DocumentCode :
3083421
Title :
Daily activity recognition system for the elderly using pressure sensors
Author :
Lim, Joon-Ho ; Jang, Hyunchul ; Jang, Jaewon ; Park, Soo-Jun
Author_Institution :
Lifeinformatics Team, Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, 161 Gajeong-Dong, Yuseon-Gu, Daejeon, 305-700, Korea
fYear :
2008
fDate :
20-25 Aug. 2008
Firstpage :
5188
Lastpage :
5191
Abstract :
As transformed to aging society rapidly, the number of old persons who live alone is drastically increased. Because these old people may have disorder of bodily function, and be suffering from geriatric disease, needs of a health assistance system to make them healthier are strongly increased. In this paper, we propose a daily activity recognition system for an old person using pressure sensors. The target daily activities are MEAL, SLEEP, EXCRETION, GO-OUT, and REST. The proposed system installs pressure sensors to furniture and floors in home, and recognizes daily activities based on the object usage information. By using the proposed system, we can provide a warning sign for unhealthy cases such as skipping meals. And, the families who live in remote place can check that their parent takes a healthy daily living.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Aging; Diabetes; Diseases; Geriatrics; Privacy; Radiofrequency identification; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Sleep; Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Humans; Male; Manometry; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Motor Activity; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Transducers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
ISSN :
1557-170X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650383
Filename :
4650383
Link To Document :
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