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BTSym 2017: Proceedings of the 3rd Brazilian Technology Symposium pp 249–256Cite as

E-Street for Prevention of Falls of the Elderly an Urban Virtual Environment for Human–Computer Interaction from Lower Limb Movements

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Virtual reality (VR) interfaces have been widely applied in different areas of knowledge, due to the popularization of smartphones and the low cost of immersive devices (VR glasses). In this context, we present a VR solution that reproduces an urban virtual environment (called e-Street), aimed at preventing falls in the elderly, improving spatial orientation/navigation and stimulating the movement of the lower limbs (stationary march) for patients in the physical and neurofunctional recovery process. The user controls the virtual environment with body movements of the lower limbs from ultrasound sensors (positioned in the ankle region) connected to an Arduino board, which communicates via Bluetooth with e-Street (running on a smartphone, inserted in VR glasses). e-Street can be used as (physically active) digital entertainment and provides accessibility to adapted physical activity, considering that the input movement is personalized for each user.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Marcelo Fernandes de Oliveira and Jorge Vicente Lopes da Silva from the Information Technology Center (CTI – Renato Archer), who helped to develop the support (3D printing) for the ultrasonic sensors and the Arduino board. This study was supported by grants from Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP number 2015/23830-4, linked to BRAINN RIDC number 2013/07559-3).

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  1. Institute of Physics Gleb Wataghin, University of Campinas\UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Alexandre Brandão & Gabriela Castellano

  2. Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology\BRAINN, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Alexandre Brandão & Gabriela Castellano

  3. Computer Science Department, Federal University of Sao Joao Del Rei, Sao Joao Del Rei, MG, Brazil

    Diego Dias & Iago Alvarenga

  4. Computer Science Dept, Federal University of Sao Carlos\UFSCar, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Glesio Paiva & Luis Trevelin

  5. Gerontology Department, UFSCar, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Karina Gramany-Say

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  1. Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Yuzo Iano

  2. Faculty of Technology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Rangel Arthur

  3. Divisão de Engenharia Eletrônica, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Osamu Saotome

  4. Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Vania Vieira Estrela

  5. Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Hermes José Loschi

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Brandão, A. et al. (2019). E-Street for Prevention of Falls of the Elderly an Urban Virtual Environment for Human–Computer Interaction from Lower Limb Movements. In: Iano, Y., Arthur, R., Saotome, O., Vieira Estrela, V., Loschi, H. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd Brazilian Technology Symposium. BTSym 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93112-8_25

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