ES2570229B1 - System for monitoring physical activity in the elderly - Google Patents

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ES2570229B1
ES2570229B1 ES201400932A ES201400932A ES2570229B1 ES 2570229 B1 ES2570229 B1 ES 2570229B1 ES 201400932 A ES201400932 A ES 201400932A ES 201400932 A ES201400932 A ES 201400932A ES 2570229 B1 ES2570229 B1 ES 2570229B1
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Sistema para la monitorización de la actividad física en personas mayores formada por un dispositivo portable de monitorización, que permite medir en cada instante las aceleraciones producidas por los movimientos y actividad del usuario que porta el dispositivo, por al menos un concentrador de medidas, que recibe las mediciones del dispositivo portable y por al menos un servidor remoto, que recibe las mediciones transmitidas por el concentrador y que las registra en una base de datos y las analiza mediante una lógica que alberga para identificar los patrones de actividad física del usuario.System for monitoring physical activity in older people formed by a portable monitoring device, which allows to measure at every moment the accelerations produced by the movements and activity of the user carrying the device, by at least one measurement concentrator, which receives the measurements of the portable device and by at least one remote server, which receives the measurements transmitted by the concentrator and records them in a database and analyzes them through a logic that houses to identify the user's physical activity patterns.

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DESCRIPCIONDESCRIPTION

Sistema para la monitorizacion de la actividad flsica en personas mayores.System for monitoring physical activity in the elderly.

Objeto de la invencionObject of the invention

La presente invencion se refiere a un sistema para la monitorizacion de la actividad flsica en personas mayores, basado en un dispositivo portable de monitorizacion, un concentrador de medidas y un servidor remoto que registra y analiza las mediciones.The present invention relates to a system for monitoring physical activity in the elderly, based on a portable monitoring device, a measurement concentrator and a remote server that records and analyzes the measurements.

Antecedentes de la invencionBackground of the invention

La mayorla de los sistemas portables existentes en la actualidad para la medida y monitorizacion de la actividad flsica de personas estan orientados a su aplicacion en actividades deportivas. Estos sistemas registran diversas variables como pulso cardiaco, pasos o distancia recorrida, geolocalizacion o la duracion y estimation del consumo energetico (kcal) asociado al ejercicio. Por lo general son dispositivos integrados en elementos como relojes, pulseras o telefonos moviles que requieren interaction del usuario para la obtencion de la information, con la finalidad principalmente de registrar information para la posterior visualization por parte del usuario de su actividad flsica, con bajo analisis inteligente de la informacion. Por otro lado, estos sistemas de monitorizacion presentan baja autonomla, inferior en ocasiones a 1 semana, por lo que es necesario su continua recarga.Most of the portable systems currently available for the measurement and monitoring of physical activity of people are oriented to its application in sports activities. These systems record various variables such as heart rate, steps or distance traveled, geolocation or the duration and estimation of energy consumption (kcal) associated with exercise. They are usually devices integrated into elements such as watches, bracelets or mobile phones that require user interaction to obtain the information, with the main purpose of recording information for the subsequent visualization by the user of their physical activity, with low analysis intelligent information. On the other hand, these monitoring systems have low autonomy, sometimes less than 1 week, so their continuous recharge is necessary.

Por lo tanto las caracterlsticas de estos sistemas de monitorizacion suponen una barrera a su utilization en otros segmentos de usuarios, como el de la denominada "economla de plata", formado por personas mayores, un segmento poblacional en continuo crecimiento debido al envejecimiento de la poblacion y el aumento de la esperanza de vida.Therefore, the characteristics of these monitoring systems represent a barrier to their use in other user segments, such as the so-called "silver economy", formed by older people, a population segment in continuous growth due to the aging of the population and the increase in life expectancy.

Actualmente los dispositivos y servicios existentes en el mercado para la monitorizacion de personas mayores se basan principalmente en dos tipos de sistemas: la monitorizacion de variables medicas a traves de sensores de salud y la utilizacion de sistemas como boton del panico para el envlo de emergencias mediante su pulsation. Sin embargo diversos estudios y trabajos de investigation han puesto de manifiesto la importancia y capacidad de monitorizar personas mayores a traves de la medida de su comportamiento, si bien, tal y como se ha mencionado anteriormente, los dispositivos disponibles hoy en dla para este tipo de mediciones no responden a las exigencias y necesidades de este segmento de mercado, que requiere que ademas de ser portable, cuente con una autonomla de meses para posibilitar que la monitorizacion de su comportamiento se lleve a cabo de un modo no invasivo y transparente al usuario, es decir, sin que sea consciente de tal monitorizacion y por lo tanto que no exija su atencion ni interaccion con el dispositivo.Currently the existing devices and services in the market for the monitoring of older people are mainly based on two types of systems: the monitoring of medical variables through health sensors and the use of systems such as panic button for emergency delivery through your pulsation. However, several studies and research have shown the importance and ability to monitor older people through the measurement of their behavior, although, as mentioned above, the devices available today for this type of Measurements do not respond to the demands and needs of this market segment, which requires that in addition to being portable, it has a range of months to enable the monitoring of its behavior to be carried out in a non-invasive and transparent way to the user, that is, without being aware of such monitoring and therefore not requiring attention or interaction with the device.

En este sentido, la presente invencion describe un dispositivo portable para la monitorizacion del comportamiento a traves de la medida de la actividad flsica, especlficamente concebido para su utilizacion por parte de personas mayores. El dispositivo registra la actividad de forma pasiva y no invasiva, sin necesidad de interaccion por parte del usuario e incorpora componentes electronicos de bajo consumo, asegurando autonomla de meses. Su diseno incorpora igualmente un sistema inalambrico de comunicacion oportunista mediante el que retransmite la informacion registrada a un concentrador. El concentrador, que esta instalado en el hogar del usuario,In this sense, the present invention describes a portable device for monitoring behavior through the measurement of physical activity, specifically designed for use by older people. The device records the activity passively and non-invasively, without the need for user interaction and incorporates low-power electronic components, ensuring autonomy of months. Its design also incorporates a wireless system of opportunistic communication through which it relays the information registered to a hub. The hub, which is installed in the user's home,

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se comunica a su vez con un servidor remoto en el que se almacena la base de datos de actividad, asl como la logica que permite el analisis inteligente de la information registrada a fin de identificar de forma automatica y adaptativa cambios de rutina flsica, tendencias de declive flsico e identification de comportamientos anomalos. Adicionalmente el sistema descrito en esta patente permite generar alertas ante la identificacion de tales cambios, de especial interes para familiares y cuidadores, asl como generar informes para su evaluation por personal sanitario.It also communicates with a remote server where the activity database is stored, as well as the logic that allows the intelligent analysis of the registered information in order to automatically and adaptively identify physical routine changes, trends in Physical decline and identification of abnormal behaviors. Additionally, the system described in this patent allows to generate alerts when identifying such changes, of special interest to family members and caregivers, as well as to generate reports for their evaluation by health personnel.

Description de la inventionDescription of the invention

La invencion se refiere a un sistema para la monitorizacion de la actividad flsica en personas mayores formado por un dispositivo portable de monitorizacion, que permite medir en cada instante las aceleraciones producidas por los movimientos y actividad del usuario que porta el dispositivo, por al menos un concentrador de medidas, que recibe las mediciones del dispositivo portable y por al menos un servidor remoto, que recibe las mediciones transmitidas por el concentrador y que las registra en una base de datos y las analiza mediante una logica que alberga para identificar los patrones de actividad flsica del usuario.The invention relates to a system for monitoring physical activity in the elderly formed by a portable monitoring device, which allows the acceleration produced by the movements and activity of the user carrying the device to be measured at any time, for at least one measurement concentrator, which receives the measurements from the portable device and by at least one remote server, which receives the measurements transmitted by the concentrator and records them in a database and analyzes them through a logic that houses to identify activity patterns user physics.

Un primer aspecto de la invencion se refiere a un sistema en el que el dispositivo portable esta formado por una envolvente externa que protege y alberga en su interior los componentes electronicos que integran dicho dispositivo y que consisten en un acelerometro, que realiza las medidas de cambios de aceleracion causados por los movimientos y actividad del usuario, un microcontrolador que procesa dichas mediciones, transformando la senal del acelerometro a un estimador de la actividad flsica basado en una funcion de la aceleracion, que es registrada en la memoria para su transmision mediante una conexion inalambrica al concentrador mediante tecnicas de comunicacion oportunista, es decir, cuando existe conectividad entre el dispositivo portable y el concentrador, y una baterla que cubre las necesidades de energla y autonomla del dispositivo. La utilization del estimador de la actividad flsica basado unicamente en medidas de la aceleracion, asl como la aplicacion de tecnicas de comunicacion oportunistas, aseguran muy bajos consumos energeticos del dispositivo, permitiendo una autonomla del dispositivo portable de meses mediante la utilizacion de baterlas convencionales. El al menos un concentrador de medidas se encuentra conectado permanentemente, mediante llneas de comunicacion convencionales, tanto fijas como moviles, a el al menos un servidor remoto de modo que las mediciones de aceleraciones son transmitidas y registradas en la al menos una base de datos del al menos un servidor remoto tan pronto como son recibidas desde el dispositivo portable, permitiendo el procesamiento inmediato de los datos por parte de la al menos una logica tambien albergada en el al menos un servidor remoto, identificando las desviaciones en las mediciones respecto a los patrones habituales de actividad flsica del usuario.A first aspect of the invention relates to a system in which the portable device is formed by an external envelope that protects and houses inside the electronic components that integrate said device and which consist of an accelerometer, which performs the changes measurements of acceleration caused by the movements and activity of the user, a microcontroller that processes said measurements, transforming the accelerometer signal to an estimator of the physical activity based on an acceleration function, which is recorded in memory for transmission by means of a connection Wireless to the concentrator through opportunistic communication techniques, that is, when there is connectivity between the portable device and the concentrator, and a battery that covers the energy and autonomy needs of the device. The utilization of the physical activity estimator based solely on acceleration measures, as well as the application of opportunistic communication techniques, ensure very low energy consumption of the device, allowing a portable device's autonomy of months through the use of conventional batteries. The at least one measurement concentrator is permanently connected, via conventional communication lines, both fixed and mobile, to the at least one remote server so that acceleration measurements are transmitted and recorded in the at least one database of the at least one remote server as soon as they are received from the portable device, allowing the immediate processing of the data by the at least one logic also housed in the at least one remote server, identifying the deviations in the measurements with respect to the patterns usual physical activity of the user.

Segun otro aspecto de la invencion, la envolvente externa del dispositivo portable de monitorizacion cuenta con al menos un medio de fijacion rapida a prendas y complementos que porte el usuario. De este modo se facilita el caracter transparente y no invasivo del sistema para el usuario al poder fijar el dispositivo de monitorizacion portable a elementos como por ejemplo, y sin caracter limitativo, relojes, gafas, cinturones, pantalones o zapatillas, mediante sistemas tipo clip, pinza, pasantes o agarraderas.According to another aspect of the invention, the external envelope of the portable monitoring device has at least one means of fast attachment to garments and accessories carried by the user. In this way, the transparent and non-invasive character of the system for the user is facilitated by being able to fix the portable monitoring device to elements such as, for example, and without limitation, watches, glasses, belts, pants or slippers, by means of clip-type systems, clamp, intern or handle.

Segun otro aspecto de la invencion la fijacion rapida a prendas y complementos del usuario se lleva a cabo mediante la propia envolvente, que cuenta con un diseno tal y queAccording to another aspect of the invention, rapid attachment to garments and accessories of the user is carried out by means of the envelope itself, which has such a design that

permite integrar un elemento o elementos de fijacion en la propia envolvente, como por ejemplo un clip en su parte posterior.It allows integrating an element or fixing elements in the enclosure itself, such as a clip on its back.

Segun otro aspecto de la invencion, la al menos una logica alojada en el al menos un 5 servidor remoto permite generar alertas, que son enviadas y comunicadas a personas o sistemas preestablecidas ante la identification de desviaciones relevantes en los patrones de comportamiento y actividad preestablecidos.According to another aspect of the invention, the at least one logic hosted on the at least one remote server allows to generate alerts, which are sent and communicated to people or pre-established systems before the identification of relevant deviations in the pre-established behavior and activity patterns.

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A continuation se pasa a describir una serie de dibujos que ayudan a comprender mejor la invencion y que se relacionan expresamente con realizaciones de dicha invencion, que se presentan como ejemplo ilustrativo y no limitativo de esta.A series of drawings that help to better understand the invention and that expressly relate to embodiments of said invention, which are presented as illustrative and non-limiting example thereof, are described below.

15 Figura 1. Esquema de las partes integrantes del sistema completo para la monitorizacion de la actividad flsica en personas mayores.15 Figure 1. Scheme of the integral parts of the complete system for monitoring physical activity in the elderly.

Figura 2. Representation de modo de utilization del dispositivo portable de monitorizacion con un reloj.Figure 2. Representation of the utilization mode of the portable monitoring device with a clock.

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Figura 3. Esquema representativo de elementos integrantes del dispositivo portable de monitorizacion.Figure 3. Representative scheme of integral elements of the portable monitoring device.

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55 1010 15fifteen 20twenty 2525 3030 ES 2 570 229 A1ES 2 570 229 A1 REIVINDICACIONES 1. Sistema para la monitorizacion de la actividad flsica en personas mayores, comprendiendo dicho sistema un dispositivo portable de monitorizacion (1) formado por una envolvente externa (2), que aloja en su interior una placa electronica (3), integrada por al menos un acelerometro (4), al menos un microcontrolador (5), al menos una conexion inalambrica (6) y al menos una baterla (7), por al menos un concentrador de medidas (8) y por al menos un servidor remoto (9), que aloja al menos una base de datos (10) y una logica (11), caracterizado porque el dispositivo portable de monitorizacion (1) mide mediante el al menos un acelerometro (4) valores de aceleracion correspondientes a los movimientos y actividad en cada instante por parte del usuario que lo porta, siendo dichos valores procesados y convertidos en un estimador de la actividad por el al menos un microcontrolador (5) y transmitidos por la al menos una conexion inalambrica (6), de tipo oportunista, a el al menos un concentrador de medidas (8) que se comunica permanentemente con el al menos un servidor remoto (9), en el que se registran los valores del estimador de la actividad en la al menos una base de datos (1 0), que son transformados por la al menos una logica (11) en registros de patrones de actividad flsica del usuario.1. System for monitoring physical activity in the elderly, said system comprising a portable monitoring device (1) formed by an external enclosure (2), which houses an electronic board (3) inside, integrated by at least an accelerometer (4), at least one microcontroller (5), at least one wireless connection (6) and at least one battery (7), by at least one measurement concentrator (8) and by at least one remote server (9 ), which houses at least one database (10) and one logic (11), characterized in that the portable monitoring device (1) measures by means of the at least one accelerometer (4) acceleration values corresponding to the movements and activity in every moment by the user who carries it, said values being processed and converted into an activity estimator by the at least one microcontroller (5) and transmitted by the at least one wireless connection (6), opportunistically, to the at least one concentrator d and measures (8) that communicate permanently with the at least one remote server (9), in which the values of the activity estimator are recorded in the at least one database (1 0), which are transformed by the at least one logic (11) in user physical activity pattern records. 2. El sistema para la monitorizacion de la actividad flsica en personas mayores segun la reivindicacion 1, caracterizado porque el dispositivo portable de monitorizacion (1) cuenta con una envolvente externa (2) sobre la que se monta un medio de fijacion rapida (12) a prendas y complementos que porte el usuario.2. The system for monitoring physical activity in the elderly according to claim 1, characterized in that the portable monitoring device (1) has an external enclosure (2) on which a quick fixing means (12) is mounted. to garments and accessories that the user carries. 3. El sistema para la monitorizacion de la actividad flsica en personas mayores segun la reivindicacion 1, caracterizado porque el dispositivo portable de monitorizacion (1) cuenta con una envolvente externa (2) cuyo diseno permite la fijacion rapida a prendas y complementos que porte el usuario.3. The system for monitoring physical activity in the elderly according to claim 1, characterized in that the portable monitoring device (1) has an external enclosure (2) whose design allows quick fixation to garments and accessories carried by the Username. 4. El siste ma segun cualesquiera de las re ivindicaciones anteriores, caracterizado porque la al menos una logica (11) identifica cambios en los patrones de comportamiento a partir del analisis de los registros de patrones de actividad flsica del usuario, generando una alerta.4. The system according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one logic (11) identifies changes in the behavior patterns from the analysis of the user's physical activity pattern records, generating an alert.
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