{"title":"B-Pack: a Bluetooth-based wearable sensing device for nursing activity recognition","authors":"Ren Ohmura, F. Naya, H. Noma, K. Kogure","doi":"10.1109/ISWPC.2006.1613628","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a wearable sensing device called \"B-Pack\", which is designed to capture nursing activities in real hospitals. To provide usability and flexibility, B-Pack features wireless connectivity using Bluetooth and a rechargeable battery with on-board charging circuitry. Furthermore, to acquire synchronized data on distributed parts of wearer's body, B-Pack features a time synchronization protocol. Through experiments and interviews, we confirmed that the data from each body part was appropriately collected for nursing activity recognition and that the design is suitable for a real nursing environment.","PeriodicalId":145728,"journal":{"name":"2006 1st International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"48","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2006 1st International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWPC.2006.1613628","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper presents a wearable sensing device called "B-Pack", which is designed to capture nursing activities in real hospitals. To provide usability and flexibility, B-Pack features wireless connectivity using Bluetooth and a rechargeable battery with on-board charging circuitry. Furthermore, to acquire synchronized data on distributed parts of wearer's body, B-Pack features a time synchronization protocol. Through experiments and interviews, we confirmed that the data from each body part was appropriately collected for nursing activity recognition and that the design is suitable for a real nursing environment.