Intelligent systems for wellbeing monitoring

An intelligent monitoring and analysis system that plays the central role in the trial of a telecare environment is described. The system continuously monitors the wellbeing of people with care needs while living at home. In order to achieve this, a sensor network is set up around the monitored person using off-the-shelf devices. The sensors can be fixed inside the home or they can be mobile and are worn by the person. The sensors form art activity-related logical network that allows plug-and-play insertion and removal of sensors at any time. The system is responsible for supervising the sensor network, and for analysing sensor data in order to detect subtle changes in the ability of humans to carry out their daily living activities, and to relate these to specific aspects of their wellbeing status. Fuzzy reasoning is one of the data analysis techniques employed by the system because of its suitability to handle imprecise knowledge.