Visable light Minder/Guider System for Elderly (ESCORT)

描述（由申请人提供）：该二期SBIR项目将开发并鉴定一种新的辅助技术，以帮助患有阿尔茨海默病或其他老年痴呆症的人。可见光监护系统细胞护航（tm）在室内跟踪病人，并向中央服务器和护理人员提供位置信息。该系统可以识别危险区域和情况，并向护理人员发出警报。病人可以得到个人音频指示或指导的护送。该系统将增强患者的自由、独立和安全，承担家庭成员和护理人员的部分工作量，降低患者护理成本，使患者能够更长时间地留在家中，并推迟机构化。“会说话的光”光学发射器和接收器将向网络提供位置信息，并使用改进的、无闪烁的室内照明来提供位置信息。主数据卡将是一个标准的射频无线网络，它将通过照明位置实现上下文感知。第一阶段在实验室和有限的患者试验中展示了ESCORT的概念。将在辅助生活和家庭环境中对患者进行示范和鉴定，并对护理的改善进行评估和定量测量，同时对看护和看护/指导功能进行评估和定量测量。

DESCRIPTION(provided by the applicant): This Phase II SBIR project will develop and qualify a new assistive technology to aid persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease or other dementias of aging. The Visible Light Minder System celled ESCORT(tm) tracks the patient indoors and provides location information to a central server and to caregivers. The system identifies hazardous areas and situations and alerts caregivers. The patient can be given personal audio directions or guidance by ESCORT. The system will enhance patient freedom, independence and safety, assume some workload of family members and caregivers, reduce cost of patient care and enable patients to remain at home longer and delay institutionalization. Talking Lights optical transmitters and receivers will provide location information to the network, with modified, non-flickering room illumination used to provide location. The primary data carder will be a standard RF wireless network which will be made context-aware through illumination location. Phase I demonstrated the concept of ESCORT in the laboratory and in limited patient trials. ESCORT will be demonstrated and qualified with patients in assisted living and in at home settings and the improvement in care evaluated and quantitatively measured both with minder and with minder/guider functions. Other application areas for Talking Lights technology include hospitals, schools, retail stores, trade shows, museums and other facilities. Hardware developed will include compact fluorescent light transmitters, and a wearable receiver to give precise location information to the user's computer. Software developed will allow track patients, assess their location and travel, provide alerts to caregivers and give audio guidance to patients.