Title :
Integrating a Bed Sensor in a Smart Home Monitoring System
Author :
Gaddam, A. ; Mukhopadhyay, S.C. ; Gupta, G.S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Massey Univ., Palmerston North
Abstract :
The research and development work for a wireless sensors based home monitoring system, especially for old, ill or infirm people, has been reported earlier. The system is based on sensors which detect the usage pattern of electrical appliances, whether they are on or off and at what time of the day or night they are switched. To increase the versatility of the system, several more sensors of different types can be incorporated. In this paper we report the development and integration of a bed-sensor in the existing selective activity monitoring (SAM) system. The sensor can detect when a person is sleeping on the bed.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; geriatrics; home automation; intelligent sensors; medical computing; patient monitoring; wireless sensor networks; SAM system; bed sensor integration; electrical appliances; research and development; selective activity monitoring; smart home monitoring system; wireless sensor; Aging; Computerized monitoring; Intelligent sensors; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Smart homes; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Bed sensor; force sensor; home monitoring; wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2008. IMTC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1540-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1091-5281
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547090
