The Proposal of Ensuring the Protection of Handicapped Inhabitants of Smart House

Abstract:

Smart houses are currently gaining in the development of smart systems. One of the development areas are smart systems for handicapped people. This article is devoted to handicapped inhabitants of smart house with Alzheimer's disease associated with dementia. It compares the stability of a healthy person with handicapped inhabitant, under which determine the boundary conditions of stability. It describes the proposal of starting protection system before falling backward, and needed response time of active elements.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 256-259)
• Pages: 2962-2966
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.256-259.2962
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Peter Hamernik, Pavol Tanuska
• Keywords: Protection before Fall, Simulation of Fall, Smart House

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