Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
July 2011
Patent Number
7978085
Abstract
A system of tracking and analyzing the movement of human subjects. UWB is used to track the location of all persons and/or physical objects (assets) occupying a defined area, giving their location with an accuracy of under twenty centimeters, their acceleration, their path, and a time/date-stamp for each observation. The system then uses artificial intelligence to detect variations in patterns of movement of designated individuals and movable physical objects in the defined space. The extracted patterns inform the design of intelligent methods to automatically track behavioral markers of movement. The system can be used to detect dementia in otherwise healthy human subjects and to identify changes in movement pursuant to medication or health changes and which may precede a fall or to detect proper movement in military training scenarios such as battlefield simulations.
Application Number
12/396,002
Recommended Citation
Kearns, William D.; Fozard, James L.; and Kostis, Eleftherios, "Human and physical asset movement pattern analyzer" (2011). USF Patents. 414.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/414
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
03/02/2009
Primary/U.S. Class
340/573
