A Remote Health Monitoring System For The Elderly Based On Smart Home Gateway

As the R–R interval of electrocardiogram represents the degree of mental stress as referred-to before, the microcomputer 55 sets the extent of vibration of vibratory transducers 201 based mostly on the R–R interval knowledge (S303). As might be obvious from column VI of the desk of FIG. 3, the controller 20 provides info concerning the body fat percentage, artery blood pressure and pulse fee, amount of train and R–R interval of cardiogram detected throughout previous measurement. In FIG. 42, there may be shown a straightforward chair sixteen which could also be suitably used in the networked health care system of the invention. The microcomputer 42 temporally shops the acquired stature knowledge in the reminiscence (S206) and sends a transmission begin command to the IFU 23 (S207) to trigger the IFU 23 to perform the info transmission routine S101-105 proven within the flowchart of FIG. 6 to transmit the stature data onto the coaxial cable 11 (S208).

Presetting of the bath room circumstances may be carried out, for instance, as proven in the flowchart of FIG. 32. Thus, consistently with the info received from the controller 20 and together with the physique fat content of the bather and the amount of train representing the amount of perspiration throughout exercise with the ergometer 15, the control items 163 and 164 of the boiler is operated in order to determine a proper bath temperature (S251), the mist spray system 165/166 is turned on (S252), the intensity of jet blow by the pump unit 152 is determined (S253), and the degree of aeration at the nozzle models 154 is set (S254). Function of the ergometer 15 might be described at the side of operation of the microcomputer forty eight thereof shown within the flowchart of FIG. 41. As the burden detector 180 senses the person (S281), the weight measurement and knowledge communication routine (S282) is carried out in a way just like the physique weight measurement routine (S151-157) described before with reference to FIG. 21. Thus, upon receipt of the detected physique weight knowledge from the ergometer 15, the controller 20 identifies the equipment and the individual (see S122-123 of FIG. 7) and looks up column VI of the table of FIG. 3 to furnish the ergometer 15 with the vital knowledge concerning the body fat content, artery blood stress and pulse fee, and basal body temperature of the actual individual.

The displacement measurement routine S234 is carried out as proven in more element within the flowchart of FIG. 33. Similar to the physique weight measurement routine described earlier than with reference to FIG. 21, the measurement routine S234 is intended to detect, because the people recognition parameter, the volumetric displacement of the body of the bather for transmission to the controller 20 and to receive therefrom obligatory data required for the measuring and management devices associated with the bath system 14. Referring to FIG. 33, the microcomputer forty five inputs analog alerts from the level sensor 170 (S261), converts the analog alerts to digital alerts (S262), calculates the common stage (S263) and temporally shops the ensuing information within the memory (S264). Because the mattress 13 doesn’t require transfer of information from the controller 20 as might be understood from column VI of the desk of FIG. 3, the controller 20 transmits only the appliances ID quantity and the individual’s ID quantity to the cable 11. The microcomputer forty two then shops in the reminiscence thereof the information obtained via the IFU 23 of the bed (S209). The load of train (S285) may be set based on the physique fat percentage as described before with reference to FIG. 40. The microcomputer forty eight then determines whether or not the pedal is cranked within five minutes from weight detection (S287) and, if not cranked, skips to S297 to clear memory and terminate the main routine.

Upon lapse of time, a sign to that extent is displayed on the LCD50 (S292) and the amount of exercise (i.e., load multiplied by duration of exercise) and the pulse fee are temporally saved within the memory (S293). In the absence of detection of the bather after a lapse of predetermined time from weight detection by the dimensions 21, it is decided that use of the bath room shouldn’t be intended in order that the bath room situation preset is cancelled (S228). After a lapse of 10 minutes, the utmost temperature is once more measured (S214) and is in contrast with the utmost temperature of previous measurement (S215) to determine if the maximum temperature has been lowered in the course of the past 10 minutes (S216). Measurement of the stature and body temperature in response to the bed 13 in addition to transmission of derived important information will probably be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.