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Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Warner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate, Waalre, NL;

Tine Smits, Beerse, NL;

Michael Bellomo, Cambridge, MA (US);

Andrea Ryter, Sharon, MA (US);

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G08B 25/01 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/0446 (2013.01); G08B 21/043 (2013.01); G08B 25/016 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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