DocumentCode
149807
Title
A low power fall detection and activity monitoring system for nursing facilities and hospitals
Author
Schwarzmeier, Andre ; Weigel, Robert ; Fischer, Georg ; Kissinger, Dietmar
Author_Institution
Institute for Electronics Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Cauerstr. 9, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
fYear
2014
fDate
19-23 Jan. 2014
Firstpage
28
Lastpage
30
Abstract
This paper presents a fall detection and activity monitoring system comprised of a server software for data management, multiple UHF RFID readers and an energy efficient, small and lightweight semi-passive UHF RFID sensor tag. The system is able to gather activity and indoor localization data of several persons wearing just one sensor tag, making it particularly suitable for the use in nursing facilities or hospitals. The implemented fall detection alerts nursing staff in case of a detected fall and allows quick intervention in case of an emergency.
Keywords
Antennas; Hospitals; Microcontrollers; Monitoring; Radiofrequency identification; Software; Ambient Assisted Living (AAL); Semi active UHF RFID; localization; remote fall moni-toring;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS), 2014 IEEE Topical Conference on
Conference_Location
Newport Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-2298-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/BioWireleSS.2014.6827736
Filename
6827736
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