Currently, there are very few studies focused solely on posture detection in inpatient healthcare. For moderately to severely ill patients, activities like climbing, cycling, and jumping, commonly investigated in other studies, must be excluded.
Furthermore, when it comes to health monitoring in the hospital, terms like “lying” and “sitting” are rather vague and bear no significant clinical values. Indeed, the caregivers may want to look into the details of different lying types (supine, prone, lateral recumbent, and dorsal) and sitting types (active, fowler, and tripod) to assist the patients better. For instance, in hemiplegia, lateral recumbent is very important because one should not rest with the affected side of his body. Or in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, there is a classic finding that when a patient suddenly assumes tripod position, it is possible the he is struggling for breaths [1].
In this study, we are developing a lightweight,...
