Ambient health monitoring: the smartphone as a body sensor network component
Date
2013
Authors
Pascu, T.
White, M.
Beloff, N.
Patoli, Z.
Barker, L.
Editors
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Type:
Journal article
Citation
InImpact: the journal of innovation impact, 2013; 6(1):62-65
Statement of Responsibility
Conference Name
Abstract
Inertial measurement units used in commercial body sensor networks (e.g. animation suits) are inefficient, difficult to use and expensive when adapted for movement science applications concerning medical and sports science. However, due to advances in micro-electro mechanical sensors, these inertial sensors have become ubiquitous in mobile computing technologies such as smartphones. Smartphones generally use inertial sensors to enhance the interface usability. This paper investigates the use of a smartphone’s inertial sensing capability as a component in body sensor networks. It discusses several topics centered on inertial sensing: body sensor networks, smartphone networks and a prototype framework for integrating these and other heterogeneous devices. The proposed solution is a smartphone application that gathers, processes and filters sensor data for the purpose of tracking physical activity. All networking functionality is achieved by Skeletrix, a framework for gathering and organizing motion data in online repositories that are conveniently accessible to researchers, healthcare professionals and medical care workers.
School/Discipline
Dissertation Note
Provenance
Description
Access Status
Rights
Copyright 2013 Future Technology Press and the authors