Real-Time Image Based Homecare Service System

摘要

In this paper, a monitor system for homecare service is developed, which can recognize expression of the patient and track the location of the patient. A single camera and image processing technique is utilized to develop the system and the following tasks are achieved. 1. When the patient lies on the sickbed, we can measure the position and height of the patient's body and provide the data to the second subproject to adjust the sickbed such that the patient can be much comfortable. 2. When the patient leaves the sickbed, we can track the location of the patient and detect if there is any accident happened. 3. According to the recognized gesture of the patient, we can understand what he (or she) wants or whether he (or she) needs some help. Then we can know the requirement or feeling of the patient. 4. The system can also recognize the expression of the patient. If the system detects pain expression, there will be alarm sound to notice nurses. This paper is proved an automation system for taking care of those who suffered for illness with an real-time monitoring and tracking system. The purposes are to make less the burden of the staffs whose job is to take care of the patients, and to give the patients the feeling of being unrestrained.