A Measurement Strategy to Assess the Optimal Design of an RFID-Based Navigation Aid

Andò, B.; Baglio, Salvatore; Marletta, Vincenzo; Crispino, Ruben

doi:10.1109/tim.2018.2879069

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“…To address this issue, in the past few years a significant research activity, focusing on advanced and reliable solutions to monitor frail people, has been developed [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. These systems would directly benefit elderly people, by providing them with more autonomy, reducing the need for moving to institutionalized care center, enabling timely and effective intervention in case of need, and ultimately reducing the emotional and financial burden for the elderly and their families.…”

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Advanced Solutions Aimed at the Monitoring of Falls and Human Activities for the Elderly Population

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Ageing is a global phenomenon which is pushing the scientific community forward the development of innovative solutions in the context of Active and Assisted Living (AAL). Among functionality to be implemented, a major role is covered by falls and human activities monitoring. In this paper, main technological solutions to cope with the aforementioned needs are briefly introduced. A specific focus is given on solutions for Falls recognition and classification. A case of study is presented, where a classification methodology based on an event-driven correlation paradigm and an advanced threshold-based classifier is addressed. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) theory is used to properly define thresholds’ values while, in order to properly assess performances of the classification methodology proposed, dedicated metrics are suggested, such as sensitivity and specificity. The solution proposed shows an average Sensitivity of 0.97 and an average Specificity of 0.99.

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“…For shopping, RFID tags are attached to products and PVI hold tag readers to identify them. After identifying the items, PVI get details about them, such as name, price and special offers [55], [66][67][68]. These systems use a server or a local database to store product details.…”

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Making Shopping Easy for People with Visual Impairment Using Mobile Assistive Technologies

2019

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People with visual impairment face various difficulties in their daily activities in comparison to people without visual impairment. Much research has been done to find smart solutions using mobile devices to help people with visual impairment perform tasks like shopping. One of the most challenging tasks for researchers is to create a solution that offers a good quality of life for people with visual impairment. It is also essential to develop solutions that encourage people with visual impairment to participate in social life. This study provides an overview of the various technologies that have been developed in recent years to assist people with visual impairment in shopping tasks. It gives an introduction to the latest direction in this area, which will help developers to incorporate such solutions into their research.

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“…Specific solutions that have attracted a significant amount of attention and shown increased applicability in the field of active assisted living exploit radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. In the following discussion, examples of such applications involving the use of RFID solutions are given, ranging from assisted navigation and indoor navigation systems [ 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ], to rehabilitation devices [ 27 , 28 ].…”

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“…An orientation system exploiting RFID for proximity detection to services was presented in [ 24 ]. The solution, aiming at improving the independent exploitation of unknown environments of people with visual disabilities, is presented with a metrological characterization aiming at finding the optimal conditions for system functionality.…”

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An Assistive Technology Solution for User Activity Monitoring Exploiting Passive RFID

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Castorina

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Population ageing is having a direct influence on serious health issues, including hampered mobility and physical decline. Good habits in performing physical activities, in addition to eating and drinking, are essential to improve the life quality of the elderly population. Technological solutions, aiming at increasing awareness or providing reminders to eat/drink regularly, can have a significant impact in this scenario. These solutions enable the possibility to constantly monitor deviations from users’ normal behavior, thus allowing reminders to be provided to users/caregivers. In this context, this paper presents a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system to monitor user’s habits, such as the use of food, beverages, and/or drugs. The device was optimized to fulfill specifications imposed by the addressed application. The approach could be extended for the monitoring of home appliances, environment exploitation, and activity rate. Advantages of the approach compared to other solutions, e.g., based on cameras, are related to the low level of invasiveness and flexibility of the adopted technology. A major contribution of this paper is related to the wide investigation of system behavior, which is aimed to define the optimal working conditions of the system, with regards to the power budget, user (antenna)-tag reading range, and the optimal inter-tag distance. To investigate the performance of the system in tag detection, experiments were performed in a scenario replicating a home environment. To achieve this aim, specificity and sensitivity indexes were computed to provide an objective evaluation of the system performance. For the case considered, if proper conditions are meet, a specificity value of 0.9 and a sensitivity value of 1 were estimated.

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A Measurement Strategy to Assess the Optimal Design of an RFID-Based Navigation Aid

Cited by 20 publications

References 27 publications

Advanced Solutions Aimed at the Monitoring of Falls and Human Activities for the Elderly Population

Advanced Solutions Aimed at the Monitoring of Falls and Human Activities for the Elderly Population

Making Shopping Easy for People with Visual Impairment Using Mobile Assistive Technologies

An Assistive Technology Solution for User Activity Monitoring Exploiting Passive RFID

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