Title :
Level of activity, night and day alternation, and well being measured in a smart hospital suite
Author :
Noury, N. ; Hadidi, T. ; Laila, M. ; Fleury, A. ; Villemazet, C. ; Rialle, V. ; Franco, A.
Author_Institution :
TIMC-IMAG Laboratory, University of Grenoble, France
Abstract :
The present paper reports a study on the daily activity of elderly people in a hospital suite, with presence infrared sensors. It is an attempt to produce parameters and indicators for the predictive analysis of the daily activity of fragile persons. A relationship is proposed between well being of the patient and the night and day activities alternation.
Keywords :
Event detection; Face detection; Geriatrics; Hospitals; Infrared sensors; Intelligent sensors; Large-scale systems; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Smart homes; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Algorithms; Facility Design and Construction; Female; Homes for the Aged; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Night Care; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Quality of Life; Safety Management; Software; Telemedicine; Video Recording;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649917
