作者: Kenneth Feng Shinozuka
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关键词: Pressure sensor 、 Real-time computing 、 Computer hardware 、 Smart phone 、 Body weight 、 Microcontroller 、 Engineering
摘要: This invention is a method and apparatus for low-cost detection alerting of bed-departure, which causes significant stress to caretakers patients who often wander out bed as result their dementia, Alzheimer's, or other medical conditions. The comprises sock embedded with pressure sensor battery-powered microcontroller unit radio frequency module. Once the user wanders steps onto floor, on will immediately detect caused by his her body weight wirelessly trigger an audible sound at caretaker's monitoring unit, can be smart phone PC. packaged in one assembly mounted ordinary sock, slipper, shoe. also accurately counts measures time interval between them.