Title :
Design and implementation of the Vital Sign Box for home healthcare
Author :
Mori, Yasuhiro ; Yamauchi, Masaki ; Kaneko, Kastuyulu
Author_Institution :
Multimedia Dev. Centre, Matsushita Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Japan
Abstract :
The present PC technology is at the necessary and sufficient level for telecommunication based home healthcare service. We developed a PC based terminal (Vital Sign Box, VSB) and field tested it. As a result, we found that lighter and lower VSBs that could configure flexibly were required. To solve these problems, we shifted the hardware platform to an embedded PC (WindowsCE machine) and implemented a novel data input interface by using a character recognition technique. The resources of the embedded PC are smaller than PCs, but we found that embedded PC based VSB capabilities were sufficient. Also the character recognition data input interface separates the sensor interface from the hardware platform of VSBs. In the future, we will be able to see different forms of VSBs such as software VSB point-tool, by using the presented data input interface
Keywords :
ISDN; biomedical equipment; embedded systems; health care; microcomputer applications; patient monitoring; telecommunication terminals; telemedicine; user interfaces; PC based terminal; PC technology; VSB capabilities; Vital Sign Box; WindowsCE machine; character recognition technique; data input interface; embedded PC; hardware platform; home healthcare; sensor interface; software VSB point-tool; telecommunication based home healthcare service; Aging; Character recognition; Costs; Hardware; Hospitals; Magnetooptic recording; Medical services; Multimedia systems; Personal communication networks; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 IEEE EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6449-X
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2000.892358