Patent ID: 8810408
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: A61B,A61G,A61J,G06Q,G08B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: monitoring output from at least one sensor configured to sense physical activity in a building in which medication of a patient is located; based on the monitoring of the sensed physical activity in the building, determining to collect image information of the medication, the image information being different than output from the at least one sensor; based on the determination to collect the image information of the medication, collecting the image information of the medication; analyzing the image information collected to detect a state of the medication at a time of collecting the image information; accessing information regarding a schedule by which the medication should be taken by the patient; based on the accessed information regarding the schedule, determining an expected state of the medication at the time of collecting the image information that complies with the schedule by which the medication should be taken by the patient; comparing the detected state of the medication with the expected state of the medication that complies with the schedule; based on the comparison revealing that the detected state of the medication does not match the expected state of the medication, determining that the patient has departed from the schedule; and based on the determination that the patient has departed from the schedule, handling, by a processing device, the departure from the schedule.