Cost Effective Patient Location Monitoring System Using Webcams
- Authors
- Logeswaran, Rajasvaran
- Issue Date
- Oct-2009
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Pointing device; Contactless location sensor; Webcam application; Medical application; Cheap monitoring system
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS, v.33, no.5, pp.399 - 407
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS
- Volume
- 33
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 399
- End Page
- 407
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/15762
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10916-008-9202-4
- ISSN
- 0148-5598
- Abstract
- This paper details the development of a simple webcam joystick, a wireless, or rather cableless, and contactless pointing device by using a webcam and a simple flexible non-electronic joystick. Such a system requires no power source on the joystick, allows for light, robust and very mobile joysticks, and can be extended into a large array of applications. This paper proposes the use of small webcam joysticks as sensors for recording movement, the way wireless sensors are used. Specifically, it could be used as a simple navigation and monitoring system for patient movement in medical wards, where knowledge of patient location and movement could provide instant assistance, pre-emptive action and also hinder untoward patient mix-ups. Experiments and discussions in this paper highlight how a successful implementation is possible, and emphasize the flexibility of such an implementation in a low cost medical environment.
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