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Infrastructure-Augmented EGNOS/Galileo Receiver
for Personal Mobility (IEGLO)
At present, in Europe there are approximately 4.000.000 people ridden by Alzheimer's disease. Especially people with
Alzheimer's disease very often get in situations where they become disoriented. They need support and supervision by
either their family members or nursing staff around the clock every day.
A user friendly mobile device for these people improves the situation significantly for family members and nursing
staff. This comfortable device will be applicable in indoor and outdoor areas, so that an Alzheimer's disease patient, who
is equipped with such a device, could be supervised around the clock in his environment. Therefore, the mobile device consists of complementary redundant positioning sensors, which support a continuous determination of
the user's position.
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Furthermore, a set of inertial sensors will provide detection of distress or sudden collapse of a supervised person. In
cases of collapses and unusual motions, the concerned person can be found in a short time by the nursing staff or their
family members.
The whole information about the supervised person is forwarded via secure communication channels to a central server. At the
web-based service centre secure monitors display required position data and allow setting personalised monitoring
parameters such as permitted areas ("geofencing").
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 226971.
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