• DocumentCode
    2961220
  • Title

    Towards the Development of a Cognitive Sensors Network Based Home for Elder Care

  • Author

    Gaddam, Anuroop ; Mukhopadhyay, Subhas Chandra ; Gupta, G.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Adv. Technol., Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    20-25 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    484
  • Lastpage
    491
  • Abstract
    Due to better lifestyle than before people live longer now. There is a steady increase in number of elderly people around the world and it is expected that the situation is not going to change in future. A smart home monitoring system based on intelligent wireless sensors network has been developed to provide a safe, sound and secured living environment to the elderly people, especially living alone at home. The system consists of optimum number of cognitive wireless sensors that includes current, bed, panic button and water flow sensors has been presented. The cognitive sensors provide information that can be used for monitoring elderly by detecting abnormality pattern in their active daily life. The system will generate early warning message to care giver, when an unforeseen abnormal condition occurs. It will also, analyze the gathered data to determine resident´s behavior.
  • Keywords
    alarm systems; cognitive radio; wireless sensor networks; cognitive sensors network; cognitive wireless sensors; early warning message; elder care; optimum number; smart home monitoring system; wireless sensors network; Home appliances; Intelligent sensors; Monitoring; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks; Eldercare; abnormal behavior; abnormality detection; cognitive sensor; intelligent sensor; warning message; wireless sensor and network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), 2010 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Valencia
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8021-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-7695-4182-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICWMC.2010.93
  • Filename
    5628705