Patent US10216905

detecting, using one or more sensing devices of a sensing milieu contained in a bedroom, an automobile, a bathroom, an office, or a workplace, a first instance of an activity of a patient that is within a normal course of life of the patient, wherein said detecting is passive in that no explicit patient interaction with any of said one or more sensing devices is required, wherein said sensing devices are part of a color-sensing mirror, a pressure and electrical sensing mat, an ultrasonic bathtub, or an automobile rear-view minor and sense in a first modality, wherein said detecting is non-invasive, and wherein said activity that is within the normal course of life of the patient is walking, eating, working, exercising, driving, or talking;

responsive to said detecting said first instance of the activity, monitoring, using a radar-based monitoring device that senses in a second modality that is other than the first modality, said patient to detect a first health state of the patient associated with said activity, wherein said monitoring is carried out in temporal proximity to said first instance of the activity, wherein said monitoring is non-invasive, and wherein said monitoring is passive in that no explicit patient interaction with said radar-based monitoring device is required;

subsequently detecting, using said one or more sensing devices, multiple subsequent instances of said activity of the patient that is within said normal course of life of the patient, said subsequently detecting being passive and non-invasive;

subsequently monitoring, for each of said detected subsequent instances of said activity, said patient using said radar-based monitoring device to detect subsequent respective health states of the patient associated with said activity, wherein said subsequent monitoring is carried out in temporal proximity to said subsequent instances of the activity, respectively, and wherein said subsequent monitoring is non-invasive and passive;

processing said first and subsequent health states of the patient to determine a health state trend of the patient for said activity; and

providing the health state trend for said activity.

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, implements a health manager configured to: detect, using one or more sensing devices of a sensing milieu contained in a bedroom, an automobile, a bathroom, an office, or a workplace, a first instance of an activity of a patient that is within a normal course of life of the patient, wherein said detecting is passive in that no explicit patient interaction with any of said one or more sensing devices is required, wherein said sensing devices are part of a color-sensing mirror, a pressure and electrical sensing mat, an ultrasonic bathtub, or an automobile rear-view mirror and sense in a first modality, wherein said detecting is non-invasive, and wherein said activity that is within the normal course of life of the patient is walking, eating, working, exercising, driving, or talking; responsive to said detecting of said first instance of the activity, monitor, using a radar-based monitoring device that senses in a second modality that is other than the first modality, said patient to detect a first health state of the patient associated with said activity, wherein said monitoring is carried out in temporal proximity to said first instance of the activity, wherein said monitoring is non-invasive, and wherein said monitoring is passive in that no explicit patient interaction with said radar-based monitoring device is required; subsequently detect, using said one or more sensing devices, multiple subsequent instances of said activity of the patient that is within said normal course of life of the patient, said subsequent detection being passive and non-invasive; subsequently monitor, for each of said detected subsequent instances of said activity, said patient using said radar-based monitoring device to detect subsequent respective health states of the patient associated with said activity, wherein said subsequent monitoring is carried out in temporal proximity to said subsequent instances of the activity, respectively, and wherein said subsequent monitoring is non-invasive and passive; process said first and subsequent health states of the patient to determine a health state trend of the patient for said activity; and provide the health state trend for said activity.