US 11,937,917 B1
Detecting falls with multiple wearable motion sensors
Denis Filatov, Mexico City (MX); and Hitten Zaveri, New Haven, CT (US)
Assigned to Alva Health Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed by Alva Health Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/202,213.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1117 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a wearable device worn by a user, motion data based on the user's activities over a period of time, wherein the wearable device includes a motion sensor, wherein the motion sensor includes a first motion sensor worn on a first wrist of the user, and a second motion sensor worn on a second wrist of the user, wherein the motion sensor collects acceleration data, the acceleration data including data indicating a first wrist acceleration and a second wrist acceleration, wherein the acceleration data relates to the motion data, wherein the wearable device communicates with a server;
calculating one or more properties of the motion data, comprising:
calculating a two-dimensional data transform of the motion data;
determining, using the two-dimensional data transform, an area where the transform's values exceed a threshold; and
calculating one or more properties of the area;
determining that the user fell using a machine learning model executed on a processor of a cloud service and based on the one or more properties of the motion data, wherein the machine learning model was previously trained on historical motion data; and
transmitting the determination to the server, a caretaker of the user, and an emergency system.