This book aims to capture recent advances and breakthroughs in in-home radar monitoring of human motions and activities. It addresses three key attributes of radar for in-door human monitoring, namely: motion classification including fall, detection of vital signs, and categorization of human gait for risk assessment and progression of physical impairments and disabilities. It explores recent developments in radar technology for human monitoring inside homes and residences. The reader will learn enhanced detection and classification techniques of radar signals associated with human micro- and macro-motions. Furthermore, the book includes examples using real data collected from healthy individuals, patients, and retirement communities based on the subject Doppler and range information, and using different single and multi-antenna radar system configurations. Results are also presented using modeled data based on biomechanics and kinematics. Indoor monitoring is further demonstrated using alternative technologies of infrared sensors and RF signals of opportunities.
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- Unleashes the potential of radar technology for elderly care and aging-in-place, and extensively covers all aspects of indoor radar monitoring with applications to security, assisted living, and biomedical engineering.
- Includes examples using real data collected from healthy individuals, patients, and retirement communities using and range-Doppler radar systems, as well as modeled data based on biomechanics and kinematics.
- Elaborates on the discriminative features associated with fall and other motion activities in daily living.
- Addresses implementation and data fusion issues.
- Demonstrate indoor monitoring using alternative technologies of infrared sensors and RF signals of opportunities.
Introduction. Fundamentals of Indoor Radar. Radar Hardware for Indoor Monitoring. Modeling and Simulation of Human Motions for Micro-Doppler Signatures. Continuous-Wave Doppler Radar for Fall Detection. Continuous-Wave Doppler Radar for Human Gait Classification. Range-Doppler Processing for Human Motion Detection and Classification. Tracking Humans in the Indoor Multipath Environment. Bistatic Radar Configuration for Human Body and Limb Motion Detection and Classification. Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Radars for Vital Sign Monitoring. Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Radar for Monitoring of Bed-Ridden Patients. Activity Recognition and Localization Using Array Antenna: Array Sensor. Radar Monitoring of Humans with Assistive Walking Devices. Radar for Disease Detection and Monitoring. Wireless Sensing for Device-Free Recognition of Human Motion. IR Sensors for Indoor Monitoring. Index.
The book addresses key attributes of radar for in-door human monitoring: motion classification including fall, detection of vital signs, and categorization of human gait for risk assessment. It includes examples using data from healthy individuals and patients using Doppler and range-Doppler radars of single and multi-antenna system configurations.
"The topic of monitoring of humans in an indoor environment has universal appeal and applicability throughout the world. Thus, there is a need for such a book to educate professionals throughout the world in designing optimum radar systems for monitoring their movements, detecting falls, monitoring their vital signs, as well as their gait and other characteristics associated with their movements. There is no competing book in the market at this time, so this will be the first to address this very important and timely topic."
—Ram M. Narayanan, Pennsylvania State University, USA
