Title :
Smart collaborative system using the sensors of mobile devices for monitoring disabled and elderly people
Author :
Sendra, Sandra ; Granell, Emilio ; Lloret, Jaime ; Rodrigues, Joel J P C
Author_Institution :
Integrated Manage. Coastal Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Grao de Gandia, Spain
Abstract :
According to statistics data, the population of many countries is aging. Moreover, there is also a small sector of the population that is affected by disabilities. Researchers should develop systems to improve their quality of life. In recent years, the development of smartphones and reduced size devices, but with high processing capacity, has increased dramatically. We can take profit of the sensors and applications embedded in the smartphones in order to monitor disabled and elderly people. In this paper, we describe a smart collaborative system based on the sensors placed in the mobile devices, which allow us to monitor the status of a person based on what is happening in the group people. The network algorithm and the smart system protocol is described and simulated in order to show the performance of our proposal.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; intelligent sensors; mobile radio; disabled and elderly people monitoring; mobile devices; quality of life; reduced size devices; sensors; smart collaborative system; statistics data; Collaboration; Intelligent sensors; Mobile handsets; Monitoring; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Smart network; colaborative algorithm; disabled people; elderly people; sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2052-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-3607
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2012.6364935