Title :
IST Vivago® - an intelligent social and remote wellness monitoring system for the elderly
Author :
Särelä, A. ; Korhonen, I. ; Lötjönen, J. ; Sola, M. ; Myllymäki, M.
Author_Institution :
IST Int. Security Technol. Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Abstract :
Increasing life expectancy accompanied with decreasing dependency ratio in developed countries calls for new solutions to support independent living of the elderly. IST Vivago® is a novel intelligent social alarm system also providing continuous remote monitoring of the user´s activity level. The system is based on wireless sensing technology, telecommunications, and intelligent signal processing. In this paper we describe the system and provide application examples of the system.
Keywords :
alarm systems; intelligent sensors; medical expert systems; medical signal processing; patient care; patient monitoring; sleep; telemedicine; continuous remote monitoring; dependency ratio; elderly; independent living; intelligent signal processing; intelligent social alarm system; intelligent social remote wellness monitoring system; life expectancy; telecommunications; user´s activity level; wireless sensing technology; Alarm systems; Base stations; Force measurement; Intelligent systems; Medical services; Remote monitoring; Security; Senior citizens; Sleep; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2003. 4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7667-6
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2003.1222554
