Wearable Sensors for Human Activity Monitoring: A Review

Author

Mukhopadhyay, S.C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Adv. Technol., Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand

Volume

15

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Mar-15

Firstpage

1321

Lastpage

1330

Abstract

An increase in world population along with a significant aging portion is forcing rapid rises in healthcare costs. The healthcare system is going through a transformation in which continuous monitoring of inhabitants is possible even without hospitalization. The advancement of sensing technologies, embedded systems, wireless communication technologies, nano technologies, and miniaturization makes it possible to develop smart systems to monitor activities of human beings continuously. Wearable sensors detect abnormal and/or unforeseen situations by monitoring physiological parameters along with other symptoms. Therefore, necessary help can be provided in times of dire need. This paper reviews the latest reported systems on activity monitoring of humans based on wearable sensors and issues to be addressed to tackle the challenges.

Keywords

biomedical transducers; health care; intelligent sensors; nanosensors; wireless sensor networks; embedded system; healthcare cost system; hospitalization; human activity monitoring; nanotechnology; physiological parameter monitoring; smart system; wearable sensor; wireless communication technology; Biomedical monitoring; Monitoring; Temperature measurement; Wearable sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; activity monitoring; assisted living; body area networks; body sensor networks; physiological parameters monitoring; sensor networks; smart home; smart sensors; wearable sensors; wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2014.2370945

Filename

6974987