Limitations of the Use of Mobile Devices and Smart Environments for the Monitoring of Ageing People

Ivan Miguel Pires, Nuno M. Garcia, Nuno Pombo, Francisco Flórez-Revuelta

2018

Abstract

The monitoring of the daily life of ageing people is a research topic widely explored by several authors, which they presented different points of view. The different research studies related to this topic have been performed with mobile devices and smart environments, combining the use of several sensors and techniques in order to handle the recognition of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) that may be used to monitor the lifestyle and improve the life's quality of the ageing people. However, the use of the mobile devices has several limitations, including the low power processing and the battery life. This paper presents some different points of view about the limitations, combining them with a research about use of a mobile application for the recognition of activities. At the end, we conclude that the use of lightweight methods with local processing in mobile devices is the best method to the recognition of the ADL of ageing people in order to present a fast feedback about their lifestyle. Finally, for the recognition of the activities in a restricted space with constant network connection, the use of smart environments is more reliable than the use of mobile devices.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pires I., Garcia N., Pombo N. and Flórez-Revuelta F. (2018). Limitations of the Use of Mobile Devices and Smart Environments for the Monitoring of Ageing People.In - HSP, ISBN , pages 0-0. DOI: 10.5220/0006817802690275

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hsp18,
author={Ivan Miguel Pires and Nuno M. Garcia and Nuno Pombo and Francisco Flórez-Revuelta},
title={Limitations of the Use of Mobile Devices and Smart Environments for the Monitoring of Ageing People},
booktitle={ - HSP,},
year={2018},
pages={},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006817802690275},
isbn={},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - - HSP,
TI - Limitations of the Use of Mobile Devices and Smart Environments for the Monitoring of Ageing People
SN -
AU - Pires I.
AU - Garcia N.
AU - Pombo N.
AU - Flórez-Revuelta F.
PY - 2018
SP - 0
EP - 0
DO - 10.5220/0006817802690275