Title :
A Health Smart Home System to Report Incidents for Disabled People
Author :
Freitas, Diulie J. ; Marcondes, Tiago B. ; Nakamura, Luis H. V. ; Meneguette, Rodolfo I.
Author_Institution :
Fed. Inst. of Sao Paulo (IFSP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
Health Smart Home (HSH) provides health care services for people with special needs and wish to be independent and remain in their own home. The residence is equipped with automatic devices and a range of sensors to ensure the safety of the patients at home and the supervision of their health status. These Health Smart Homes have been increasingly studied not only by the academic community but also by industry on account of the great potential it has, especially in applications that can help people with some type of physical disability such as visual or hearing impairment. We implemented a system witch monitors rooms and issues a warning whenever it detects a potential hazard. Our proposal relies on low-cost cutting-edge technology.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; health care; home automation; HSH; academic community; automatic devices; disabled people; health care services; health smart home system; hearing impairment; low-cost cutting-edge technology; patient safety; sensor; visual impairment; Computers; Indexes; Monitoring; Smart homes; Web services; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Health Smart Home; Smart Home; sensors network;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fortaleza
DOI :
10.1109/DCOSS.2015.28