Patent ID: 6762684
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A system for monitoring a subject, the system comprising a mobile unit carried by the subject, the mobile unit comprising a processor, a memory associated with the processor, a location determining device operatively coupled to the processor, the location determining device generating subject location parameter data and a sensor operatively coupled to the processor, the sensor monitoring a physiological parameter comprising the identity of the subject and generating subject identity parameter data, the memory storing predetermined subject identity parameter boundary data, the memory storing predetermined subject location parameter boundary data, the processor receiving the subject identity parameter data and the subject location parameter data, the processor comparing the received subject identity parameter data with the predetermined subject identity parameter boundary data stored in the memory, the processor generating a signal for initiating corrective action when the subject identity parameter data does not lie within a permitted range of the predetermined subject identity parameter boundary data stored in the memory, the processor comparing the received subject location parameter data with the predetermined subject location parameter boundary data stored in the memory, the processor generating a signal for initiating corrective action when the subject location parameter data does not lie within a permitted range of the predetermined subject location parameter boundary data.