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Safety Benefits
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Personal
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Remote visual observation (pre-designated parties)
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Location tracking of care receiver (elderly)
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Mobile speakerphone for caregiver/receiver usage
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Virtual visiting between family members
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Video conferencing with physicians and other service providers
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Automatic notification of abnormal conditions or emergency
situations to designated parties (911, neighbor, family member)
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Environment
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One-way remote visual observation of environment
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Automatic patrolling
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Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance (floor clutter, small children,
pets, people's feet)
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Automatic notification of abnormal environmental conditions to
designated parties (911, neighbor, family member)
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With additional options:
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> Intruder detection, inside and outside
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> Smoke, toxic gas detection
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> Fire, heat detection
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> Vacuuming
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Supportive Benefits
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Sensing/Monitoring
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Body position: standing, sitting, prone on bed or floor
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Voice timbre
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Body temperature
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Physical
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Errand running
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Elderly parent or grandparent able to remain in their
own home rather than having to move to assisted living or a
nursing home giving better quality of life
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With additional options:
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> Scheduled pill dispensing
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Interactive
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Automatic one time and recurring verbal reminders which
are easy to create verbally or in the desktop interface
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Surrogate short-term memory (to answer care
receiver's frequent repetitive questions without the
necessity of having another person present)
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Medication management (timely verbal reminders,
dispensing, and follow-up)
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Task Management (verbal reminders of daily tasks
such as bathing, brushing teeth, eating meals)
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Verbal Companionship (possible prevention of senility
or loss of social interaction skills)
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