Patent ID: 8138926
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring and guiding two or more human subjects, each scheduled to take medication, the method comprising: receiving, at the activity monitoring station, an interaction schedule for a first human subject, wherein the interaction schedule lists objects with which the first human subject is scheduled to interact and time parameters for interactions; receiving, at the activity monitoring station, motion data from a first motion detecting device worn by the first human subject; receiving, at the activity monitoring station, motion data from a second motion detecting device worn by the second human subject; receiving, at the activity monitoring station, motion data from a third motion sensing device situated on or in a first medicine container; generating a first motion alignment score based on a mathematical correlation of one or more vectors of the motion data from the first motion detecting device with one or more vectors of the motion data from the third motion detecting device; generating a second motion alignment score based on a mathematical correlation of one or more vectors of the motion data from the second motion detecting device with the one or more vectors of the motion data from the third motion detecting device; determining whether the first human subject moved the first medicine container or, if the first human subject did not move the first medicine container, whether the second human subject moved the first medicine container, wherein the determination is based on the first motion alignment score and based on the second motion alignment score outputting a prompt to the first human subject to take medication if it is determined that the first human subject did not move the first medicine container and if it is determined from the interaction schedule that the first human is scheduled to take medication.