A System for Ubiquitous Health Monitoring in the Bedroom via a Bluetooth Network and Wireless LAN

Author

Choi, J.M. ; Choi, B.H. ; Seo, J.W. ; Sohn, R.H. ; Ryu, M.S. ; Yi, W. ; Park, K.S.

Author_Institution

Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

1-5 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

3362

Lastpage

3365

Abstract

Advances in information technology have enabled ubiquitous health monitoring at home, which is particularly useful for patients, who have to live alone. We have focused on the automatic and unobtrusive measurement of biomedical signals and activities of patients. We have constructed wireless communication networks in order to transfer data. The networks consist of Bluetooth and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). In this paper, we present the concept of a ubiquitous-Bedroom (u-Bedroom) which is a part of a ubiquitous-House (u-House) and we present our systems for ubiquitous health monitoring.

Keywords

ubiquitous health monitoring; unobtrusive measurement; wireless communication network; Biomedical electrodes; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Bluetooth; Conductivity measurement; Electrocardiography; Intelligent networks; Magnetic sensors; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8439-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403944

Filename

1403944