Solução em tecnologia móvel para o monitoramento de crianças e idosos por meio de sensores sem fio (WBAN)

Abstract

Introduction: recent advances in microelectronics have provided a massive development of wireless communications and, consequently, a major evolution of sensors for medical applications. These, applied to the wireless body area network (WBAN), allied directly to the wireless sensor network (WSN), have been studied and implemented in recent years for the monitoring of children and the elderly. Objective and results: in this context, the objective of the paper is to propose a technology solution, Weartool, which focuses on a system that assists the responsible in the monitoring of the elderly and children, presenting by means of an application, eventual falls in the elderly, excessive distances of the child and the ambient temperature, as well as other configurations referring to the application and the sensors used. Therefore, the smartphone application will be notified, assisting in the decision making of the parents or guardians. Conclusion: with tests performed, in a considerable amount of sample used, we can conclude that Weartool had a result of 95.98% in the detection of falls.