eButton：一款用于健康监测和个人辅助的可穿戴计算机。
eButton: A Wearable Computer for Health Monitoring and Personal Assistance.
作者信息
Sun Mingui, Burke Lora E, Mao Zhi-Hong, Chen Yiran, Chen Hsin-Chen, Bai Yicheng, Li Yuecheng, Li Chengliu, Jia Wenyan
机构信息
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh.
Department of Health and Community Systems, University of Pittsburgh.
出版信息
Proc Des Autom Conf. 2014;2014:1-6. doi: 10.1145/2593069.2596678.
Recent advances in mobile devices have made profound changes in people's daily lives. In particular, the impact of easy access of information by the smartphone has been tremendous. However, the impact of mobile devices on healthcare has been limited. Diagnosis and treatment of diseases are still initiated by occurrences of symptoms, and technologies and devices that emphasize on disease prevention and early detection outside hospitals are under-developed. Besides healthcare, mobile devices have not yet been designed to fully benefit people with special needs, such as the elderly and those suffering from certain disabilities, such blindness. In this paper, an overview of our research on a new wearable computer called eButton is presented. The concepts of its design and electronic implementation are described. Several applications of the eButton are described, including evaluating diet and physical activity, studying sedentary behavior, assisting the blind and visually impaired people, and monitoring older adults suffering from dementia.
移动设备的最新进展给人们的日常生活带来了深刻变化。特别是，智能手机使信息获取变得便捷，其影响极为巨大。然而，移动设备对医疗保健的影响却很有限。疾病的诊断和治疗仍由症状的出现引发，而强调院外疾病预防和早期检测的技术及设备尚不完善。除了医疗保健领域，移动设备尚未被设计成能让有特殊需求的人群充分受益，比如老年人以及患有某些残疾（如失明）的人。本文概述了我们对一种名为eButton的新型可穿戴计算机的研究。描述了其设计概念和电子实现方式。还介绍了eButton的几种应用，包括评估饮食和身体活动、研究久坐行为、帮助盲人和视力受损者以及监测患有痴呆症的老年人。
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