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Granted Patent B2
US 11,369,321 · App. 16/925,845 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Monitoring and tracking system, method, article and device

Inventor: Kevin Kwan (Lake Forest Park, WA)
A61B5/746A61B5/117A61B5/14532G16H20/13G16H40/67
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Patent No.
US 11,369,321
App. No.
16/925,845
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A monitoring system includes one or more monitoring devices configured to detect conditions related to a monitored person and an artificial intelligence module configured to analyze historical information related to conditions of the monitored person and current information related to conditions of the monitored person and determine whether to generate an alert signal based on the analysis. The artificial intelligence module may also be configured to update the historical information related to the conditions of the monitored person based on the current information and responses to the alert signals. The system includes a moveable sensor and a monitored-person identification subsystem.

Claims (89)

1. A safety monitoring system, comprising:

a plurality of sensors configured to generate signals indicative of a current condition related to a safety status of a person; and

one or more processing devices coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to:

determine the safety status of the person based on the signals indicative of the current condition and stored information related to the safety status of the person;

update the stored information related to the safety status of the person based on the signals indicative of the current condition; and

in response to the determined safety status indicating the person may be in danger:

initiate one or more actions based on the determined safety status;

monitor responses to the one or more initiated actions; and

update the stored information related to the safety status of the person based on the monitored responses.

2. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 wherein the one or more initiated actions comprise:

generating an alert signal to the person;

transmitting a signal to a remote server;

generating an alert message based on stored contact information; or

combinations thereof.

3. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of sensors include:

a location sensor;

a thermal sensor;

a health status monitoring device;

a radar sensor;

a video capturing device; or

combinations thereof.

4. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 comprising a device configured to perform voice communications.

5. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 wherein the stored information comprises property identifiers indicative of conditions and the one or more processing devices comprise an artificial intelligence module configured to compare the signals indicative of the current condition to the stored property identifiers and to determine the safety status of the person based on the comparison.

6. The safety monitoring system of claim 5 wherein the determining the safety status comprises determining a position of a property identifier on a characteristic property-identifier curve based on the signals indicative of the current condition.

7. The safety monitoring system of claim 6 wherein the characteristic property identifier curve is a Bell curve based on stored property identifiers indicative of the characteristic.

8. The safety monitoring system of claim 6 wherein the characteristic property-identifier curve is related to:

an object identifier;

a location identifier;

a position identifier;

a time identifier;

a sound identifier;

a motion identifier;

a physical status identifier;

an emotional identifier; or

combinations thereof.

9. The safety monitoring system of claim 6 wherein the determining the safety status comprises determining whether the position is within one or more threshold deviations from a mean of the Bell curve.

10. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of sensors include:

an infrared camera; and

a 3-D camera; or

an infrared camera and a 3-D camera.

11. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 wherein the stored information includes an initial data set and updating the stored information comprises adding data to the initial data set.

12. A method, comprising:

receiving signals indicative of a current condition related to a safety status of a person;

determining, using at least one processing device, the safety status of the person based on the signals indicative of the current condition and stored information related to the safety status of the person;

updating, using the at least one processing device, the stored information related to the safety status of the person based on the signals indicative of the current condition; and

when the determined safety status indicates the person may be in danger:

initiating one or more actions based on the determined safety status;

monitoring responses to the one or more initiated actions; and

updating the stored information related to the safety status of the person based on the monitored responses.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the one or more initiated actions comprise:

generating an alert signal to the person;

transmitting a signal to a remote server;

generating an alert message based on stored contact information; or

combinations thereof.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the signals indicative of the current condition include:

a signal indicative of a location of the person;

a signal indicative of a temperature;

a signal indicative of a health status of the person;

an imaging signal; or

combinations thereof.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the stored information comprises property identifiers indicative of conditions and the at least one processing device comprises an artificial intelligence module configured to compare the signals indicative of the current condition to the stored property identifiers and to determine the safety status of the person based on the comparison.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the determining the safety status comprises determining a position of a property identifier on a characteristic Bell curve based on the at least one signal.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the characteristic Bell curve is based on stored property identifiers indicative of the characteristic.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the characteristic Bell curve is related to:

an object identifier;

a location identifier;

a position identifier;

a time identifier;

a sound identifier;

a motion identifier;

a physical status identifier;

an emotional identifier; or

combinations thereof.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents configure a safety monitoring system to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving signals indicative of a current condition related to a safety status of a person;

determining the safety status of the person based on the signals indicative of the current condition and stored information related to the safety status of the person;

updating the stored information related to the safety status of the person based on the signals indicative of the current condition; and

when the determined safety status indicates the person may be in danger:

initiating one or more actions based on the determined safety status;

monitoring responses to the one or more initiated actions; and

updating the stored information related to the safety status of the person based on the monitored responses.

20. A system, comprising:

means for generating signals indicative of a current condition related to a safety status of a person;

means for determining the safety status of the person based on the signals indicative of the current condition and stored information related to the safety status of the person;

means for updating the stored information related to the safety status of the person based on the signals indicative of the current condition; and

means for, when the determined safety status indicates the person may be in danger,

initiating one or more actions based on the determined safety status;

monitoring responses to the one or more initiated actions; and

updating the stored information related to the safety status of the person based on the monitored responses.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 16455600 · Jun 27, 2019
Continuation PCTCN2017119937 · Dec 29, 2017
Provisional Application 62440268 · Dec 29, 2016
Provisional Application 62599690 · Dec 16, 2017
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