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Selection of pointing device for elders
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono metodykę i sposób akwizycji oraz analizy danych dla doboru optymalnego urządzenia wskazującego, dostosowanego do osób starszych. Przedstawiono wyniki próbnych testów na dwóch grupach - docelowej i referencyjnej oraz skomentowano wyniki.
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Gaze pattern lock for elders and disabled
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Pointing device for elders with low cost and mixed manual-gaze control interface
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono projekt interfejsu pozwalającego na zastąpienie standardowej myszki komputerowej sterowaniem wzrokowym, z nieznacznym manualnym wspomaganiem. Manualne wspomaganie ma na celu korekcję współrzędnych kursora.
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Methodology for assessing end-user requirements in the Ella4Life project: elders’ perspectives about self-monitoring
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to explore elders’ perspectives about self-monitoring and using specially developed sensor technology for measuring health indicators. The qualitative research method is focus-groups with guidelines that were designed for understanding elder’s requirements about monitoring health indicators. We present them two devices: the first sensor is a device for monitoring of cardiac action potential fixed into...
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Side Effects of National Immunization Program: E-Governance Support Toward Elders' Digital Inclusion
PublicationIn response to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union (EU) governments develop policies to regulate exclusive health protection actions that consider societal needs with the emphasis on elders. Given that the EU vaccination strategy uses a centralized ICT-based approach, there is little guidance on how seniors are included in national immunization programs (NIP). In this paper, we addressed a knowledge gap of the side effects...
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A Novel Device and System for Fall Detection Under the Shower
PublicationIn this paper, device construction and preliminary results for shower safety assistance are presented. The device allows monitoring of shower-taking persons without violating privacy and intimacy, while it has the ability to detect a persons entering and leaving the shower and detecting fall conditions. It allows better supervision of elders living independently at their locations.
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DETECTION OF BREATHING AND HEART RATE USING AN ECG SIGNAL MEASURED WHILE BATHING IN THE BATHTUB
PublicationNowadays a new area of interest is gaining importance - it is home biomedical examination. Intelligent home can be supported by set of devices for habitants observation. It can be particularly useful for elders or person with some health risks but living alone. One of critical locations within the house is bathroom. One of utilities in the bathroom is a bathtub which is sometimes preferred over shower. There are reports of problems...
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Detection of person presence and its activity in the bathtub
PublicationA practical application of a bioimpedance technique for a detection of a bathing person is presented in the paper. It addresses the possibility of supervising people in the bathtub without voiding of their intimacy. The measurement system installed in a fiber-glass or a plastic bathtub is able to detect a presence of the bathing person, to estimate its activity and thus to detect potentially dangerous events. In the paper a principle...