Techniques are provided for performing radio frequency (RF) sensing to determine the viewing status of a television user. This can be used to determine user behavior during the playback of content (e.g., whether a user is watching the content), which can be used as a data point for determining the user's level of interest in the content. Using the status of the television user, embodiments can provide additional or alternative functionality, such as powering down and/or powering up the television. Furthermore, RF sensing may be performed by existing television hardware, such a Wi-Fi transceiver, and may therefore provide RF sensing functionality to a television with little or no added cost.

A method for monitoring a patient in a bed using a camera. The method includes identifying a boundary of the bed using data from the camera, identifying parts of the patient using data from the camera, and determining an orientation of the patient using the parts identified for the patient. The method further includes monitoring movement of the patient using the parts identified for the patient and computing a departure score indicating the likelihood of the patient departing the bed based on the orientation of the patient and the movement of the patient. The method further includes comparing the departure score to a predetermined threshold and generating a notification when the departure score exceeds the predetermined threshold.

An on-person portable device and/or app that allows for constant location monitoring of dementia patients is disclosed. Such a device and/or app also includes automated communication of facial recognition of persons proximally near such a patient as well as possible generation of certain music in response to patient status and/or location. The patient is provided the device and/or app for handling or wearing, such as a phone or pair of glasses, in order to follow location through GPS monitoring, and a reactive program therein that automatically views another person and provides an identification thereof coupled with a voice modulator within an earpiece or like device for memory stimulation pertaining to loved ones or friends, and the like. The same program may also provide the music response to comments, movement, or any other external stimuli to the subject patient, again, to evoke a memory stimulus, as well.

A functional device is disclosed that can collect and process data/information/parameter values from one or more sensors and compares the same with one or more predefined/threshold value to suggest one or more actions and/or generate alerts/messages/suggestions to be performed by one or a combination of remote system, wearer, home automation network, healthcare provider, doctor, caretaker, among other stakeholders. Communication between the functional device, home automation server and a computational server that stores the data is also disclosed.

A mobile device, methods and systems provide the invention mobile Personal Health Records (PHR) management platform solution. The platform enables secure PHR data management, measuring user's medical parameters, managing PHR secured depository containing user's health data on the user's invention combined phone & add-on sleeve device, while blocking none legitimate users access to the invention devices secured storage content. The invention device user's authentication is based on the combined weighted fusion of at least two different human biological sensors within the device and their weighted output analysis. The multi-sensors ensure bio-authentication secured memory entry only for the legitimate device user. In case of authentication success it activates various types of applications on the user PHR data depository content stored in device. The system supports the user's PHR remote health management, remotely monitoring the user's measured medical parameters, updating & managing user's health medical history depository in the user's electronic sleeve.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for remotely monitoring the health of a patient in a real-time, continuous manner, remotely deliver therapeutic medications to the patient, and facilitating communication between the patient and a remotely located patient care provider.

A vehicle is provided that comprises two or more radio frequency (RF) antennas and two or more RF transceivers to communicate wirelessly sensitive information associated with a user of the vehicle (the two or more RF antennas being at different physical locations on an exterior of the vehicle). The vehicle determines which one of the two or more RF antennas is receiving a strongest signal from a common signal source, selects a first RF transceiver associated with the RF antenna with the strongest signal to send the sensitive information associated with the user to the common signal source, and sends the sensitive information associated with the user to the first RF transceiver for transmission to the common signal source.

In an embodiment, a method (100) is described. The method comprises obtaining (102) a three-dimensional representation of a body surface. The method further comprises obtaining illumination information for the three-dimensional representation that is indicative of an orientation of the body surface relative to a reference axis. The method further comprises determining illumination compensation information (104). The illumination compensation information is used (106) to compensate for an illumination variation apparent from the illumination information in an image of the body surface.

A machining center NC operation panel with a body temperature management function that makes a physical condition determination in accordance with body temperature measurement of an operator, can restrict the start of work at time of a determination that the physical condition is inappropriate, and also is capable of body temperature management of a worker and the like at all times, includes a visible region image camera and an infrared ray detection camera respectively with a visible light condensing lens, and an infrared ray condensing lens being mounted exposed on the front face of the operation panel. The machining center NC operation panel has a storage unit having an operator list created for each operator pre-registered as a machine tool user, a facial image file, and a body temperature management file storing body temperature databases of machine tool users and body temperature databases of body temperature management users. A control unit includes: a facial authentication processing unit that compares facial image data of an operator obtained from the visible region image camera with a facial image data group in the facial image file, searches for a relevant person, and identifies the operator; a work information processing unit that calls a work information allocated to the identified operator from the operator list, and, on the basis of the work information, causes a display section of the operation panel to display allowed work items of the operator such that the allowed work items can be selected and executed; and a body temperature acquisition processing unit that acquires a body temperature measurement value of the operator from face surface temperature data obtained by the infrared ray detection camera, causes the display section to display the body temperature measurement value, also assesses whether or not the operator has a fever on the basis of the body temperature measurement value, outputs a signal representing the result of the assessment to the work information processing unit, and simultaneously causes the display section to display an assessment screen. The work information processing unit has a function by which upon receiving a signal representing an assessment that the operator who is a machine tool user is in a fever condition from the body temperature acquisition processing unit in the work management mode, the display section is caused to lock an operation screen, and prohibit continuation of operation of the start of work.

An apparatus for collecting information communicating with a server and a collecting device includes scanning a bar code and transmit identification information of the apparatus to the server; the bar code is configured to link to a webpage of the server; acquiring biological characteristic information of a user of the apparatus collected by the collecting device; acquiring the identification information and the biological characteristic information matched by the server; and displaying the identification information and the biological characteristic information synchronized with the server. A method and a server for collecting information are also disclosed.