Title :
eWatch: a wearable sensor and notification platform
Author :
Maurer, Uwe ; Rowe, Anthony ; Smailagic, Asim ; Siewiorek, Daniel P.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Tech. Univ. Munchen
Abstract :
The eWatch is a wearable sensing, notification, and computing platform built into a wrist watch form factor making it highly available, instantly viewable, ideally located for sensors, and unobtrusive to users. Bluetooth communication provides a wireless link to a cellular phone or stationary computer. eWatch senses light, motion, audio, and temperature and provides visual, audio, and tactile notification. The system provides ample processing capabilities with multiple day battery life enabling realistic user studies. This paper provides the motivation for developing a wearable computing platform, a description of the power aware hardware and software architectures, and results showing how online nearest neighbor classification can identify and recognize a set of frequently visited locations
Keywords :
Bluetooth; biomedical equipment; electric sensing devices; patient monitoring; watches; wearable computers; Bluetooth communication; eWatch platform; notification platform; online nearest neighbor classification; power aware hardware; software architecture; wearable computing platform; wearable sensors; wireless links; wrist watch form factor; Batteries; Bluetooth; Cellular phones; Temperature sensors; Watches; Wearable computers; Wearable sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006. BSN 2006. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2547-4
DOI :
10.1109/BSN.2006.24
