Wearable device for medication adherence monitoring
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Publication Number
US-11304656-B2
Publication Date
2022-04-19
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Abstract
A monitoring system for obtaining a video related to medication adherence of a user, includes: a wireless communication device comprising a motion sensor, an ambient light sensor, a first transceiver transmitting data to an external device, and a first controller configured to control the motion sensor, the ambient light sensor, and the first transceiver, the wireless communication device having an attaching portion for being attached to an object containing a medication; and a wearable device including a camera, a second transceiver receiving a signal from the first transceiver, and a second controller configured to obtain video data through the camera based on the signal received through the second transceiver.
Core Innovation
A monitoring system obtains video related to medication adherence of a user by using a wireless communication device attached to an object containing medication. The wireless communication device senses a motion value corresponding to a movement of the object and an ambient light value corresponding to ambient light of the object, and based on those values generates activation data for inducing activation of a camera of a wearable device.
The wearable device includes a camera and receives the activation data through a transceiver. The wearable device obtains video data by activating the camera based on the received activation data generated from the wireless communication device based on the movement and the ambient light of the object.
The wireless communication device determines whether the ambient light value is equal to or greater than an ambient light threshold value when the motion value is equal to or greater than a motion threshold value. Activation data is generated and provided to the external device only when the ambient light value is equal to or greater than the ambient light threshold value, and activation data is not generated even though the motion value is equal to or greater than the motion threshold value.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims cover a monitoring system and a wireless communication device, with overlapping inventive features of sensing motion and ambient light, generating activation data, and inducing camera video related to medication adherence; the claims further include conditional activation based on threshold comparisons of ambient light when motion satisfies a motion threshold.
Video related to medication adherence by sensed motion and ambient light activation
The system includes a wireless communication device configured to obtain a motion value and an ambient light value, generate activation data based on the motion value and the ambient light value, and provide the activation data to a wearable device; the wearable device activates a camera to obtain video data based on the received activation data related to medication adherence.
Selective camera activation by ambient light threshold with motion threshold
The wireless communication device transmits data to induce an external device including a camera to initiate taking a video, obtains a motion value and an ambient light value, provides activation data based on the motion value and the ambient light value, and determines activation such that activation data is generated and provided when ambient light is equal to or greater than an ambient light threshold value while motion is equal to or greater than a motion threshold value, and activation data is not generated when ambient light is less than the ambient light threshold value even though motion is equal to or greater than the motion threshold value.
Across the independent claims, the coverage centers on sensing motion and ambient light from an object containing medication, generating activation data from those sensed values, and inducing a wearable camera to obtain video data related to medication adherence, with activation limited by ambient light threshold logic when motion meets a motion threshold.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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