Senior Monitoring: A Real Case of Applying a WiFi Fingerprinting-based Indoor Positioning Method for People Monitoring

Abstract

This paper presents our experience on a real case of applying a Wi-Fi fingerprinting-based indoor localization system for monitoring elder people in their own homes. The presented system is part of a broad project called Senior Monitoring where the main aim is to monitor elders to study behavioural patterns as a tool for early detection of some cognitive decay diseases. Since the system is used by real users, there are many situations that cannot be controlled by system developers and can be a source of errors. This paper presents some of the problems arisen when real non-expert users use localization systems, and discuss some strategies to deal with such situations.