Lightweight Network Based Real-time Anomaly Detection Method for Caregiving at Home

Using data-driven technologies to support the healthcare of the elderly has been largely celebrated as an effective means. This paper focuses on the issue of using video-based sensing technologies to remotely monitor the activities and conditions of the elderly. Although it is a widely explored field, the high cost and high infrastructural requirements of most existing technologies usually challenge their effectiveness and efficiency in practical caregiving context. To address these challenges, we propose a lightweight network based real-time anomaly detection system, which consists of video-based ADL sensing and pre-processing, AI streaming aggregating and cluster computing. We examine our method by implementing and deploying it into a real-world care facility for the elderly in Shanghai China. The results show that our method has good performance in expansibility, reliability, bandwidth availability, accuracy and privacy protection.