Integrating an Infant Safety Monitoring Device with Wearable Technology Design

将婴儿安全监测设备与可穿戴技术设计相结合

• 批准号: 491502-2015
• 负责人: Cameron, JerriLynne
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Emily Carr University of Art + Design
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=586938
• 关键词: Integrating; Infant; Safety; Monitoring; Device

Xccepted Technologies Inc. develops wearable technologies related to the healthcare environment. Xccepted's current focus is to reconsider the traditional baby monitor to provide caregivers with information on infants that would aid in their safety and care, as well as assisting in the caregiver's management of the infant's daytime and nighttime sleep cycle. Existing baby monitor products primarily make use of a microphone and/or a web camera to allow observation. Some new entrants into this market space are now adding motion detection and simple heartbeat monitors. However, some evidence suggests that these devices may provide only an approximate indication of infant sleep patterns. Xccepted is applying new technologies of brainwave monitoring to provide realtime data of current infant sleep cycles to caregivers. Xccepted has taken this concept and designed an algorithm that allows the real-time sleep cycle of the infant to be broadcast (audio and visual) to the attending parent/guardian so that they may 'sync' their sleep patterns with the infant. Xccepted has expressed interest in partnering with the Health Design Lab at Emily Carr for research and design around this system. The Health Design Lab's expertise is applying solution-focused, human-centered research methodologies to problems in healthcare. With this project it will consider ways to embed the necessary sensors in a comfortable and safe manner for the infants and will look at how best to present this data to caregivers, allowing them to improve their understanding of their infant's sleep cycles. This is important to caregivers as they may be able to better manage family sleep cycles resulting in lower anxiety and fatigue levels, and a healthier family overall.

Xccepted Technologies Inc.开发与医疗环境相关的可穿戴技术。Xccepted的 当前的焦点是重新考虑传统的婴儿监视器，以向看护者提供关于婴儿的信息， 将有助于他们的安全和照顾，以及协助照顾者的管理婴儿的白天， 夜间睡眠周期现有的婴儿监视器产品主要利用麦克风和/或网络 摄像头，便于观察。一些新进入这一市场空间的公司现在正在增加运动检测， 简单的心跳监测器然而，一些证据表明，这些设备可能只提供一个 婴儿睡眠模式的近似指示。Xccepted正在应用脑电波的新技术 监测以向护理者提供当前婴儿睡眠周期的实时数据。Xccepted将这一概念 并设计了一种算法，允许婴儿的实时睡眠周期被广播（音频和视频） 给看护的父母/监护人，以便他们可以与婴儿“同步”他们的睡眠模式。Xccepted具有 表示有兴趣与艾米丽卡尔的健康设计实验室合作，围绕这一点进行研究和设计 系统健康设计实验室的专长是应用以解决方案为重点，以人为本的研究 解决医疗保健问题的方法。在这个项目中，它将考虑如何将必要的 传感器以舒适和安全的方式为婴儿，并将研究如何最好地呈现这些数据， 护理人员，使他们能够提高他们的婴儿的睡眠周期的理解。这一点很重要 护理人员，因为他们可能能够更好地管理家庭睡眠周期，从而降低焦虑和疲劳 一个健康的家庭，一个更健康的家庭。