Evaluating the Possibility of Integrating Augmented Reality and Internet of Things Technologies to Help Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Abstract

People suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their caregivers seek different approaches to cope with memory loss. Although the AD patients want to live independently, they often need help from the caregivers. In this situation, caregivers may attach notes on every single object or taking out contents of drawer to make them visible before leaving the patient alone at home. This study reports preliminary results on an Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) realtime system, achieved through Internet of Things (IoT) and Augmented Reality (AR) concepts, aimed at helping people suffering from AD. The system has two main sections: the first one is the smartphone or windows application that allows caregivers to monitor patients' status at home and be notified if patient are at risk. The second part allows patient to use smart glasses to recognize QR codes in the environment and receive information related to tags in the form of audio, text or three-dimensional image. This work presents preliminary results and investigates the possibility of implementing such a system.

Development of Mobile IoT Solutions: Approaches, Architectures, and Methodologies

“…• Augmented Reality: The use of augmented reality (AR) has been gaining space in recent years by being applied in the various scenarios of IoT applications. The development of mobile applications encompasses different areas of knowledge, ranging from health [198], education [199], and industrial [139] applications. An in-depth study of how the dynamic characteristics of IoT devices can influence the performance of AR solutions, as well as the modeling process of IoT systems, can be affected by their use, is necessary.…”

Augmented Reality in the Internet of Things (AR + IoT): A Review

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“…This RQ2 aims to investigate the year of publication for the 43 main papers that began in 2014 until 2020, then do the mapping in each of the years presented in Table 2. [19], [28], [29], [34] 4 2017 [12], [23], [27], [31], [36], [39], [40], [41], [46] 9 2018 [11], [13], [15], [17], [20], [26], [38], [45], [48], [49], [52] 11 2019 [14], [16], [18], [24], [25], [30], [32], [33], [42], [43], [50], [53] 12 2020 [21], [22], [37], [47], [51] 5…”

“…List of Papers Total IEEE Xplore Digital Library [11], [13], [14], [15], [17], [19], [21], [22], [25], [28], [29], [32], [33], [34], [35], [38], [39], [40], [41], [44], [45], [46], [48], [49], [50], [51], [52] Publication Database List of Papers Total ACM Digital Library [16], [18], [20], [23], [26], [27], [42], [53] 8 SpringerLink [12], [24], [30], [31], [36], [37] 6 MDPI [43], [47] 2…”

Towards an intelligent assistive system based on augmented reality and serious games

“…The aim of our study is to suggest an IA system for elderly people with MCI, and improve their ability to complete everyday tasks on their own. In our previous study [15], we implemented a task prompting system based on AR messages without any adaptive decision-making engine to evaluate the user's general cognitive condition. To increase the system's intelligence for making a correct reminder, we take advantage of an AR-based serious game assessment tool.…”