Measurement of human behavior in a daily life based on the understanding of biological rhythm

Author

Hagiwara, H. ; Nakano, T. ; Yoshida, K. ; Fukuyori, K. ; Michimori, A. ; Koyama, E.

Author_Institution

Matsushita Electr. Works, Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

5-7 Aug. 2002

Firstpage

789

Abstract

We concentrate on the rhythms of daily life that are basic for the safety and health of elderly people, and develop a measurement evaluation technology. In this report, we introduce a technology that measures body movement in bed by using an infrared sensor system to evaluate the quality of sleep. In addition, we classify daily life behavior from the viewpoint of QOL (quality of life) into about 15 kinds of body activities, and provide standard behavior for each body activity. We introduce technology that measures body activity in daily life by using acceleration sensors.

Keywords

accelerometers; biocontrol; biomechanics; biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; biomedical transducers; geriatrics; health care; infrared imaging; sleep; acceleration sensors; biological rhythm; body activities; body movement; daily life; elderly people; human behavior; infrared sensor system; measurement evaluation technology; quality of life; quality of sleep; rest-activity pattern evaluation; sleep disorder; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Anthropometry; Health and safety; Humans; Infrared sensors; Motion measurement; Rhythm; Senior citizens; Sleep;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SICE 2002. Proceedings of the 41st SICE Annual Conference

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7631-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICE.2002.1195257

Filename

1195257