 Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation , vol. 4, 2016, pp. 22 - 24 22 The Realization of Healthcare Combined with Bluetooth and NFC Technology Jia-Shing Sheu 1,* , Ho-Nien Shou 2 , Fa-Min Luo 1 , Guan-Ci Zeng 1 1 Department of Computer Science, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, Taiwan. 2 Department of Aviation & Communication Electronics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Received 29 January 2016; received in revised form 23 February 2016; accept ed 06 March 2016 Abstract The quality of life and function are enhanced with the superior technologies integrated and applied to meet the de mands of daily life , achieving lower social costs and ensuring the well-be ing of the social public. Furthermore, to achieve the goals of enhancing the le isure in- dustry and extending parenting education, so as to facilitate users’ physical and mental health, broaden their horizons toward quality life, en- hance their cultural standing, and enable them to appropriately stretch outwards in a safe and secure setting, in this paper, the single -chip microcontroller with integrated control of radio frequency identification was combined with the global GPS system, the USB pedometer, and the Bluetooth wireless sensory technology and ap- plied in tourist ro lls and the basic physical and mental health care system in travel. Through the technological integration, the wire less sensor Bluetooth device featuring node transfer func- tion and near field co mmunicat ion (NFC) ap- plication sends informat ion of the tourist reaching the designated position and corre- sponding activity range data to the handheld platform of the main controlle r (leader) inquir- ing about the personal health in formation o f the user (tourist), thereby enhancing the security of group activities and even allowing the leader to grasp and offer prompt assistance to the tourist should any accident take place. Ke ywor ds : global positioning system, bluetooth, near field co mmun ication, USB pedometer 1. Introduction With the technological advancement in life and the progress in medica l technology, life e xtension is producing an impact on the future of Taiwan’s lifestyle, while the operational stru c- ture is still relat ively undergoing change. Tai- wan’s society is currently facing serious prob- le ms associated with “aging” and “declining birthrates.” Aging will lead to heavy social costs, resulting in a considerable burden on children and the society and in country’s resource-related burdens. Hence, if innovative travel services can be integrated to benefit me mbers’ health- and security-related care, it will be good news to society. This being said, if wire less technical applications can be integrated to achieve this end, it will be considered as a practical innovation in the applications. Although currently there is no e xperimental market to validate this point, through the realization of the idea, the elderly most difficult to care for will have access to secure and healthy activities . The same will a lso apply to the general public. Technology can generate the second identification card with ease (i.e . the provision of personal e mergency pro- tection related in formation), thus deriving in- dustrial applications and generating new travel service models [1-4]. In view of the above considerations and the demand of the application side, the system platform device in this paper integrated the GPS, Bluetooth, USB pedo meter, and NFC functions into a four-in-one wireless travel passport device using an 8-byte single chip. As for the wireless detector(Bluetooth), the protocol in line with the IEEE802.15.4 standard was adopted, while the dual cassette body was adopted as the design to set up the Radio Frequency Identification Sy s- tem with 13.56MHz (ISO/IEC 15693 specifica - tion) NFC reader, through which related sto red data can be read by way of the non -contact electronic tag [5-7]. The pedometer records the number of steps taken by the me mber and co n- verts the calories consumed to provide the actual * Corresponding aut hor. Email: jiashing@tea.ntue.edu.t w Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation , vol. 4, 2016, pp. 22 - 24 23 Copyright © TAETI fitness data, while the absolute position refers to the latitude and longitude data obtained from the GPS use, which is then transmitted to the ma in controller’s (leader’s) platform, thereby achieving the relative re lationship between the designated position reached and the distance. At the same time, an e mergency button was de- signed to notify the ma in controlle r (leader) through interruption in case of an eme rgency [8-10]. 2. The System Architecture Fig. 1 System prototype machine (left ) and system function block diagram (right) The design ideas of the system are as shown in Fig. 1. Co mple mentary to the satellite pos i- tioning data, and co mbined with g roup man- agement, personal information identification, and wire less sensor network transfer as the main functions, the relative positions and basic phys- ical and mental state of the me mbers during travel within safe ranges are all monitored by the ma in controlle r to achieve the following func- tions: (1) After filling out the questionnaire on per- sonal health information, the tour group me mbe r will log in to the management center and enter the informat ion in the RFID ca rd. The RFID card features the function of me mbe r identification and also serves as a reference for e me rgency rescue and medica l aid. (2) During the tour period, if there are acco m- panying nurses, me mbers e xperiencing dis- comfo rt can be treated immed iately. Mean- while, for me mbe rs requiring special heath care, the me mbers’ physiological health in- formation can be collected and sent back to the manage ment center daily in the spare time during trave l to enable their re latives and fa mily me mbers to inquire an d under- stand the health condition of the members. 3. Results In this paper, the man-mach ine control in- terface of the PDA-side Host adopts the receiv- ing software developed by Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, as shown in Fig. 2. The interface program shows all the information received by the controlled-side and calculates the pos i- tion-related info rmation. Meanwhile, it can instantly notify the main controller regarding the status between members. Fig. 2 Host of human interface control software 4. Conclusions With the more rapid development of the various informat ion technologies, if the tech- nologies can be readily integrated into the life functions where appropriate and be applied in cultural arts, the efficiency can be ma ximized, the quality of life enhanced, and ma ximu m re - sults achieved at the lowest social costs, which would be great news for all. In this paper, a whole ne w technology application was imple - mented: the use of the microprocessor as the man-machine technology, the integration of the various system control modules, and the s e- NFC Module Bluetooth GPS Micro-controller UART Selector Key Emergency Power supply Pedometer I2C I/F UART I/F_A UART I/F_B GPIO GPIO USB Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation , vol. 4, 2016, pp. 22 - 24 24 Copyright © TAETI quence of actions, as well as the functions of the informat ion processing and reading. This device was placed in the actual testing environment. 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