A pharmaceutical and health monitoring application for the elderly. Many adults are unable to leave their elderly relatives home alone, especially, if they fear that their relatives will forget or fail to take necessary medications. Our project solves this problem by providing a smart pill-box that detects when a pill is removed, as well as a web interface that allows a concerned relative to remotely check on the status of the pill-box and as any other health measurements, such as thermometer measurements. Additionally, we integrated Amazon Lex into our web interface, allowing many elderly patients to use the web interface to get data on their medication, even if they are unable to use a computer.
While we made a custom smart pill-box, we specifically designed and open-sourced an API for our web interface so that anyone can make their own smart pill-box, or any other pill-tracking device!
streak (array of ints): array of 7 values, representing the subject's record in taking the pill over the previous week. Each value representing a specific day (first value is Sunday, and the last is Saturday), where 1 means that a pill was taken that day, and 0 means that one wasn't
color` (string): the color of the pill
id` (int): unique identifier assigned to pill
remaining (int): number of pills that the user still has
description (string): description of the pill and what it is used for
last_refill (dictionary): contains the last time that during which the pill's supply was refilled:
* `month` (int): month of the time during which the pill's supply was refilled (note: this is zero indexed)
* `day` (int): day of the time during which the pill's supply was refilled (note: this is zero indexed)
* `year` (int): year of the time during whch the pill's supply was refilled
next_dose (dictionary): contains the daily time on during which the pill is scheduled to be taken:
* `hour` (int): hour of the scheduled time
* `minute` (int): minute of the scheduled time
time_since_refill (int): number of days since the pill's supply was refilled
dose (dictionary): the daily dosage of the pill:
* amount (int): mass of pill
* unit (int): unit of the mass of he pill
shape (string): description of the shape of the pill
last_taken (dictionary): contains the time during which the pill was last taken:
* `hour` (int): hour of the time during which the pill was last taken
* `minute` (int): minute of the time during which the pill was last taken
* `month` (int): month of the time during which the pill was last taken (note: this is zero indexed)
* `day` (int): day of the time during which the pill was last taken (note: this is zero indexed)
name (string): name of the pill
Returns the pill entry of a pill (see pill entry schema)
Returns an array of all pill entries on the server (see pill entry schema)
Tells the web server that a pill has been removed from the pill box, causing the pill's data to be updated. Returns the pill's data from before the update (see pill entry schema)
Tells the web server that the supply of a specific pill has been refilled. Returns the pill's data from before the update (see pill entry schema)
Queries the server for pills with a matching shape and color (used for integrating with Amazon Lex). Returns pill entries for matching pills (see pill entry schema)
Tells the web server the most recent measurement of the subject's temperature. Returns the temperature value which was sent to the server back to the user
import requests
serverDomain = "<your server domain here>"
shape = input("What is the shape of your pill?\n")
color = input("What color is your pill?\n")
r = requests.get(serverDomain + '/api/temperature/' + shape/' + 'color'
print("Your pill is: " + r.json()['data']['name']")
As we said earlier, we integrated Amazon Lex into our web interface. This technology is essential to allowing the elderly to get information from the web interface. While most of the web interface is designed for relatives with at least some computer experience, Lex can be used by anyone who can talk. Here are just some of the questions you can ask Lex:
"When am I taking medicine name next?"
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"When do I need a refill of medicine name?"
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"What pill is this?"
What color is it?
"Pink"
What shape is it?
"Capsule"
That pill sounds like Benadryl. It can treat hay fever, allergies, cold symptoms, and insomnia.