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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/BioWireleSS.2014.6827736
