An electrostatic capacitive floor sensor system for human position monitoring in a living space

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1127-1142

  Fukui, Rui ^a   Mori, Taketoshi ^a   Sato, Tomomasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

ambient intelligence; electrostatic capacitive sensor; human position monitoring; intelligent environment; sensor network

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; FILTERING PROCESS; FLOOR SENSORS; HUMAN MONITORING; INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENT; MAINTENANCE FREE; POSITION MONITORING; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; SENSOR SYSTEMS;

ELECTROSTATICS; FLOORS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

EID: 84865694921     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2012.686346     Document Type: Article

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