Wearable Sensor Risk Evaluation for Caregiver Assistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for caregiver assistance in caregiving settings lack precision and convenience in providing timely interventions, as caregivers need to manually set locations and prioritize tasks, leading to inefficiencies and increased burden.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that acquires sensor information from wearable devices and location information from communication devices, using this data to evaluate risks and automatically trigger interventions, such as alerts or device controls, based on the care recipient's location, thereby streamlining assistance and reducing caregiver workload.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual location setting and task prioritization are required, then caregivers can control intervention details, but caregiver burden increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic location identification and task prioritization without requiring caregiver intervention. The sensor information processing unit automatically determines care recipient locations based on sensor data, and the notification control unit automatically prioritizes and sends notifications, eliminating manual setup and management tasks for caregivers
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures location identification rules and notification priorities based on sensor information types and care recipient profiles before actual monitoring begins. This preliminary setup allows the system to automatically handle intervention details during operation without requiring real-time manual configuration
2Measurement precision
If automatic location identification is implemented, then intervention precision improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor information processing unit acts as an intermediary that automatically processes sensor data to determine care recipient locations. This intermediary component translates raw sensor information into meaningful location data, improving precision while encapsulating the complexity within a dedicated processing module rather than distributing it throughout the entire system
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides the complex monitoring task into separate functional units: sensor information acquisition, sensor information processing for location identification, and notification control. This segmentation allows each unit to specialize in one aspect, improving overall precision while making the system more manageable and maintainable
3Reliability
If continuous monitoring is performed, then risk evaluation accuracy improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs periodic risk evaluations at predetermined time intervals rather than continuous monitoring. The notification control unit sends notifications at regular intervals based on the latest sensor information, maintaining reliable risk assessment while allowing the wearable device to enter low-power states between measurement cycles
Solution Approach 2:
The system monitors only the essential sensor information parameters required for risk evaluation rather than all available sensors continuously. By focusing on critical measurements and using partial monitoring of sensor data, the system maintains adequate reliability while reducing the energy burden on wearable devices
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus including: a receiver configured to acquire sensor information received from a wearable device and location information identifying a location of a communication device which receives the sensor information; and a controller configured to execute, based on the location information and the sensor information, an evaluation processing to evaluate a risk of a user who wears the wearable device, wherein the evaluation processing being configured to be changed based on the location information.