5357 results about "Older people" patented technology

Autonomous personal service robot to monitor its owner for symptoms of distress and provide assistance. The system may include sensors to detect situations before they affect people such as smoke, heat, temperature and carbon monoxide sensors. The system can provide security for the home. The PRA may comprise features such as a medicine dispenser and blood pressure cuff. Features such as broadband internet, MP3 player, reading lights and eye glass tracker provide butler type capabilities that enable the system to appeal to markets beyond the elderly and infirmed. The system may also include an X10 transmitter / receiver to automatically control various household lights and appliances. Equipping the system with a robot arm enables the robot to fetch items, turn on and off wall switches and open the refrigerator.

The virtual companion described herein is able to respond realistically to tactile input, and through the use of a plurality of live human staff, is able to converse with true intelligence with whomever it interacts with. The exemplary application is to keep older adults company and improve mental health through companionship.

The disclosed invention is generally in the field of control of appliances in the home, and in their networking and connectivity also with audio systems and internet sources and the integration of these elements in a connected manner. Preferred apparatus generally employs a video projection system and one or more TV cameras. Embodiments of the invention may be used to enhance the social interaction and enjoyment of persons in the kitchen and reduce the work of food preparation. The invention may be used in many rooms of the house, and contribute to the well being of seniors and others living therein.

The invention relates to a robot man-machine interaction method based on user mood and intension recognition. User mood recognition is carried out by combining human body biological information such as breath, the heart rate and the dermal electricity with facial expression recognition. The user intension is recognized through different kinds of physical sensor information such as pressure, photoelectricity and temperature. Intelligent control and decision making are carried out according to the user mood and intention recognition results. A corresponding execution mechanism of a robot is controlled to complete limb movements and voice interaction. By means of the robot man-machine interaction method based on user mood and intension recognition, the robot can understand the user intension more thoroughly, know the metal changes of a user, meet the functional requirement for emotion care for the user, and better participate in the life of users such as the old people and children.

A method on a computing device is provided for assessing a stimulus threshold of an older adult by requiring the adult to differentiate between rapidly presented stimuli. The method trains the time order judgment of the adult by presenting upward and downward frequency sweeps, in random order, separated by an inter-stimulus interval (ISI). Icons associated with the upward and downward frequency sweeps allow the adult to indicate an order in which the frequency sweeps are presented (i.e., UP-UP, UP-DOWN, DOWN-UP, and DOWN-DOWN). Correct / incorrect selection of an order causes the inter-stimulus interval and / or the duration of the frequency sweeps to be adaptively reduced / increased, using a maximum likelihood procedure, such as ZEST or QUEST, where two tracks, each with a respective duration and ISI, are adjusted until their values substantially converge, or a specified number of trials is performed. The threshold is determined by averaging the final values of the two tracks.

The invention provides an intelligent nursing system for old people. The intelligent nursing system comprises a control host, a nursing platform subsystem, a life assistance subsystem and a safety monitoring subsystem. The life assistance subsystem and the safety monitoring subsystem are respectively connected to the nursing platform subsystem through the control host. The life assistance subsystem is used for achieving control over appliance switch-on / off, emergency warning and safety guard of a life assistance device. The safety monitoring subsystem is used for achieving safety monitoring of daily life of old people, wherein safety monitoring includes falling over prevention, warning and environment detection. The nursing platform subsystem performs statistics and analysis on collected data through the control host. According to the intelligent nursing system for old people, assistance and nursing of daily life of housebound old people are achieved; especially, with regard to the assistance and nursing of health conditions and home safety of old people, sons, daughters and other relatives can check in a remote mode; besides, the functions of action monitoring, action assistance, emergency warning and the like for housebound old people are achieved.

The invention discloses an intelligent home based old person caring device and belongs to the technical field of Internet of things. The device comprises a sign detection terminal, a fall detection terminal, a remote server and a personal mobile terminal, wherein the sign detection terminal is used for monitoring pulse, body temperature and heart rate data of a human body in real time and sending the data to the remote server; the fall detection terminal is used for monitoring acceleration, posture change and geographical position of the human body in real time, and sending alarm information and position information to the remote server and the personal mobile terminal when detecting the occurrence of fall, and a user receives falling condition information of old persons in real time through the personal mobile terminal and logging in of the remote server. The device can realize remote access, monitoring and positioning to the device user by medical staff and family members via dependence on the Internet of things about intelligent home while monitoring physical conditions and falling conditions of the old persons, and performs real-time attention on the health status of the old persons, so as to provide rescue and help in the shortest time conveniently.

The invention discloses a multifunctional intelligent rehabilitation robot for assisting stand and walk. The whole robot comprises three parts basically: a mechanical stand assisting device, a chassis moving device and a monitoring control device, wherein the mechanical stand assisting device comprises a support base, a swing arm, an electric push rod and a handrail device; the chassis moving device comprises a base, a motor fixing frame, four Mecanum wheels, a braking ratchet wheel, a braking sheet, and the like; the monitoring control device comprises a force sensor array, a vision sensor, a distance-measuring sensor, and the like; and in addition, the robot also comprises a power source storage battery, and the like. The robot can realize the auxiliary stand and walk assistance to a user, can lift the user up safely and comfortably under the condition of sitting posture, judge the motion intention of the user in the walking process and carry out all-sided collaborative motion; meanwhile, the robot can also detect the moving tread of the user so as to judge the stability of the user and do corresponding assistance to the user at the real time; and the robot can safely and effectively assist patients with lower limbs being injured to carry out rehabilitation training and assist the daily activities of weak old people.

A method and system that allows healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other persons to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and / or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual being monitored where assistance is required.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that enables a guardian to monitor a financial account on behalf of an account owner, such as a senior citizen. During operation, the system receives a request from the guardian to access the financial account. In response to this request, the system determines whether the guardian is authorized to access the financial account. If so, the system provides the guardian with read-only access to the financial account, whereby the guardian can monitor activity in the financial account, but cannot perform operations that modify the financial account.

Hip protector (10) worn primarily by the elderly, preventing / reducing hip fractures, resulting from a fall. The protector is made of all-soft materials using a matching pair of hip protective holsters (14 / 24) interconnected by a waist encircling belt (16) from which a pair of protective pad pouches (20) are suspended in the holsters over the user's hips and secured in place by leg encircling bands (18 / 26). The protective pouches include foam bodies (54) with underlying, intermediate, spacer elements (42) and a bottom cover (50), all in combination creating an enclosed, moisture-holding, air chamber (80). The protector is worn under clothing (under pants, bed clothes or swimming trunks, etc.), light weight, easily put on & removed, does not interfere in daily living (sleeping, usual body movements, restroom or bathing activities, etc.), and, when the user sweats, the surface of the user's skin under the hip protector is maintained dry using “one-way-moisture flow” material.

The present invention is directed to a portable monitor for use by elderly / infirm individuals that desires a significant degree of independence but recognizes that their ability to handle many situations by themselves is or will become substantially attenuated. In one embodiment, the portable monitor includes: (a) a sensor system that receives data reflecting environmental and personal aspects associated with the monitored individual from various sensors, (b) a user interface that allows the monitored individual to interact with the monitor; (c) a communication interface that provides for the ability to communicate with a third party if the monitored individual is or is likely to enter into a situation in which assistance is likely needed; and (d) a processing system for processes data produced by sensor system and data input from the user interface to determine if the monitored individual is in a situation or likely is in a situation in which assistance is likely needed.

Age-estimation of a face of an individual is represented in image data. In one embodiment, age-estimation techniques involves combining a Contourlet Appearance Model (CAM) for facial-age feature extraction and Support Vector Regression (SVR) for learning aging rules in order to improve the accuracy of age-estimation over the current techniques. In a particular example, characteristics of input facial images are converted to feature vectors by CAM, then these feature vectors are analyzed by an aging-mechanism-based classifier to estimate whether the images represent faces of younger or older people prior to age-estimation, the aging-mechanism-based classifier being generated in one embodiment by running Support Vector Machines (SVM) on training images. In an exemplary binary youth / adult classifier, faces classified as adults are passed to an adult age-estimation function and the others are passed to a youth age-estimation function.

The invention discloses a rehabilitation robot system for old people with cerebral apoplexy, and belongs to the technical field of rehabilitation robots. The rehabilitation robot system comprises a rehabilitation robot, the rehabilitation robot comprises an upper limb rehabilitation system and a lower limb rehabilitation system of a master-slave mode two-arm exoskeleton structure, the lower limb rehabilitation system comprises a seat, a first master arm and a first slave arm, the first master arm and the first slave arm are arranged on the seat, the first master arm and the first slave arm each comprise a control box, a thigh supporting structure, a crus supporting structure and a foot sole supporting plate, the control boxes, the thigh supporting structures, the crus supporting structures and the foot sole supporting plates are sequentially connected on the seat, and first leg supporting rods and second leg supporting rods are connected among the control boxes, the thigh supporting structures and the crus supporting structures respectively. The upper limb rehabilitation system comprises a seat back arranged on the seat, a second master arm and a second slave arm, the second master arm and the second slave arm are arranged on the seat back, and the second master arm and the second slave arm each comprise a shoulder rotating system, an upper arm auxiliary motion mechanism, a forearm auxiliary motion mechanism, a wrist rotating system and a palm part auxiliary motion mechanism, wherein the shoulder rotating systems, the upper arm auxiliary motion mechanisms, the forearm auxiliary motion mechanisms, the wrist rotating systems and the palm part auxiliary motion mechanisms are connected in sequence. The rehabilitation robot system is low in cost, and multiple freedom degrees are achieved in the use process.

The invention relates to an exoskeleton walk-assisting robot for old people and a bionic control method for anti-falling gaits. The exoskeleton walk-assisting robot comprises exoskeleton trunk components, joint components, an action control unit, an auxiliary unit and a power supply, wherein the exoskeleton trunk components are connected to a lower body of a user and assist the user to complete stand and walking actions; the joint components are connected with the exoskeleton trunk components and enable the exoskeleton trunk components to bend and stretch; the action control unit is capable of acquiring acceleration and angular speed signals during walking of the robot in real time, processing the signals and generating corresponding motion signals so as to control actions of the exoskeleton trunk components and to finish motion generation and reverse solution; and the power supply provides energy for the whole device. The exoskeleton walk-assisting robot for the old people is compact in structure, good in control effect, capable of acquiring accelerations in three directions and angular speeds in two directions in real time and judging falling states of the exoskeleton walk-assisting robot comprehensively, integrated with a posture reflex mechanism of human bodies and suitable for unknown unstructured complex terrains.

The invention relates to an intelligent community health care system control method based on the Internet of things. The method is mainly used for supplying intelligent medical services, such as physical check-up data report analysis, self-service emergency aid, medical rehabilitation program and the like, to community people of four kinds, namely sub-health people, old people, rehabilitation patients with severe illness and handicapped people. A system comprises an intelligent healthcare terminal device and an intelligent healthcare platform, wherein the intelligent healthcare terminal device which is used for monitoring data is connected with a terminal interface of the intelligent healthcare platform through a wireless network. Acquired real-time healthcare information is managed and analyzed through an expert system by means of data analyzing and mining, knowledge base, intelligent decision making and the like, and intelligent decisions are provided in real time in a medical expert simulated manner; alarm is realized through a call center by using a wireless communication technology, a GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning technology and a wireless data transmission technology; possible invisible diseases of individuals and potential incidence trends of people are discovered through a data warehouse by using a database management technology and a data mining technology.

The present disclosure provides for systems, devices, and methods which address needs of seniors, disabled persons, or any other similar users, at a stage in life when they can still live independently while benefiting from monitored care. Embodiments described herein enable a higher level of connectivity without requiring the member to be technologically savvy, and provides a simple mechanism for personalized emergency support. Embodiments utilize at least one personal communication device which may allow for remote interactions with medical and concierge personnel in a monitoring center or other emergency contacts, in order to fulfill requests for everyday needs, ranging from providing directions to a locations, to health alerts based on health and status measurements collected electronically and remotely.

A method and system that allows healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other persons to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and / or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual being monitored where assistance is required.

A method and system that allows healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other persons to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and / or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual being monitored where assistance is required. Two systems are used to identify patients, a skeletal tracking system, which identifies patients by biometric indicators, and a virtual blob detection system. In the virtual blob system, the monitored individual is virtually represented as a blob object of at least a specific size by a computerized monitoring system and such system detects and alerts when the blob object enters or crosses into a virtually defined or designated blob detection zone and remains in the zone for at least a predetermined period of time. These systems may be used concurrently, or one system may be used primarily, with the other system acting as a failsafe.

The invention relates to a human body attitude tracking analysis-based indoor dangerous condition warning method. According to the method, an artificial intelligence network-based human body recognition technology is applied to household appliances such as air conditioners, and therefore, the original monotonous functions of the household appliances can be improved, functions for judging and identifying dangerous behaviors of children which may cause harm, such as moving the household appliances, climbing to high positions and touching sockets, can be increased, and warning can be triggered timely when the dangerous behaviors are detected; functions for judging and identifying the accidental tumble or specific help-seek gestures of old people at home can be increased, and warning can be triggered timely; and whether dangerous conditions such as a fire, occur in a house can be judged, when the dangerous conditions are detected, warning can be triggered timely.

The invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring the body temperature of a subject and to provide an alert locally or remotely to a third party if the bodily temperature of the subject is determined to be abnormal. The device preferably employs infra-red (IR) radiation to remotely measure the temperature of the subject without contact with the subject's skin. The alert system is preferably configured to transmit an alert to a selected third party via a conventional telephone line (plain ordinary telephone service or POTS) or through a wireless mobile communication system. The subjects in the preferred embodiment are infants and young children, seniors, invalids and others who are otherwise confined to a circumscribed area for health reasons.

The invention belongs to the field of communication technology and relates to a smart old-people caring system. The main structure of the system comprises an information collection subsystem, an information processing subsystem, a cloud platform and a command center, wherein the cloud platform is a data storage system and is used for storing information collected by the information collection subsystem and transmitting the information to the information processing subsystem for analytical processing; the information processing subsystem serves as an information processing pivot, is provided with an intelligent AI analytical algorithm module, performs intelligent analytical sort-out on collected big data and sends the processed information to the command center; and the command center can store all the information and provide information query and transmission services. Through the smart old-people caring system, 24-hour old people behavior analysis in videos is provided, a reasonable and effective judgment is made on suspicious abnormal behaviors of old people through bidirectional linkage in combination with sign data of old people, and abnormal behavior categories, confidence ofabnormal behaviors, risk levels, abnormal staff identities and first-aid projects are provided.

Two versions of apparatus for completely bathing oneself by users of wheelchair and elderly, infirm people are disclosed. Both versions includes a slidable up and down carriage with reciprocating belt for soaping and showering bathers back, a chair with coil under the seat for washing bottom parts of the body, a hand shower, and an appliance for washing the feet. For users of wheelchair the chair is designed for sliding with the bather from exterior of the bathtub to the interior of the bathtub. In version for elderly, infirm people the chair seat is fixed in position over the longitudinal lip of the bathtub to let the user to sit down on this chair as well as he sat on a standard chair or toilet. The users back in this case will be in area of the bathtub, while the feet will be out and the water, which coming out will be gathered by curtain in folding tray and pumped back in the bathtub.

A method and system that allows healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other persons to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and / or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual being monitored where assistance is required. The monitored individual is virtually represented as a blob object of at least a specific size by a computerized monitoring system and such system detects and alerts when the blob object enters or crosses into a virtually defined or designated blob detection zone and remains in the zone for at least a predetermined period of time.

Cold and ready to eat vegetable cakes, and with a variety of ingredient combinations are suitable for healthy consumption. The vegetable cakes are soft in texture and high in nutrition. People can save the time and energy of preparing and cooking of the food. Serving size can be a single serving, and a six pack of serving. Vegetable cakes are also created as vegetable egg cakes, vegetable plus salt source cakes, vegetable seafood cakes, vegetable meat cakes, vegetable bubbles, vegetables balls, vegetable patties, and vegetable sausages. They can be served as cold and hot food for breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. They can also be used as animal food, baby food, for children with less teeth, for old people, and for sick people. Cold and ready to eat vegetable cakes with ingredients offer the consumers an easy and convenient way to obtain an affordable, nutritious, and delicious meal.

Animal and human locating devices and methods are provided that allow tracking and monitoring of lost or kidnapped children, lost elderly people, prisoners, military personnel at risk during war, and animals. The devices and techniques for their use can greatly prolong battery life and, in some cases eliminate the need of battery power altogether, allowing long term implantation. Piezoelectric power generation is described that provides long term maintenance free power through automated recharging, for both locational devices and other electronic implants in a wide range of medical technologies. The implantable devices and systems of their use can locate lost individuals or animals and also monitor their physiological status for prolonged time periods.

The invention relates to a zero-trans fatty acid non-dairy creamer and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of non-dairy creamers. The zero-trans fatty acid non-dairy creamer consists of the following components in percentage by weight: 22 to 32 percent of vegetable oil and fat, 2.2 to 3.5 percent of sodium caseinate, 0.8 to 1.5 percent of mono-and diglycerides, 0.5 to 1 percent of stearoyl sodium lactate, 1.2 to 1.5 percent of dipotassium phosphate, 0.25 to 0.5 percent of silicon dioxide and the balance of glucose syrup. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: heating, dissolving, mixing, shearing at high temperature, homogenizing, spray-drying and packaging to obtain the zero-trans fatty acid non-dairy creamer. The preparation process is simple and easy to operate; and the obtained non-dairy creamer is high in nutritional performance, good in mouthfeel, fragrant and smooth, does not contain trans fatty acid, meets the consumption demand of health and nutrition at present, and is particularly suitable to be drunk by old people, overweight people, patients who suffer from diabetes and consumers. The zero-trans fatty acid non-dairy creamer can be used as coffee creamers to be mixed with coffee, fruit juice, tea and the like respectively for drinking and also can be used as instant drinks independently for drinking.

The invention discloses a gesture recognition method and a gesture recognition control-based intelligent wheelchair man-machine system, and relates to the fields of computer vision, man-machine systems and control. The system comprises a video acquisition module, a separator, a query module, a tracking module, a gesture pretreatment module, a characteristic extraction module, a gesture recognition module and a control module. In the method, a hand is tracked by combining a Camshift tracking algorithm with a Kalman filtering algorithm, and a gesture is separated and is recognized by combining Hu moment with a support vector machine (SVM). By the gesture recognition method, the influence of skin color interference, shielding and a peripheral complex environment on gesture segmentation can be eliminated, and the hand is accurately tracked and quickly and accurately recognized; and when the gesture recognition method is used in the gesture recognition control-based intelligent wheelchair man-machine system, the aims of quickly and accurately recognizing a gesture command and safely controlling an intelligent wheelchair can be fulfilled, and the activity range and life quality of old people and disabled people can be improved.

The present invention is a method for treating anxiety or mood disorders in elderly subjects comprising administering to the subject exhibiting an anxiety or mood disorder an effective amount of an agent that modulates Aβ in the subject.