scholarly journals An Acoustic-Based Smart Home System for People Suffering from Dementia

Technologies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Boumpa ◽  
Anargyros Gkogkidis ◽  
Ioanna Charalampou ◽  
Argyro Ntaliani ◽  
Athanasios Kakarountas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Home Support ◽  
Person Recognition ◽  
Dementia Syndrome ◽  
Neurological Research ◽  
Familiar Person

Aging-in-place can reduce the progress of dementia syndrome and improve the quality of life of the sufferers and their families. Taking into consideration the fact that numerous neurological research results suggest the use of sound as a stimulus for empowering the memory of the sufferer, an innovative information home support system for people suffering from dementia is proposed. The innovation of the proposed system is found in its application, that is to integrate a home system for assisting with person recognition via a sound-based memory aid service. Furthermore, the system addresses the needs of people suffering from dementia to recognize their familiars and have better interaction and collaboration, without the need for training. The system offers a ubiquitous recognition system, using smart devices like smart-phones or smart-wristbands. When a familiar person is detected in the house, then a sound is reproduced on the smart speakers, in order to stimulate the sufferer’s memory. The system identified all users and reproduced the appropriate sound in 100% of the cases. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first system of its kind for assisting person recognition via sound ever reported in the literature.

scholarly journals An Acoustic-based Smart Home System for People Suffering from Dementia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Boumpa ◽  
Anargyros Gkogkidis ◽  
Ioanna Charalampou ◽  
Argyro Ntaliani ◽  
Athanasios Kakarountas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Home Support ◽  
Age In Place ◽  
Dementia Syndrome ◽  
Familiar Person

Age-in-place can reduce the progress of dementia syndrome and improve the quality of life of the sufferers and their families. This work proposes an innovative information home support system to be established at the houses of people suffering from dementia. The main innovation of the system are its transparent character that overcomes the need for training of the sufferer, as well as the exploitation of a well-known technique for dementia, namely music therapy. It addresses the need of people suffering from dementia as well as their familiars to be recognized by them and have better interaction and collaboration. The system offers a ubiquitous recognition system, just by using smart devices like smart-phones or smart-wristbands. When a familiar person is detected in the house, then a sound file is reproduced on smart speakers placed in the house, in order to trigger the memory, based on the principles of music therapy. The system reproduced the appropriate time at 100% of the cases and the benefits of music therapy are evident daily. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first system of its kind ever reported in the literature.

scholarly journals SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH MOBILITY DISABILITIES: POTENTIAL AND CHALLENGES

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S878-S878
Author(s):  
Kenneth A Blocker ◽  
Lyndsie M Koon ◽  
Travis Kadylak ◽  
Widya A Ramadhani ◽  
Roshanak Khaleghi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Instructional Support ◽  
Digital Home ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
Home Technology ◽  
Smart Home Technology

Abstract Recently, there has been a significant expansion in the number of smart and connected technologies for assisting individuals with a variety of tasks within the home. Examples include digital home assistants (e.g., Amazon Echo), smart lights, smart plugs, robotic vacuums, as well as a multitude of other devices. Such technologies hold the potential to support independence for older adults with long-term mobility disabilities, as they may experience challenges engaging in daily activities. The aim of the current study was to utilize a comprehensive approach with an interdisciplinary team to improve understanding of how to integrate smart technology into older adults’ homes. We focused on identifying functionality that would be useful to them, understanding their perceptions, and developing instructional support. We conducted interviews among older adults with, and without, long-term mobility disabilities to better understand their attitudes towards digital assistants, identify needs for instructional support, and test the usability of our instructional protocol. The overall goal of this research is to improve understanding of older adults’ perceptions of these technologies and identify usability challenges within the home. The instructional protocol offers support by reducing the identified barriers to initial adoption and continued use to promote aging-in-place and improving overall quality of life for older adults with long-term mobility disabilities.

scholarly journals Improve Security in Smart Cities Based on IoT, Solve Cyber Electronic Attacks with Technology by using Packet Tracer

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 55-69
Author(s):  
Raed Al-hamarneh
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Cyber Attack ◽  
Alarm Systems ◽  
Packet Tracer ◽  
To Come ◽  
City Systems

Smart cities are expected to significantly improve people's quality of life, promote sustainable development, and enhance the efficiency of operations. With the implementation of many smart devices, c problems have become a serious challenge that needs strong treatments, especially the cyber-attack, which most countries suffer from it. My study focuses on the security of smart city systems, which include equipment like air conditioning, alarm systems, lighting, and doors. Some of the difficulties that arise daily may be found in the garage. This research aims to come up with a simulation of smart devices that can be and reduce cyber attach. Use of Cisco Packet tracer Features Simulated smart home and c devices are monitored. Simulation results show that smart objects can be connected to the home portal and objects can be successfullymonitored which leads to the idea of real-life implementation and see. In my research make manysolutions for attachingissues,which was great, and apply some wirelessprotocol.

scholarly journals Assessing Users’ Privacy and Security Concerns of Smart Home Technologies

i-com ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena Zimmermann ◽  
Paul Gerber ◽  
Karola Marky ◽  
Leon Böck ◽  
Florian Kirchbuchner
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Private Lives ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Home Users

AbstractSmart Home technologies have the potential to increase the quality of life, home security and facilitate elderly care. Therefore, they require access to a plethora of data about the users’ homes and private lives. Resulting security and privacy concerns form a relevant barrier to adopting this promising technology. Aiming to support end users’ informed decision-making through addressing the concerns we first conducted semi-structured interviews with 42 potential and little-experienced Smart Home users. Their diverse concerns were clustered into four themes that center around attacks on Smart Home data and devices, the perceived loss of control, the trade-off between functionality and security, and user-centric concerns as compared to concerns on a societal level. Second, we discuss measures to address the four themes from an interdisciplinary perspective. The paper concludes with recommendations for addressing user concerns and for supporting developers in designing user-centered Smart Home technologies.

scholarly journals Identification of Research Trends in Aging in Place Using Text Mining Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 50-50
Author(s):  
Ha Neul Kim ◽  
Seok In Nam
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Text Mining ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Daily Life Activity

Abstract Since 1980s professionals and social service providers have focused on aging at the place where people lived. This is the initial concept of the Aging in Place (AIP). Over 40 years, the topics have developed and extended to other disciplines welcoming different perspectives in the study of AIP. Therefore, this study aims to understand the overall research trends in Aging in Place (AIP) studies using text mining analysis to track the evolvement of AIP subtopics not only in Gerontology but also in various fields. To identify the topic trends, we collected the titles, abstracts, and keywords from 1,372 international articles that were published from 1981 to 2019. Then, keywords were extracted and cleaned based on precedent literature and discussions. We analyzed the keywords based on the degree of centrality and visualized the keyword-networks using VOSviewer and Pajek. Top-most popular keywords are “independent living”, “housing”, “older adults”, “home care”, “daily life activity” and “quality of life.” The change in topic trends shows that in the 1980s to early-2000s, research focused on organization and management level of intervention, home(housing) for the older adults, long term care. In the mid-2010s, health-related topics such as daily life activity, health service, health care delivery and quality of life have emerged. Recently, the topics have extended further to technology, caregiver, well-being, and environment design, environmental planning that support independent living of oneself. The research result shows that the interdisciplinary approach regarding AIP is not only inevitable but also encouraged for an in-depth discussion of the field.

AIoT-based Audio Recognition System for Smart Home Applications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-Wei Chen ◽  
Yu-Syuan Jhang ◽  
Hao-Ting Pai ◽  
Szu-Hong Wang ◽  
Ming-Hwa Sheu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Recognition System

scholarly journals Real-time Triplet Loss Embedding Face Recognition for Authentication Student Attendance Records System Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hady Pranoto ◽  
Oktaria Kusumawardani
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Expression Recognition ◽  
Student Attendance ◽  
Face Recognition System ◽  
Triplet Loss ◽  
Education Process

The number of times students attend lectures has been identified as one of many success factors in the learning process in many studies. We proposed a framework of the student attendance system by using face recognition as authentication. Triplet loss embedding in FaceNet is suitable for face recognition systems because the architecture has high accuracy, quite lightweight, and easy to implement in the real-time face recognition system. In our research, triplet loss embedding shows good performance in terms of the ability to recognize faces. It can also be used for real-time face recognition for the authentication process in the attendance recording system that uses RFID. In our study, the performance for face recognition using k-NN and SVM classification methods achieved results of 96.2 +/- 0.1% and 95.2 +/- 0.1% accordingly. Attendance recording systems using face recognition as an authentication process will increase student attendance in lectures. The system should be difficult to be faked; the system will validate the user or student using RFID cards using facial biometric marks. Finally, students will always be present in lectures, which in turn will improve the quality of the existing education process. The outcome can be changed in the future by using a high-resolution camera. A face recognition system with facial expression recognition can be added to improve the authentication process. For better results, users are required to perform an expression instructed by face recognition using a database and the YOLO process.

scholarly journals Projection of the Electronic Toll Collection System in the Republic of Croatia

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Marko Vidmar ◽  
Marino Žagar ◽  
Mile Perić
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Electronic Toll Collection ◽  
Toll Collection ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Technological Improvements

This paper deals with the topic of a modern electronic toll collection system that will be applied in the Republic of Croatia from the year 2022 onwards. The paper primarily analyses the existing toll collection systems in Croatia, as well as in the European Union. Modern electronic toll collection systems were analysed with an emphasis on the ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) system, because ANPR technology will be used in Croatia after the restructuring of road traffic occurs. ANPR is not a new technology, however in the last twenty years it has found its wider application. This happened mostly thanks to local and global infrastructural development and technological improvements therefore in turn infrastructure required for the operation of this system became cheaper. By applying the ETC and ANPR, Croatia will have a system in line with European directives and practices which are being applied in other European countries. The system will in turn significantly raise the quality of road traffic in Croatia and reduce its costs.

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