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Title:

Printed electronics (PE)-based sensors for fall prevention and detection: RF-based sensing

Agreement Number:

988592

Agreement Value:

$119,999.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 28, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025

Description:

Fall is a major concern in the elderly population often resulting in dire consequences. Vital signs often provide indication of the health status of the elderly. Most commercially available technologies for detecting and monitoring of vital signal and activities including fall are focused on single subject. Further vital signs are only monitored when the subject is still. Thus, the current technologies offer only limited monitoring. This project aims to provide monitoring of vital signs and activities including fall for multi-subject and ambulatory environment. The project suggests a radio frequency (RF)-based active sensing solution with multiple radars with ability to transmit different waveforms to handle both stationary and ambulatory monitoring conditions. Detection and monitoring of multi subject’s vital signs and activities including fall are achieved through advanced signal processing of the reflections obtained from the subjects going about during their activities and applying machine learning techniques for identifying activities including fall. The successful completion of the project will deliver a fall detection system capable of detecting and monitoring multiple moving subjects. This system will enable aging Canadians to age independently in the comforts of their home with a privacy preserving monitoring.

Organization:

National Research Council Canada

Expected Results:

In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.

Location:

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1S 5B6

Reference Number:

172-2021-2022-Q4-988592

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

118838937

Recipient Type:

Academia

Recipient's Legal Name:

Carleton University

Federal Riding Name:

Ottawa Centre

Federal Riding Number:

35075

Program:

Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives

Program Purpose:

Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.

NAICS Code:

541710