A microcomputer-based life-safety monitoring system for elderly people

Author

Maki, H. ; Yonezawa, Yoshiyuki ; Ogawa, Hiroyo ; Ninomiya, Ishio ; Sada, Koiiji ; Hamada, Shingo

Author_Institution

Int. Trinity Coll., Hiroshima, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3970

Abstract

A new safety and life support system has been developed for monitoring health conditions and daily living activities of solitary elderly people. The system employs a piezoelectric sensor, two low-power active filters, a low-power 8-bit single chip microcomputer (SCM) and a 315 MHz radio transmitter. The body movements produced by respiration, heartbeat, sleep/rest motions, walking and running are detected by the piezoelectric sensor, and the recorded motion signals are inputted to the SMC. If the patient is inactive for 64 minutes, then the SMC detects this emergency situation and informs the patient´s family, a fire station or a hospital via telephone. The system is powered by a small 3V lithium battery, which provides 14 days of continuous operation.

Keywords

biomechanics; computerised monitoring; geriatrics; microcomputer applications; patient monitoring; piezoelectric transducers; sleep; telemedicine; 14 day; 3 V; 315 MHz; 64 min; Li; body movement; daily living activities; elderly people; fire station; health conditions monitoring; heartbeat; low-power 8-bit single chip microcomputer; low-power active filters; microcomputer-based life-safety monitoring system; piezoelectric sensor; radio transmitter; respiration; rest motions; running; sleep motions; solitary elderly people; walking; Active filters; Condition monitoring; Health and safety; Heart beat; Microcomputers; Radio transmitters; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Sleep; Sliding mode control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019713

Filename

1019713