Assistive Technology for the Elderly

Assistive Technology for the Elderly addresses the intricacies involved in the design and development of assisted technologies for the elderly, covering smart systems such as magnifying book contents, speaking electronic devices, alarms for doors and windows, smart alert bands, panic buttons, medication dispensers and reminders, Wander Gard, physiological parameters monitoring systems and smart home monitoring systems. This book is aimed at those who are responsible for designing assistive technology intended to be used by the elderly. It lays out the technology that is already available and covers user needs and state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies. Focuses on practical devices and technology for engineers Offers deep coverage of sensor based assistive technologies that are elderly for people with dementia, physical disabilities and people living aloneCovers assistive technology ecosystems and offers case studies for practical application INDICE: 1. Access control for IoT-Enabled Assistive Technologies: Challenges and Recommendations 2. An Efficient Ambient Intelligent Assisted People Searching for IoT-based Healthcare System 3. Securing the elderly in cyberspace with fingerprints 4. Wearable solution for robust fall detection 5. Heart Sound Detection and Analysis in view of Assistive Technology for Elderly 6. Assistive Sensing Technology for the Elderly Health Monitoring 7. Assistive technology for garments: An all seasons' jacket 8. Edge Computing for Visitor Identification using Eigenfaces in an Assisted Living Environment 9. Electronic Assistance for Paralyzed Using Eye Blink Detection 10. Towards Unsupervised Multi-Resident Tracking in Ambient Assisted Living: Methods and Performance Metrics 11. Significance of Digital Microfluidics Techniques in Biomedical Devices for Healthcare

• ISBN: 978-0-12-818546-9
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés