Monitoring device for monitoring inactive behavior of a monitored person, method and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9412251-B2
Application number	US-201414569167-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2014
Priority date	Dec 16, 2013
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

A monitoring device for monitoring inactive behavior of a monitored person in a monitored zone includes a plurality of monitoring sensors configured to record sensor data. The monitoring sensors are positioned in at least two spatially separated monitored subzones of the monitored zone. The monitoring device further includes an evaluation device including a model module and a test module. The model module produces a first inactivity model in a spatially anonymized manner for a first time period with reference to sensor data in the first time period. The model module produces a second inactivity model for a second time period. At least portions of the second time period are formed later than the first time period. The test module compares the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model and provides a change notification if there is a deviation between the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A monitoring device for monitoring inactive behavior of a monitored person in a monitored zone, comprising:
a plurality of monitoring sensors configured to record sensor data, the plurality of monitoring sensors positioned in at least two spatially separated monitored subzones of the monitored zone;
an evaluation device including a model module and a test module,
wherein the model module is configured to:
produce a first inactivity model of the monitored person in a spatially anonymized manner for a first time period with reference to sensor data in the first time period,
produce a second inactivity model of the monitored person in the spatially anonymized manner for a second time period with reference to sensor data in the second time period, wherein at least portions of the second time period are formed later than the first time period, and

wherein the test module is configured to:
compare the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model and
provide a change notification if there is a deviation between the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model.

2. The monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the model module is further configured to:
produce the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model with reference to at least one of (i) a linked sensor data and (ii) a linked intermediate data derived from the sensor data; and
anonymize the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model spatially.

3. The monitoring device according to claim 2 , wherein the linking operation is irreversible.

4. The monitoring device according claim 1 , wherein the test module is further configured to:
compare model parameters of the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model.

5. The monitoring device according to claim 4 , wherein the model parameters are formed by (i) a time-resolved averaging of intermediate data from at least two sensor signals from the at least two monitored subzones or (ii) a time-resolved averaging of standard deviations of intermediate data from the at least two sensor signals from the at least two monitored subzones.

6. The monitoring device according claim 1 , wherein the monitoring sensors includes a subset of a contact sensor, video camera, floor mat sensor, light sensor, motion sensor, door contact sensor, sensor for actuating a toilet flush, and sensor for switching on an electrical device.

7. The monitoring device according claim 1 , wherein one of the at least two monitored subzones is a living room or study and another of the at least two monitored subzone is a toilet or bathroom.

8. The monitoring device according claim 1 , wherein the monitored zone is a domicile or a living area in a house, the domicile or the living area includes rooms, and each room of the rooms form a monitored subzone and have at least one monitoring sensor of the plurality of monitoring sensors.

9. A method for monitoring a monitored zone comprising:
recording sensor data using a plurality of monitoring sensors, wherein the plurality of monitoring sensors being positioned in at least two spatially separated monitored subzones of the monitored zone;
producing, using a model module, a first inactivity model of the monitored person in a spatially anonymized manner for a first time period with reference to sensor data in the first time period, wherein an evaluation device includes the model module;
producing, using the model module, a second inactivity model of the monitored person in the spatially anonymized manner for a second time period with reference to sensor data in the second time period, wherein at least portions of the second time period are formed later than the first time period and the second inactivity model is produced at a later time than the first inactivity model;
comparing, using a test module, the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model, wherein the evaluation device further includes the test module; and
providing, using the test module, a change notification if there is a deviation between the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model.

10. A computer program, comprising:
a program code configured to carry out a method when the method is executed on a monitoring device, the method comprising:
recording sensor data using a plurality of monitoring sensors, wherein the plurality of monitoring sensors being positioned in at least two spatially separated monitored subzones of the monitored zone and the monitoring device includes the plurality of monitoring sensors;
producing, using a model module, a first inactivity model of the monitored person in a spatially anonymized manner for a first time period with reference to sensor data in the first time period, the monitoring device includes an evaluation device and the evaluation device has the model module and;
producing, using the model module, a second inactivity model of the monitored person in the spatially anonymized manner for a second time period with reference to sensor data in the second time period, wherein at least portions of the second time period are formed later than the first time period and the second inactivity model is produced at a later time than the first inactivity model;
comparing, using a test module, the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model, wherein the evaluation device further has the test module; and
providing, using the test module, a change notification if there is a deviation between the first inactivity model and the second inactivity model.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Thuersam Markus
• Dambier Michael
• Klinnert Roland

Classifications

• G08B21/0423 Primary

  detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule · CPC title

• G08B21/0415

  detecting absence of activity per se · CPC title