BLE センサとスマートフォンを利用した 認知症高齢者見守りサービスの研究

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This paper proposes a premium service for elderly people suffering from dementia. The service does not require new infrastructure, and is accessed by commonly available smartphones. One of the key advantages of this system is that it uses a very small sensor and low energy Bluetooth (BLE) technology which makes it both small and energy efficient. An application installed on smartphones will allow for city dwelling dementia sufferers to be tracked for the purpose of assisting them. The authors conducted a social experiment in Aichi Prefecture, Obu City (Japan) on November 29 (10AM to 11AM), 2014. There were forty participants who searched for sensor carrying elderly people suffering from dementia. The results of this social experiment confirm that this technology will help to find elderly people with dementia.