A mobile phone-based safety and life support system for elderly people

2005 2nd IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 81-84

  Miyauchi, Kosuke ^a   Yonezawa, Yoshiharu ^a   Ogawa, Hidekuni ^a   Maki, Hiromichi ^b   Caldwell, W Morton ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b International Trinity College   (Japan)

^c Caldwell Biomedical Electronics   (United States)

Author keywords

Comatose state; Dual axis accelerometer; Elderly person; Elderly person's location; Fall; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

COMATOSE STATE; DUAL AXIS ACCELEROMETER; ELDERLY PERSON'S LOCATIONS; ELDERLY PERSONS; FALL; MOBILE PHONES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HEALTH CARE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SPEECH PROCESSING; TRANSCEIVERS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646778137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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