Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Vincent Alexander Rudolf Aarts

Teun Van Den Heuvel

Martin Ouwerkerk

Harald Greiner

Rene Martinus Maria Derkx

Johannes Weda

Aki Sakari Harma

Mohammed Meftah

Wilhelm Meier

Stijn De Waele

Javier Espina Perez

Michael Heesemans

Marjolein Irene Van Lieshout

Hanqing Cao

Thomas Gerhard Emmrich

Lena Gourmelon

Steffen Zimmermann

Nicole Hijnen

Guenther Gegner

Brian Brand Antonius Johannes Bloememdal

The present invention relates to a device, system and method for reliable and fast fall detection. The device comprises a sensor input () for obtaining sensor data related to movement of a subject acquired by a body-worn sensor () worn by the subject, and a video input () for obtaining video data of the subject and/or the subject's environment. An analysis unit () analyzes the obtained sensor data to detect one or more signal features indicative of a potential fall of the subject and for analyzing, if one or more such signal features have been detected, the detected one or more signal features and/or related sensor data in combination with related video data to identify similarities between: changes of the related sensor data and/or the signal features over time; and changes of the video data over time. An output () issues a fall detection indication if the level and/or amount of detected similarities exceeds a corresponding threshold.

Device, system and method for fall detection

There is provided a method and apparatus for determining at least one of a position and an orientation of a wearable device on a subject. At least one physiological characteristic signal is acquired from a subject (). The acquired at least one physiological characteristic signal from the subject has one or more characteristics indicative of at least one of a position and an orientation of a wearable device on the subject. The at least one of the position and orientation of the wearable device on the subject is determined based on the one or more characteristics indicative of the at least one of the position and orientation of the wearable device on the subject ().

Method and apparatus for determining at least one of a position and an orientation of a wearable device on a subject

A method, and corresponding system (), for monitoring patients based on activity state and posture. Activity state and/or posture of a patient are measured. Further, one or more vital signs of the patient are measured according to a schedule. Based on the measured activity state and/or posture of the patient and the measured one or more vital signs, the schedule is adjusted and/or patient deterioration is monitored for.

Patient monitoring for sub-acute patients based on activity state and posture

A visit duration control system comprises a sensor () for sensing one or more physiological parameters of a person over time allowing the quantification of stress load of said person, a visit detector () for indicating the start of a third party's visit to said person, a processor () for determining said person's stress load from said one or more physiological parameters during said third party's visit and a signaling unit () for issuing a warning signal if said stress load exceeds a predetermined level.

Visit duration control system and method

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Vincent Alexander Rudolf Aarts