US 11,790,753 B2
System and method for determining and managing socially isolated individuals
Giulio Valenti, Eindhoven (NL); Salvatore Saporito, Rotterdam (NL); and Sabine Mollus, Juelich (DE)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,981.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/005,617, filed on Apr. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312784 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G16H 20/70 (2018.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC G08B 21/182 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1112 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); G16H 20/70 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0257 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing information, comprising:
receiving proximity information for a plurality of user devices;
projecting the proximity information into a lower dimensional space as distance values for each of the plurality of device;
comparing the distance values of the plurality of user devices that correspond to the proximity information;
ranking the plurality of user devices based on results of the comparison; and
generating a loneliness decision for a user of at least one of the plurality of user devices based on the ranking of the user devices, wherein ranking the plurality of user devices includes:
receiving layout information for a monitoring area including the plurality of user devices, and
adjusting the ranking of one or more of the plurality of user devices based on the layout information.