Smart Care Beds for Elderly Patients with Impaired Mobility

Algorithm 1

The sensing algorithm for fall risk assessment.

At the initial, set the measurement cycle to 60 seconds:

While (true) do

;

The system detects the patient’s body position every second;

If and and then

The patient has gone out of the bed; ;// The system will halt.

Else If and and then

Send the alarm immediately to the caregiver’s smart device;

If then ; Else ; // The min. cycle is set to 5 seconds.

Else If then

If then

Send the warning message to the caregiver’s smart device;

;

Else ;

Else If and then

If then; // The max. cycle is set to 5 minutes.

Else ;

// end of if

;

// end of while;