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People suffering from dementia or loss of brain cognitive ability due to aging can make a judgmental error and therefore have to be constantly monitored. In this paper we present a smart-carpet that employs sensing technology to automatically and unobtrusively monitor a person, detect fall and alert the caregiver by his phone or PC. In contrast to existing solutions our design is effective yet inexpensive, easy to install and maintain. We discuss the proposed design, present its prototype implementation and results of empirical evaluation.
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Tanaka, O., Ryu, T., Hayashida, A., Moshnyaga, V.G., Hashimoto, K. (2015). A Smart Carpet Design for Monitoring People with Dementia. In: Selvaraj, H., Zydek, D., Chmaj, G. (eds) Progress in Systems Engineering. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 366. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08422-0_92
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