A Tongue-Activated Emergency Beacon for Immobile Patients
This paper reports the design and implementation of an infrared signal transmitting tongue activated emergency beacon. This low-cost, simple and reliable device can help immobile patients communicate with the medical staff in the event of an emergency without interfering with other equipment. The ph...
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| author | Khan, Masood Mehmood Sandy, Sean |
| author2 | Yuan Ting Zhang |
| author_facet | Yuan Ting Zhang Khan, Masood Mehmood Sandy, Sean |
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| description | This paper reports the design and implementation of an infrared signal transmitting tongue activated emergency beacon. This low-cost, simple and reliable device can help immobile patients communicate with the medical staff in the event of an emergency without interfering with other equipment. The physical dimensions of this device were minimized to provide flexibility and suit the most vulnerable and impaired patients. The presented sensor-microcontroller configuration results in a robust and intelligent functionality that would allow this device to outperform many of the commercially available systems used in similar environments. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-340962017-01-30T13:41:14Z A Tongue-Activated Emergency Beacon for Immobile Patients Khan, Masood Mehmood Sandy, Sean Yuan Ting Zhang non-conventional communication mechanism Medica devices infrared communication human-computer interaction This paper reports the design and implementation of an infrared signal transmitting tongue activated emergency beacon. This low-cost, simple and reliable device can help immobile patients communicate with the medical staff in the event of an emergency without interfering with other equipment. The physical dimensions of this device were minimized to provide flexibility and suit the most vulnerable and impaired patients. The presented sensor-microcontroller configuration results in a robust and intelligent functionality that would allow this device to outperform many of the commercially available systems used in similar environments. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34096 IEEE-EMBS fulltext |
| spellingShingle | non-conventional communication mechanism Medica devices infrared communication human-computer interaction Khan, Masood Mehmood Sandy, Sean A Tongue-Activated Emergency Beacon for Immobile Patients |
| title | A Tongue-Activated Emergency Beacon for Immobile Patients |
| title_full | A Tongue-Activated Emergency Beacon for Immobile Patients |
| title_fullStr | A Tongue-Activated Emergency Beacon for Immobile Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Tongue-Activated Emergency Beacon for Immobile Patients |
| title_short | A Tongue-Activated Emergency Beacon for Immobile Patients |
| title_sort | tongue-activated emergency beacon for immobile patients |
| topic | non-conventional communication mechanism Medica devices infrared communication human-computer interaction |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34096 |