Design, Integration and Characterization of a Tracking Patch: Application to Elderly Monitoring

Bouchta Hajjine (1) , Christophe Escriba (1) , Daniel Medale (2) , Jean-Yves Fourniols (1, 3)

1 LAAS-S4M - Équipe Instrumentation embarquée et systèmes de surveillance intelligents
2 LAAS-I2C - Service Instrumentation Conception Caractérisation
3 INSA Toulouse - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse

According to the latest studies, the French population witnesses a high level of elderly. It follows from this phenomenon health troubles, fragility, and for some people suffering from cognitive problems, a daily need of monitoring and tracking in the fugues cases. It is in this context that comes our research program SACHA (Search and Computerize Human Acts). Our ambition is to develop an electronic patch able to trigger alarms, detect falls and provide geolocation service. Our studies were focused on the conception and the integration of different antennas and functionalities of this system in aim to ensure a good compromise “integration/performances”. Several prototypes have been tested and validated in a nursing home.

Mots clés: Monitoring; Tracking; Patch; Integration; Fugue; Falls; Alarm

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Electronique

Bouchta Hajjine, Christophe Escriba, Daniel Medale, Jean-Yves Fourniols. Design, Integration and Characterization of a Tracking Patch: Application to Elderly Monitoring. E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks, 2016, 05 (03), pp.57 - 74. ⟨10.4236/etsn.2016.53006⟩. ⟨hal-01693856⟩