Accelerometer-based body sensing for healthy aging

Author

Lin, Wen-Yen ; Chou, Wen-Cheng ; Lee, Ming-Yih ; Lei, Kin Fong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chang Gung Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan

fYear

2012

fDate

10-11 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Accelerometers have been widely used for inertial sensing and applied on various medical applications. Recently, accelerometers are miniaturized using micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology that can be easily integrated into various body sensing system and it makes sensing of acceleration becomes simple and low cost. In this paper, we present an introductory discussion on the medical applications using accelerometer-based body sensing; introduce our patent-pending tilting angle identification algorithm; and our research goals and current status of accelerometer-based body sensing for healthy aging in Chang Gung University.

Keywords

accelerometers; ageing; biomedical engineering; body sensor networks; microsensors; Chang Gung University; MEMS technology; accelerometer-based body sensing; healthy aging; inertial sensing; medical application; microelectromechanical system technology; patent-pending tilting angle identification algorithm; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Aging; Educational institutions; Monitoring; Sensors; Vectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Speed Intelligent Communication Forum (HSIC), 2012 4th International

Conference_Location

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0678-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0676-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HSIC.2012.6212995

Filename

6212995