• DocumentCode
    2017206
  • Title

    RFID detection of human body movements

  • Author

    Occhiuzzi, C. ; Marrocco, G.

  • Author_Institution
    DISP, Univ. of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    Sept. 29 2009-Oct. 1 2009
  • Abstract
    This contribution investigates the feasibility of the passive UHF RFID technology for the monitoring of human body movements in some common sleep disorders by means of passive tags equipped with inertial switches. Electromagnetic and mechanical models as well as preliminary experimentations are introduced to analyze all the significant issues.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; UHF detectors; biomechanics; biomedical measurement; diseases; motion measurement; patient monitoring; radiofrequency identification; sleep; RFID detection; UHF RFID technology; electromagnetic models; human body movements; inertial switches; mechanical models; passive tags; sleep disorders; wearable antenna; wireless monitoring; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Circuits; Electromagnetic modeling; Humans; Impedance; Monitoring; Radiofrequency identification; Switches; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2009. EuMC 2009. European
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4748-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5296124