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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2009
Jae Hun Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Myung Eun Lim, Daejeon, KR;
Dae Hee Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sun Lee Bang, Daejeon, KR;
Soo Jun Park, Seoul, KR;
Seon Hee Park, Daejeon, KR;
Jae Hun Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Myung Eun Lim, Daejeon, KR;
Dae Hee Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sun Lee Bang, Daejeon, KR;
Soo Jun Park, Seoul, KR;
Seon Hee Park, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for assisting medication are capable of assisting medication of users who have to regularly take medications in daily life. The apparatus includes a medication box having a plurality of containers, each of which stores a dose of medication to be taken at one time according to a medication schedule, a radio frequency (RF) transmitter carried on a user and transmitting an RF signal, an RF receiver receiving the RF signal from the RF transmitter, and a controller controlling medication assisting. Thus, the apparatus checks a spatial-temporal situation of the user, i.e. an medication, notification or information situation, using the received RF signal, and creating and providing medication service corresponding to the checked situation.