IP Library Granted Patent US 12,239,458
Granted Patent B2
US 12,239,458 · App. 18/600,788 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Wearable device for medication adherence monitoring

Inventor: Hwiwon Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: INHANDPLUS INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,239,458
App. No.
18/600,788
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A monitoring system for obtaining a video related to medication adherence of a user, includes: a wireless communication device comprising a motion sensor, an ambient light sensor, a first transceiver transmitting data to an external device, and a first controller configured to control the motion sensor, the ambient light sensor, and the first transceiver, the wireless communication device having an attaching portion for being attached to an object containing a medication; and a wearable device including a camera, a second transceiver receiving a signal from the first transceiver, and a second controller configured to obtain video data through the camera based on the signal received through the second transceiver.

Claims (75)

1. A system for monitoring medication adherence of user, comprising:

a wearable device; and

an external device;

the wearable device comprising:

a first communication circuit;

a camera; and

a first processor operatively coupled to the first communication circuit,

the external electronic device comprising:

a memory;

a second communication circuit; and

a second processor operatively coupled to the memory,

wherein the second processor is configured to:

receive, using the second communication circuit, image data obtained using the camera from the wearable device,

wherein the camera is activated based on an activation data received from the external device in communication with the wearable device,

wherein the activation data is generated, based on an ambient value and a motion value, which are obtained, using the external device,

based on an output value by inputting the image data into a medication adherence detection model, obtain, an information related to a medication adherence for a specific medication of the user,

wherein the information related to the medication adherence comprises a first information related to a time point of adherence of the specific medication of the user and a second information related to an instruction of the specific medication of the user, and

transmit the information related to the medication adherence to the wearable device using the second communication circuit,

wherein the first processor is configured to:

receive, by using the first communication circuit, the information related to the medication adherence, wherein the information related to the medication comprises the first information and the second information from the external electronic device, and

based on the first information and the second information, determine, a duplicate medication adherence of the user, and

when the user is determined to perform the duplicate medication adherence, provide a duplicate medication adherence notification.

2. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the first processor is configured to:

based on the first information, determine, a medication adherence cycle of the specific medication of the user,

based on the second information, determine, a time period described in the instruction of the specific medication, and

when the medication adherence cycle of the specific medication is less than the time period described, determine, a duplicate medication adherence of the user performed.

3. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the first processor is configured to:

based on the first information, determine, a first time point which is a specific medication adherence of the user,

during a time period before the first point, determine, a second time point which is a last time point of the medication adherence of the specific medication of the user,

based on the second information, determine a time period described in the instruction of the specific medication, and

when another time period between the first time point and the second time point is less than the time period described, determine, that the user is performing a duplicate medication adherence.

4. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the medication adherence detection model comprises, an artificial neural network trained to output an indicative of medication adherence value, based on an object related to the medication adherence extracted each frame of the image data and a motion related to the medication adherence extracted each frame of the image data.

5. A system for monitoring medication adherence of a user,

a wearable device; and

a wireless communication device;

the wireless communication device attached to an exterior of an object for managing the health of the user,

the wearable device comprising:

a camera;

a communication circuit, and

at least one processor operatively coupled to the camera and the communication circuit,

wherein the processor is configured to:

using the communication circuit, receive, an activation data from the wireless communication device causing activation of the camera,

wherein a time point of receiving the activation data is a first time point,

wherein the camera is activated based on the activation data received from the wireless communication device in communication with the wearable device,

wherein the activation data is generated based on an ambient light value and a motion value, which are obtained from the wireless communication device,

during a time period before the first point, determine, a second time point which is a last time point of medication adherence of a specific medication of the user,

wherein an information related to the medication adherence, comprising, a first information of the time point of the medication adherence of the specific medication of the user and a second information of an instruction of the specific medication, is obtained from an external device,

based on the second information, determine, a time period described in the instruction of the specific medication,

when another time period between the first time point and the second time point is less than the time period described, determine, that the user is performing a duplicate medication adherence, and,

when the user is determined to perform the duplicate medication adherence, provide a duplicate medication warning notification.

6. A method of operation of a wearable device,

the method comprising:

transmitting, using a communication circuit of the wearable device, to an external electronic device, an image data indicated a medication adherence of a specific medication of a user,

wherein the camera is activated based on an activation data received from the external device in communication with the wearable device,

wherein the activation data is generated based on an ambient value and a motion value, which are obtained the external device,

based on transmitting the image data, receiving, using the communication circuit, an information related to the medication adherence comprising a first information related to a time point of the medication adherence of the specific medication of the user, and a second information related to an instruction of the specific medication, from an external electronic device,

based on the first information and the second information, determining, that the user is performing a duplicate medication adherence, and

when the user is determined to perform the duplicate medication adherence, providing a duplicate medication warning notification.

7. The method of claim 6

the method comprising:

based on the first information, determining a medication adherence cycle of the specific medication of the user,

determining, based on the second information, a time period described in the instruction of the specific medication, and

determine, when the medication adherence cycle of the specific medication is less than the time period described, that the user is performing the duplicate medication adherence.

8. The method of claim 6

the method comprising:

based on the first information, determining, a first time point which is a time point of the medication adherence of the specific medication adherence of the user,

during a time period before the first point, determining, a second time point which is a last time point of the medication adherence of the specific medication of the user,

based on the second information, determining, a time period described in the instruction of the specific medication, and

when another time period between the first time point and the second time point is less than the time period described, determining, that the user is performing the duplicate medication adherence.

9. The method of claim 6

wherein the information related to the medication adherence is obtained based on an output value by inputting the image data into a medication adherence detection model stored in the memory of the external electronic device,

wherein the medication adherence detection model comprises, an artificial neural network trained to output an indicative of medication adherence value, based on an object related to the medication adherence extracted each frame of the image data and a motion related to the medication adherence extracted each frame of the image data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2024
From: LEE, HWIWON
To: INHANDPLUS INC.
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Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2020-0103633 · Aug 19, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0146394 · Nov 4, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0000496 · Jan 4, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0039621 · Mar 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18137447 · Apr 21, 2023
Continuation 17692244 · Mar 11, 2022
Continuation 17358116 · Jun 25, 2021
Related Publication 20240206806A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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