A cloud based Bluetooth Low Energy tracking system for dementia patients

Author

Yaw-Jen Lin ; Heng-Shuen Chen ; Mei-Ju Su

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage. Inf. Syst., Central Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taichung, Taiwan

fYear

2015

fDate

20-22 Jan. 2015

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

89

Abstract

Location based services of trackers can keep dementia patients safe, but traditional GPS tracker or smartphone based solution device need to be removed for recharging or when taking bath. A water-proof Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tag with a CR2302 battery can be used over a year so that it can be worn all the time. By combining BLE technology, smartphones and cloud services provided by Google, we can build a practical location and tracking system with minimal cost.

Keywords

Bluetooth; Global Positioning System; cloud computing; low-power electronics; medical disorders; smart phones; telemedicine; BLE tag; BLE technology; CR2302 battery; Google; cloud based Bluetooth low energy tracking system; cloud services; dementia patients safety; location based services; location system; smartphones; water-proof Bluetooth low energy tag; Batteries; Bluetooth; Cloud computing; Dementia; Educational institutions; Google; Mobile computing; Bluetooth Low Energy; Cloud Services; Location Based Service; Tracker;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking (ICMU), 2015 Eighth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hakodate

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMU.2015.7061043

Filename

7061043