Integration of a medicine dispenser unit to the ThereGate system Matthias Füller Viktor Kovács

Introduction  Problem of aging society  Elderly people with dementia  Forget to take medicine  Leaving home without any reasons  Everyday activities get difficult  Monitoring everyday activities  Faster response times when intervention is required  More accurate information for medical assistance

The purpose of the project  The medicine dispenser product is given  ThereGate monitoring system is also available  Enhance the medicine dispenser with wireless communication capabilities  Integrate to the ThereGate system  Sends information about events  Medicine taken  Forgot to take  Optional: higher level processing of the collected information, alert medical assistance

Overview Medicine dispenser ZigBee module ThereGate server ZigBee network ZigBee interface

Key steps of the project  Reengineering the medicine dispenser (1 week)  Getting the communication of the ZigBee modules working (2 weeks)  Integrating the ZigBee modules to the network (2 weeks)  Developing the ZigBee module software for the medicine dispenser (2 weeks)  Design and implement a ZigBee based extension board for the medicine dipenser (2 weeks)  Testing and evaluation (2 weeks)

Risk management  Radio communication problems  Complicated BitCloud ZigBee software stack   Change radio hardware  Small free space in the medicine dispenser   Put the extension board outside  Determination if the medicine was really taken using  A passive tilt sensor  The information available from the medicine dipenser   Further consultation with the manufacturer