Indoor Localisation Sensor for

Elderly People Student: Damien ReillySupervisor: Dr. John Breslin

Overview of Presentation

O BackgroundO Overview of SystemO Hardware ComponentsO SoftwareO Progress to dateO Timeline of ProjectO Tasks to completeO Questions

BackgroundO One of the most important things for

an elderly person is to have their Independence.

O However, with Independence comes the risk of elderly people falling over while on their own without anyone there, etc.

O To monitor the movement of an elderly person we need to devise a discrete, unobtrusive system.

BackgroundO This system needs to track when the

person: sits, walks, is sleeping, goes to the bathroom, etc.

O With this we can obtain valuable information to diagnose early signs of several diseases e.g. heart failure, kidney problems, metabolic imbalances, etc.

O Sensor will combine: O Indoor localisation to track locations.O Accelerometer to detect activities.

Overview of SystemO Average house plans: top level idea

Overview of SystemO Average house plans: top level idea

Hardware Components

Software O Arduino Development Environment

O Processing IDE

O Eagle PCB

Progress to dateO Initial research on products and

components that could be used in the project.

O Wiring of hardware components and connection of components to suitable power supply.

O Uploading of initial program to the Arduino.

O Gathering of readings from compass and storing the readings in data logger.

Timeline of Project

Tasks to completeO January: Design of PCB layout to suit

components.O February: Improving coding of

compass to get accelerometer data; Develop an algorithm to track the data from the data logger in a 2-D style using matlab

O March/April: Monitor the energy efficiency of the system and try to minimise battery consumption; Development of GUI of tracked data; Testing and assembly of final prototype; Final thesis and report.

Questions??