US 11,923,058 B2
Mobile system for the assessment of consumer medication compliance and provision of mobile caregiving
Anthony Dohrmann, Las Cruces, NM (US); Bryan John Chasko, Las Cruces, NM (US); and David W. Keeley, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to Electronic Caregiver, Inc., Las Cruces, NM (US)
Filed by Electronic Caregiver, Inc., Las Cruces, NM (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/373,401.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/655,582, filed on Apr. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0311792 A1, Oct. 10, 2019
Int. Cl. G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 70/20 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 67/55 (2022.01)
CPC G16H 20/10 (2018.01) [G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 70/20 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 67/55 (2022.05)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system capable of running on an internet and/or cellular network, the system comprising:
a connected device having an Electronic Caregiver application installed thereon, the connected device being capable of providing virtual continued care using an Electronic Caregiving Image (ECI) avatar within the Electronic Caregiver application;
an Object Recognition Blueprint (ORB) implemented on a first computing device, the ORB storing medication data comprising customizable drug interaction data for a user; and
a variety of cloud-based storage utilities implemented on one or more second computing devices, the cloud-based storage utilities storing current medication reminders for the user, the current medication reminders including a time, date and dosage of medication to be consumed, and the connected device is connectable to the ORB and the variety of cloud-based storage utilities via the internet and/or cellular network;
wherein immediately upon user access of the Electronic Caregiver application, a single encrypted pathway system is utilized to connect the connected device to the Object Recognition Blueprint (ORB) and the variety of cloud-based storage utilities wherein at a time of medication consumption indicated in a current medication reminder data the cloud-based storage utilities transmit push notifications to the Electronic Caregiver application in the connected device to inform the user of appropriate medication and dosage of medication to be consumed;
wherein the connected device comprises a mobile device camera system having facial recognition software for recognizing the user when in front of the mobile device camera system, object recognition software for recognizing medication being taken, and motion recognition software for monitoring the actions of the user during the medication consumption, wherein the motion recognition software is configured to monitor user actions of: medication is placed within a hand of the user; the user reorients the hand in front of their mouth; the medication to be consumed is transferred from the hand to the mouth;
the user reorients the hand away from the mouth and the hand no longer contains the medication to be consumed; and
the user completes a swallowing action with the mobile device camera system of the connected device being in a position for view of chin and throat of the user while recording an audible gulp of the user, wherein the connected device is configured to transmit a verification output verifying that the user actions have been performed to the ORB.