illumination in the environment.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein the biometric data includes at least one of a bodily temperature, heart rate, bodily level of oxygen, amount of perspiration, electrocardiographic data, amount of bodily activity, glucose level, blood pressure, bodily alcohol level, amount of sleep, or sleep quality.