Healthcare Robot Head Sensor Positioning for Health Data Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing healthcare robots lack the ability to autonomously locate and interact with users to gather comprehensive health-related information, including biometric data, sleep patterns, exercise habits, medication adherence, and emotional state, due to differences in operation principles and sensor types, which limits their effectiveness in providing comprehensive health management services.
Innovation Solution
A self-moving robot equipped with a head containing multiple sensors, including camera, PPG, UWB, and microphone sensors, that adjusts its posture and distance to gather health-related information based on preset schedules and user authentication, using a processor to control the movement and sensor interactions, allowing for comprehensive health data collection and personalized guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different sensors are used to obtain various biometric information, then the comprehensiveness of health data is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple different sensors (camera sensor, PPG sensor, ultrasonic sensor, microphone sensor) into a single robot device, integrating them under one system. This merging approach allows the robot to collect comprehensive health data including facial images, pulse information, respiration data, and voice characteristics, while managing the complexity through unified control and processing architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The robot is designed as a universal health monitoring device that can perform multiple functions using different sensors. The same robot body houses various sensors that can independently or collectively serve different health monitoring purposes, making the device versatile for comprehensive health management rather than requiring separate specialized devices.
2Ease of operation
If the robot moves autonomously to locate and interact with users, then the ease of operation is improved, but the loss of time for positioning and adjustment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robot performs preliminary actions by autonomously moving to predetermined positions and adjusting its head orientation before actual health data collection begins. The processor pre-positions the robot and orientates sensors toward the user, ensuring optimal measurement conditions are established in advance, which streamlines the subsequent data collection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The robot exhibits self-service capabilities by autonomously navigating to users, automatically adjusting its head position and sensor orientation, and initiating measurement processes without manual intervention. This self-positioning and self-adjustment functionality reduces the need for operator involvement while minimizing delays through automated routines.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The robot can autonomously collect and provide comprehensive health-related information, enabling effective health management and emergency response by moving to locate users and adjusting its sensor interactions to gather necessary data, thus enhancing user health monitoring and notification capabilities.
Implementation Method 1
A photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor capable of measuring the number of pulses with only a touch
Implementation Method 2
an ultra-wideband (UWB) sensor, which may measure respiration/heart rate without contact with a body
Data Source
AI summary
A robot is disclosed. The robot comprises: a body including a transport means; a head disposed on the body and including a plurality of sensors; and a processor which controls the head on the basis of at least one sensor among the plurality of sensors and acquires information related to a user's health through the sensor of the controlled head.