Voice controlled assistance for monitoring adverse events of a user and/or coordinating emergency actions such as caregiver communication
US11607182B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 3, 2021 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2015/088
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user, such as an elderly person, may be assisted by an assistance device in his or her caregiving environment that operates in conjunction with one or more server computers. The assistance device may execute a schedule of assistance actions where each assistance action is associated with a time and is executed at that time to assist the user. An assistance action may present an input request to a user, process a voice input of the user, and analyze the voice input to determine that the voice input corresponds to a negative response event, a positive response event, or a non-response event. Based on the categorization of one or more voice inputs as negative response events, positive response events, or non-response events, it may be determined to notify a caregiver of the user, for example where the user has not responded to a number of assistance actions.
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