SBIR/STTR Research Award
ASSESSING PEOPLE-TRACKING FOR ELDERLY HEALTH CARE
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Lloyd K Konneker
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROJECT WILL MEASURE THE ACCURACY OF AN INFRARED PEOPLE-TRACKING SYSTEM. THE MAIN LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IS TO AID HEALTH CARE OF THE ELDERLY IN THE HOME. PEOPLE-TRACKING SYSTEMS IN HOMES OF THE ELDERLY WILL HELP ORIENT THE CONFUSED, HELP THE ELDERLY FIND THEIR EQUIPMENT, HELP ALERT EMERGENCIES, HELP MONITOR WANDERING, AND HELP CAREGIVERS. THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE AN EXISTIG PEOPLE-TRACKING SYSTEM AND MEASURE THE SYSTEM'S ERRORS UNDER RIGOROUS CONDITIONS SIMULATING ACTUAL USE IN HEALTH CARE OF THE ELDERLY. THE PROJECT ASSESSES A NEW TECHNOLOGY, AS A FIRST STEP TOWARD DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS, OR TOWARD DEVELOPING A BETTER PEOPLE-TRACKING SYSTEM.
Technology keywords
Not reported