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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2004
Paul Edward Cuddihy, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Jenny Marie Weisenberg, Schenectady, NY (US);
Meena Ganesh, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Catherine Mary Graichen, Malta, NY (US);
Paul Edward Cuddihy, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Jenny Marie Weisenberg, Schenectady, NY (US);
Meena Ganesh, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Catherine Mary Graichen, Malta, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring the activities of a resident living independently to distinguish normal activity from unusual activity. A variety of sensors distributed around the home collect data on activity in the home. The data is communicated to a remote monitoring center and collated in a database according to applicable time slots. The time slots for a twenty-four hour cycle are at least three and can be as many as forty-eight or more. Historical activity time lines are created and a buffer time is added to and offset from the maximum historical activity time line. If a new data point comes in that exceeds both the maximum historical activity time line and the buffer time, an alert is issued indicating the activity is unusual.