DETECTING CHANGES IN POSITION OF A DEVICE IN A HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL DIRECTION
    2.
    发明申请
    DETECTING CHANGES IN POSITION OF A DEVICE IN A HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL DIRECTION 审中-公开
    检测水平或垂直方向的设备位置变化

    公开(公告)号:US20150317890A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-05

    申请号:US14646591

    申请日:2013-11-12

    IPC分类号: G08B21/04 G01P15/18

    摘要: There is provided a method for determining the change in horizontal or vertical position of a device, the method comprising obtaining a signal that represents an estimate of the position of the device in a horizontal or vertical direction over time; identifying a maximum position value and a minimum position value from a selected portion of the signal representing the estimate of the position of the device; and determining the change in position over the selected portion of the signal as the difference between the identified maximum position value and the identified minimum position value.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于确定设备的水平或垂直位置的变化的方法,所述方法包括获得表示设备在时间上沿水平或垂直方向的位置的估计的信号; 从表示设备的位置的估计的信号的选定部分中识别最大位置值和最小位置值; 以及确定所述信号的所选部分上的位置的变化,作为所识别的最大位置值与所识别的最小位置值之间的差。

    CHECK-IN SERVICE ON A PERSONAL HELP BUTTON
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180211505A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-26

    申请号:US15747673

    申请日:2016-07-26

    IPC分类号: G08B21/04 G08B25/01 G08B25/10

    摘要: In a personal emergency response system (PERS), a subscriber wears a personal help button (PHB) (10) with a call button (12). A speakerphone console (30) detects a signal transmitted by the PHB when the call button is pressed and establishes a telephone call with a PERS center (8). The PHB, speakerphone console, or combination thereof also performs a check-in process including: detecting (50) a check-in time and outputting (52) a request to perform a check-in action and detecting (54) whether the check-in action is performed. The check-in action is logged (56) if it is detected. A remedial action (60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72) is performed if the check-in action is not detected. The check-in action may be a designated motion of the PHB detected by gesture recognition algorithm performed by the PHB that analyzes sensor data generated by a motion sensor (22) of the PHB.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELIABLE DETECTION OF OPENING AND CLOSING EVENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20170307651A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-26

    申请号:US15520614

    申请日:2015-10-14

    摘要: A methods is provided for reliable and accurate detection of opening or closing of doors or drawers using output signals generated by a sensor, the output signals directly or indirectly representative of the acceleration of the sensor over time. Areas under a curve for acceleration, or representations thereof, are determined and occurrence of movement events identified through comparison of calculated areas with certain thresholds. Areas are considered which span between zero crossing points of the acceleration curve, such that all elements of the corresponding sum are of the same sign, and consequent area signals have maximal amplitude. Pairs of substantially equal and opposite area signals may be sought, occurring within a given time separation, these characteristic of an opening or closing motion, consisting of a first acceleration in a first direction followed by a second in an opposing direction. Apparatus for the reliable detection of opening or closing events is also provided.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE APPARATUS TO PROVIDE CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION FOR A DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20180322171A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-08

    申请号:US15971311

    申请日:2018-05-04

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 H04L29/08 H04L12/26

    CPC分类号: G01C21/206

    摘要: There is provided an apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a processor configured to acquire a time-stamped series of environmental property measurements from at least one sensor of a device and compare the time-stamped series of environmental property measurements acquired from the at least one sensor of the device to one or more time-stamped series of corresponding environmental property measurements acquired from at least one sensor that is separate from the device. The processor is also configured to determine contextual information for the device based on the comparison of the time-stamped series of environmental property measurements.