Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for defining access perimeters and handling perimeter breach events by residents of an assisted living facility
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Application No.: US15954547Application Date: 2018-04-16
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Publication No.: US10373467B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Vikram Devdas , Shane McNamara , Christopher Pang , Richard Heaton , Niall Walsh
- Applicant: PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Andover
- Assignee: PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC
- Current Assignee: PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Andover
- Main IPC: G08B21/02
- IPC: G08B21/02 ; G08B21/04 ; H04W4/02 ; G08B25/00 ; A61B5/00 ; G16H10/60 ; G16H40/63 ; A61B5/103 ; A61B5/11 ; G06Q50/22 ; G06Q50/26 ; G08B21/00 ; G08B21/08 ; G08B21/22

Abstract:
One variation of a method for detecting breach events by residents of an assisted living facility includes: defining an access perimeter containing a first space and excluding a second space within a facility, the first space and the second space separated by a door; assigning the first individual access perimeter to a first resident, in a set of residents, occupying the facility; maintaining the door in an unlocked state by default during a first period of time; tracking locations of resident wearable devices associated with residents, in the set of residents, within the facility during the first period of time; and, in response to a first location of a first resident wearable device associated with the first resident falling inside the individual access perimeter and within a threshold distance of the door at a first time during the first period of time, triggering the door to enter a locked state.
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