eWatch: a wearable sensor and notification platform

Author

Maurer, Uwe ; Rowe, Anthony ; Smailagic, Asim ; Siewiorek, Daniel P.

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Tech. Univ. Munchen

fYear

2006

fDate

3-5 April 2006

Lastpage

145

Abstract

The eWatch is a wearable sensing, notification, and computing platform built into a wrist watch form factor making it highly available, instantly viewable, ideally located for sensors, and unobtrusive to users. Bluetooth communication provides a wireless link to a cellular phone or stationary computer. eWatch senses light, motion, audio, and temperature and provides visual, audio, and tactile notification. The system provides ample processing capabilities with multiple day battery life enabling realistic user studies. This paper provides the motivation for developing a wearable computing platform, a description of the power aware hardware and software architectures, and results showing how online nearest neighbor classification can identify and recognize a set of frequently visited locations

Keywords

Bluetooth; biomedical equipment; electric sensing devices; patient monitoring; watches; wearable computers; Bluetooth communication; eWatch platform; notification platform; online nearest neighbor classification; power aware hardware; software architecture; wearable computing platform; wearable sensors; wireless links; wrist watch form factor; Batteries; Bluetooth; Cellular phones; Temperature sensors; Watches; Wearable computers; Wearable sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Wrist;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006. BSN 2006. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2547-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BSN.2006.24

Filename

1612916