Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Tine Smits

Warner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate

Steffen Clarence Pauws

Jorn Op Den Buijs

Mohammad Hossein Nassabi

Michael Bellomo

Linda Schertzer

Andrea Ryter

Patrick William Van Deursen

Heribert Baldus

Stephen Ledingham

Jennifer Caffarel

Emile Josephus Carlos Kelkboom

In a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) service, activation of a wearable call device by a PERS client causes a speakerphone console to connect with a PERS call center to enable the PERS client to converse with a call center operator while a PERS client profile is retrieved from a PERS database and displayed on a display component at the PERS call center. From the profile, values of a set of features are generated for the PERS client. An emergency dispatch risk prediction or other risk prediction is computed over a future time horizon for the PERS client based on the generated values of the set of features, and is displayed on the display component. The risk prediction may be wirelessly sent to a mobile device for display on the mobile device.

Personal emergency response system with predictive emergency dispatch risk assessment

There is provided a method for use in monitoring a physiological characteristic of a subject, the method comprising receiving a value of the physiological characteristic of the subject; determining whether the received physiological characteristic value is normal using a range of normal variability of the physiological characteristic for the subject calculated using a set of previous values of the physiological characteristic for the subject; and in the event that the received physiological characteristic value is determined to be normal, updating the range of normal variability using the received physiological characteristic value.

Method and apparatus for use in monitoring and identifying abnormal values of a physiological characteristic of a subject

In a personal emergency response system (PERS), a subscriber wears a personal help button (PHB) () with a call button (). A speakerphone console () detects a signal transmitted by the PHB when the call button is pressed and establishes a telephone call with a PERS center (). The PHB, speakerphone console, or combination thereof also performs a check-in process including: detecting () a check-in time and outputting () a request to perform a check-in action and detecting () whether the check-in action is performed. The check-in action is logged () if it is detected. A remedial action () is performed if the check-in action is not detected. The check-in action may be a designated motion of the PHB detected by gesture recognition algorithm performed by the PHB that analyzes sensor data generated by a motion sensor () of the PHB.

Check-in service on a personal help button

In a personal emergency response system (PERS), a personal help button (PHB) () includes a call button (), a motion sensor (), and a transmitter or transceiver () for transmitting a wireless call signal responsive to pressing the call button. An electronic processor () performs a compliance monitoring process () at successive compliance check times, each including: acquiring motion sensor data over a compliance data acquisition time interval; determining whether the PHB has moved since the last compliance check time; and assessing compliance based at least in part on the determination of whether the PHB has moved. The determining may include determining an orientation change of the PHB since the last check time. Alternatively, compliance may be monitored by detecting and logging wake-up interrupt events that cause the motion sensor to switch from a low-power mode to an operational mode.

Wearing compliance of personal emergency response system help button

In a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) service, activation of a wearable call device () by a PERS client causes a speakerphone console () to connect with a PERS call center () to enable the PERS client to converse with a call center operator while a PERS client profile is retrieved from a PERS database () and displayed on a display component () at the PERS call center. From the profile, values of a set of features are generated for the PERS client. An emergency dispatch risk prediction or other risk prediction is computed over a future time horizon for the PERS client based on the generated values of the set of features, and is displayed on the display component. The risk prediction may be wirelessly sent to a mobile device () for display on the mobile device.

There is provided a method of responding to a detected fall, the method comprising determining which one or two or more actions to perform in response to detecting a fall by a user based on a user profile and/or user preference and/or the context of the detected fall; and performing the determined action.

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