Development of health monitoring system at home

在维护人们的一般健康，特别是老年人的健康方面，通过他们在自己家里的日常生活远程监测他们的健康状况可能是有用的。这项研究是为了在国内开发健康监测系统。有了我们的系统，监测过程完全自动化，不需要在受试者身上放置任何传感器，也不需要受试者进行任何操作。在这项研究中，通过使用安装在受试者家中的家具和配件上的传感器来监测受试者的日常活动和生理参数。我们安装了几套独居主体房屋和一户三代人的房屋监控系统。在大约三个多月的时间里，无需在对象上放置任何传感器(例如，电极和袖带传感器)，无需任何人工操作，即可自动实现监测。我们开发了一些全自动的行为数据评估方法。并用实际获得的数据对这些方法进行了评价。经过评估，这些方法被认为在实际情况中也是有用的。对新型卫生间体重监测仪进行了研制和评价。体重监测器比通常的监测器体积小，安装方便。我们还研究了受试者的隐私问题和监控系统的安全。综上所述，在家中进行长期健康监测是可能的。并且可以通过全自动的数据评估过程来支持监测。

In maintaining the general health of people, and especially the health of the elderly, it can be useful to remotely monitor their health status in their daily lives, through their daily routines at their own home. This study is for developing health-monitoring systems at home. With our system, the monitoring procedure was fully automated and did not require the placement of any sensors on the subjects or require any operations by the subjects. In this study, the monitoring of the daily activities and physiological parameters by using sensors attached to house furnishings and fittings located in the subjects' own house. We installed several monitoring system for houses of single living subject and a house of a family with three generation. Monitoring can be achieved automatically, without placing any sensors on the subject (e.g., electrodes and cuff sensors) during about over thee months without any human operation. We developed some fully automated evaluation methods of behavioral data. And those methods were evaluated with practical obtained data. With evaluations, those methods were supposed to be useful also in practical situations. The new body weight monitor in toilet was developed and evaluated. The weight monitor was smaller-sized than usual monitor, and easily to be installed. Also we have examined about the privacy problem of subjects and security of monitoring systems. In conclusion, the long-term health monitoring at home is possible. And the monitoring can be supported with fully automatic data evaluation process.