I-Corps: Light Emitting Diode-based Smart Cue

I-Corps：基于发光二极管的智能提示

• 批准号: 1810832
• 负责人: Sejun Song
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Kansas City
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1810832&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Light; Emitting; Diode; based

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is in its capability to promote the safety of people with dementia. According to research, 70% of people with dementia will wander, which can result in a difficult experience for both missing people and care givers. The demand for protecting and recovering missing people with dementia has been increased over the past decades. Advancement of this tracking system has the potential for enhancing their safety and giving a peace of mind to care givers without compromising the effectiveness. The core set of methods and processes of the technology has the potential to be replicated, adapted and used in other crowd sensing applications globally. Even before the care givers notice, the "crowd" can potentially be able to help.This I-Corps project is focused on technology to improve the tracking, and protecting paradigm of using mobile devices carried by the people with dementia as well as will also explore the commercial potential of an intelligent tracking system. This innovative system, LED-based Smart Cue (LESQ), can monitor the status of the wearer in addition to tracking the location. If an abnormal condition is detected, the LESQ system can ask for immediate help. If the wearer carries a smartphone, the LESQ system can send an alert message directly to the care giver. One important feature of the LESQ system is to improve the self-diagnosis of the potential for wandering by the people with dementia. A smart tag tracks the wearer's status by using the timer and gaits, in addition to the geo-location. Implementation of the cost and power efficient, lightweight, and flexible system may significantly improve the usability.

该 I-Corps 项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力在于其能够促进痴呆症患者的安全。研究表明，70% 的痴呆症患者会徘徊，这会给失踪者和护理人员带来困难。过去几十年来，保护和寻回失踪痴呆症患者的需求不断增加。这种跟踪系统的进步有可能提高其安全性，并在不影响有效性的情况下让护理人员安心。该技术的核心方法和流程有可能在全球其他人群感知应用中被复制、改编和使用。 甚至在护理人员注意到之前，“人群”就有可能提供帮助。I-Corps 项目的重点是改进跟踪技术，并保护痴呆症患者携带的移动设备的使用范式，并将探索智能跟踪系统的商业潜力。这种创新系统基于 LED 的智能提示 (LESQ)，除了跟踪位置之外，还可以监控佩戴者的状态。如果检测到异常情况，LESQ系统可以立即请求帮助。如果佩戴者携带智能手机，LESQ系统可以直接向护理人员发送警报消息。 LESQ 系统的一项重要功能是改善痴呆症患者走失可能性的自我诊断。除了地理位置之外，智能标签还通过计时器和步态来跟踪佩戴者的状态。实施成本和功率高效、轻量且灵活的系统可以显着提高可用性。