An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique

With the continual increase of senior citizens more resources are required for providing care centers services. The quality of such services can be enhanced by remotely monitoring senior citizens living independently in their homes. The monitoring can be performed using various types of sensors, but...

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Main Authors:	Arshad, Atika, Khan, Sheroz, Alam, A.H.M Zahirul, Tasnim, Rumana, Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Ahmad, Robiah, Nataraj, Chandrasekharan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016
Subjects:	QC Physics TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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spelling	iium-587272019-01-25T02:51:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58727/ An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique Arshad, Atika Khan, Sheroz Alam, A.H.M Zahirul Tasnim, Rumana Gunawan, Teddy Surya Ahmad, Robiah Nataraj, Chandrasekharan QC Physics TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering With the continual increase of senior citizens more resources are required for providing care centers services. The quality of such services can be enhanced by remotely monitoring senior citizens living independently in their homes. The monitoring can be performed using various types of sensors, but the solution presented in this paper is simple, cost effective as well as easy to implement compared to most of the existing systems. The proposed system uses capacitive based sensor to monitor the daily activities of an elderly living alone. The monitoring system works on the principle of measuring the disturbance in the electromagnetic field when a human body approaches the sensor. This proposed sensor is fundamentally based on electric field sensing using sensors are in the form of thin planar electrodes. The Arduino-based board in combination with CapSense library acquires the sensed data. The detection system is embedded on the care-center floor surface, making the system to be non-intrusive as well as maintaining the privacy of the user. The data so obtained is perceived as information on a PC, which can be used in generating an automatic alarm system. A notification can be sent to the cell phones of the caregivers for assistance. The important thing in the alarms is that no user input is required from the person under monitoring and no devices need to be worn. A prototype sensor is described in detail and preliminary results are presented based on simulation and experimental procedure. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016-07-22 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58727/1/58727_An%20activity%20monitoring%20system_complete.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58727/2/58727_An%20activity%20monitoring%20system_scopus.pdf Arshad, Atika and Khan, Sheroz and Alam, A.H.M Zahirul and Tasnim, Rumana and Gunawan, Teddy Surya and Ahmad, Robiah and Nataraj, Chandrasekharan (2016) An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique. In: Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 23-26 May 2016, Taipei International Convention CenterTaipei; Taiwan. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7520405 10.1109/I2MTC.2016.7520405
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spellingShingle	QC Physics TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Arshad, Atika Khan, Sheroz Alam, A.H.M Zahirul Tasnim, Rumana Gunawan, Teddy Surya Ahmad, Robiah Nataraj, Chandrasekharan An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique
description	With the continual increase of senior citizens more resources are required for providing care centers services. The quality of such services can be enhanced by remotely monitoring senior citizens living independently in their homes. The monitoring can be performed using various types of sensors, but the solution presented in this paper is simple, cost effective as well as easy to implement compared to most of the existing systems. The proposed system uses capacitive based sensor to monitor the daily activities of an elderly living alone. The monitoring system works on the principle of measuring the disturbance in the electromagnetic field when a human body approaches the sensor. This proposed sensor is fundamentally based on electric field sensing using sensors are in the form of thin planar electrodes. The Arduino-based board in combination with CapSense library acquires the sensed data. The detection system is embedded on the care-center floor surface, making the system to be non-intrusive as well as maintaining the privacy of the user. The data so obtained is perceived as information on a PC, which can be used in generating an automatic alarm system. A notification can be sent to the cell phones of the caregivers for assistance. The important thing in the alarms is that no user input is required from the person under monitoring and no devices need to be worn. A prototype sensor is described in detail and preliminary results are presented based on simulation and experimental procedure.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Arshad, Atika Khan, Sheroz Alam, A.H.M Zahirul Tasnim, Rumana Gunawan, Teddy Surya Ahmad, Robiah Nataraj, Chandrasekharan
author_facet	Arshad, Atika Khan, Sheroz Alam, A.H.M Zahirul Tasnim, Rumana Gunawan, Teddy Surya Ahmad, Robiah Nataraj, Chandrasekharan
author_sort	Arshad, Atika
title	An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique
title_short	An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique
title_full	An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique
title_fullStr	An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique
title_full_unstemmed	An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique
title_sort	activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique
publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
publishDate	2016
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An activity monitoring system for senior citizens living independently using capacitive sensing technique

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