tailieunhanh - Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article Activity-Oriented Design of Health Pal: A Smart Phone for Elders’ Healthcare Support"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Research Article Activity-Oriented Design of Health Pal: A Smart Phone for Elders’ Healthcare Support | Hindawi Publishing Corporation EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Volume 2008 Article ID 582194 11 pages doi 2008 582194 Research Article Activity-Oriented Design of Health Pal A Smart Phone for Elders Healthcare Support John K. Zao 1 Shih-Chen Fan 2 3 Ming-Hui Wen 2 Chun-Tang Hsu 2 Chung-Hoo Hung 2 Shang-Hwa Hsu 2 and Ming-Chuen Chuang4 1 Department of Computer Science National Chiao Tung University NCTU 1001 University Road Hsinchu 30010 Taiwan 2 Department of Industrial Engineering National Chiao Tung University NCTU 1001 University Road Hsinchu 30010 Taiwan 3 Department of Occupational Therapy I-Shou University ISU 8 Yida Road Yanchao Kaohsiung County 82445 Taiwan 4 Institute of Applied Arts National Chiao Tung University NCTU 1001 University Road Hsinchu 30010 Taiwan Correspondence should be addressed to John K. Zao jkzao@ Received 1 June 2007 Accepted 15 November 2007 Recommended by Yang Xiao Wireless telephones and personal digital assistants are emerging as the information hubs connect their human users with assorted electronic devices and the World Wide Web. As such they quickly become the de facto basis for personalized information services. The Kannon project team at the National Chiao Tung University NCTU in Taiwan is developing a ubiquitous service infrastructure for elders healthcare support. Among their deliverables there is a PDA Phone christened Health Pal which can communicate with Bluetooth ZigBee devices universal plug-and-play UPnP e-home service platforms and online healthcare providers to offer 24 7 healthcare services to elderly people. This paper presents the early results of this effort including the functional and operational concepts of Health Pal as well as the activity-oriented approach of its design. Preliminary results of its usefulness and usability evaluations are reported. A comparison of this platform against several similar prototypes was also included to illustrate the advantage of .