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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2019
Applicant:

Lifeline Systems Company, Framingham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Warner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate, Waalre, NL;

Ronaldus Maria Aarts, Geldrop, NL;

Mark Thomas Johnson, Arendonk, BE;

Patrick Kechichian, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

Lifeline Systems Company, Framingham, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G08B 29/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/043 (2013.01); G08B 21/0446 (2013.01); G08B 29/185 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an aspect, there is provided a fall detection apparatus for detecting a fall by a user, the fall detection apparatus comprising a processing unit configured to: receive measurements of movements of the user over time from a first movement sensor that is to be worn or carried by the user; determine if any of one or more objects are being carried or used by the user; and determine whether the user has fallen by processing the received measurements of the movements of the user and measurements of movements of any object that is being carried or used by the user.


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