DocumentCode
1040964
Title
Automated analysis of nursing home observations
Author
Hauptmann, Alexander G. ; Gao, Jiang ; Yan, Rong ; Qi, Yanjun ; Yang, Jie ; Wactlar, Howard D.
Author_Institution
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Volume
3
Issue
2
fYear
2004
Firstpage
15
Lastpage
21
Abstract
Pervasive activity monitoring in a skilled-nursing facility helps capture a continuous audio and video record. The CareMedia project analyzes this video information by automatically tracking people, helping to efficiently label individuals, and characterizing selected activities and actions.
Keywords
audio-visual systems; geriatrics; health care; optical tracking; patient monitoring; ubiquitous computing; video signal processing; CareMedia project; automated nursing home observation analysis; automatic people tracking; continuous audio record; continuous video record; individual labeling; pervasive activity monitoring; Aging; Back; Information analysis; Information technology; Medical services; Medical treatment; Personnel; Psychology; Technology planning; Time factors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1268
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPRV.2004.1316813
Filename
1316813
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