Authors:
Akio Sashima
;
Mitsuru Kawamoto
and
Koichi Kurumatani
Affiliation:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Keyword(s):
Telecare System, Wireless Bio-sensor, Wristwatch-type Device, Smart Watch, Peer-to-peer, Tactile Interface.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Signal Processing
;
Devices
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Health Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Mobile Technologies
;
Mobile Technologies for Healthcare Applications
;
Neural Rehabilitation
;
Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
;
Pervasive Health Systems and Services
;
Physiological Computing Systems
;
Software Engineering
;
Wearable Sensors and Systems
Abstract:
In this paper, we propose a prototype of telecare system by using wristwatch-type devices, so called smart
watches. In the prototype system, the smart watch receives physiological data of a user, such as heart beats
and body movements, by communicating with a wireless bio-sensor worn by the user. The smart watch sends
the physiological data to the other users’ smart watches connected to the Internet. The sensed data are shared
among family members in a peer-to-peer manner so as to remotely monitor the physical health status of the
other members. We have designed a user interface which visually shows the remote user’s current body posture
and enables the others to tactilely feel his/her heart beats. We describe the overview of this prototype system
and its user interface implemented with the smart watches. We show experimental results of communication
performances of the system.