Title :
Indoor activity monitoring system for elderly using RFID and Fitbit Flex wristband
Author :
Tan-Hsu Tan ; Gochoo, Munkhjargal ; Ke-Hao Chen ; Jean, Fu-Rong ; Yung-Fu Chen ; Fu-Jin Shih ; Chiung Fang Ho
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
An indoor activity monitoring system for the elderly is proposed in this paper by using a Fitbit Flex wristband (FFW) and an active RFID. Two methods have been presented for identification of an activity place and a best accuracy of 98.89% has been achieved. The activity level of the elderly is evaluated via dissimilarity measurement by employing an activity density map. The presented system has the advantages of avoiding invasion of one´s privacy and monitoring the daily activity unobtrusively. Experimental results show the potential of the proposed system for practical application.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; body sensor networks; geriatrics; patient monitoring; radiofrequency identification; FFW; Fitbit Flex wristband; active RFID; activity density map; activity place identification; daily activity monitoring; dissimilarity measurement; elderly activity level; indoor activity monitoring system; practical application; Aging; Monitoring; Radiofrequency identification; Senior citizens; Servers; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Valencia
DOI :
10.1109/BHI.2014.6864299
