An approach to beacons-based location for AAL systems in broadband communication constrained scenarios

Elderly Perception on the Internet of Things-Based Integrated Smart-Home System

“…Thus, with the approval of elderly users, the sensor data can also be accessed by other entities through a web-based platform on any device. Subsequently, through this sensor-set's wearable BLE beacons [77], BLE receivers and its integrated accelerometers [76], the elderly user's ADL recognition can be acquired by analysis of the sensor's collected user's indoor location information [71][72][73][74] and activity recognition [69,70] (which are significantly closely associated to each other). The daily activities which can be recognized through sensor data include sitting, walking, sleeping, watching TV, cooking, bathroom usage, and etc.…”

“…Recognizing the activity of daily living (ADL) is essential for caretakers to effectively manage their daily lives and detect health problems [ 48 ]. Thus, in previous studies, sensor-recognizing activities [ 69 , 70 ] and estimating indoor locations [ 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 ] were employed. Ni et al [ 75 ] used depth cameras and analyzed video data using a vision-based activity recognition technique for the recognition of daily activities in the elderly.…”

Ambient Assisted Living: A Review of Technologies, Methodologies and Future Perspectives for Healthy Aging of Population

“…An additional technology that has undergone significant developments over the last two decades is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, which has paved the way to Bluetooth Smart for wearable devices, which has also solved the limitations related to low broadband connectivity in some particular environments. This technology has been considered for healthcare applications, such as daily physical activity monitoring, health monitoring in cardiac patients, intelligent stethoscope development, emotional level diagnosis [48], falls, and location of elderly people [49]. When multiple areas of an environment are equipped with BLE scanners and BLE beacons are attached to home residents, the system records residents' activities, which helps to localize and track them [50], detect risky areas, and to prevent injuries and dangerous events without intruding on personal privacy [51].…”