Recognition of familiar people with a mobile cloud architecture for Alzheimer patients

Purpose: This article aims to the evaluation of a prototypal assistive technology for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients that helps them to remember personal details of familiar people they meet in their daily lives. Method: An architecture is proposed for a personal information system powered b...

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Published in:Disability and rehabilitation 2017-02, Vol.39 (4), p.398-402
Main Authors: Fardoun, Habib M., Mashat, Abdullah A., Ramirez Castillo, Jaime
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alzheimer Disease - psychology
Assistive technology
face recognition
Facial Recognition
Female
Humans
Male
Mobile Applications
rehabilitation
Self-Help Devices
smart devices
Software Design
software engineering
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Summary:Purpose: This article aims to the evaluation of a prototypal assistive technology for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients that helps them to remember personal details of familiar people they meet in their daily lives. Method: An architecture is proposed for a personal information system powered by face recognition, where the main AD patient's interaction is performed in a smart watch device and the face recognition is carried out on the Cloud. A prototype was developed to perform some tests in a real-life scenario. Results: The prototype showed correct results as a personal information system based on face recognition. However, usability flaws were identified in the interaction with the smart watch. Conclusions: Our architecture showed correct performance and we realized that it could be introduced in other fields, apart from assistive technology. However, when being targeted to patients with dementia some usability problems appeared, such as difficulties to read information in a small screen or take a proper photo. These problems should be addressed in further research. Implications for Rehabilitation This article presents a prototypal assistive technology for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. It targets AD patients to recognize their familiars, especially in medium-advanced stages of the disease. Analysing pictures taken by a smart watch, which the patient carries, the person in front is recognized and information about him is sent to the watch. This technology enables patients to have all the information of any close person, as a remainder, easing their daily lives, improving their self-esteem and stimulating the patient with novel technology.
ISSN:0963-8288
1464-5165
DOI:10.3109/09638288.2015.1025992