scholarly journals An efficient architecture for the integration of sensor and actuator networks into the future internet

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 231-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Schneider ◽  
A. Klein ◽  
C. Mannweiler ◽  
H. D. Schotten
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Future Internet ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cost Efficient

Abstract. In the future, sensors will enable a large variety of new services in different domains. Important application areas are service adaptations in fixed and mobile environments, ambient assisted living, home automation, traffic management, as well as management of smart grids. All these applications will share a common property, the usage of networked sensors and actuators. To ensure an efficient deployment of such sensor-actuator networks, concepts and frameworks for managing and distributing sensor data as well as for triggering actuators need to be developed. In this paper, we present an architecture for integrating sensors and actuators into the future Internet. In our concept, all sensors and actuators are connected via gateways to the Internet, that will be used as comprehensive transport medium. Additionally, an entity is needed for registering all sensors and actuators, and managing sensor data requests. We decided to use a hierarchical structure, comparable to the Domain Name Service. This approach realizes a cost-efficient architecture disposing of "plug and play" capabilities and accounting for privacy issues.

scholarly journals A context management system for a cost-efficient smart home platform

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 135-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Schneider ◽  
A. Klein ◽  
C. Mannweiler ◽  
H. D. Schotten
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Management System ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Future Internet ◽  
Context Management ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Home Context ◽  
Cost Efficient

Abstract. This paper presents an overview of state-of-the-art architectures for integrating wireless sensor and actuators networks into the Future Internet. Furthermore, we will address advantages and disadvantages of the different architectures. With respect to these criteria, we develop a new architecture overcoming these weaknesses. Our system, called Smart Home Context Management System, will be used for intelligent home utilities, appliances, and electronics and includes physical, logical as well as network context sources within one concept. It considers important aspects and requirements of modern context management systems for smart X applications: plug and play as well as plug and trust capabilities, scalability, extensibility, security, and adaptability. As such, it is able to control roller blinds, heating systems as well as learn, for example, the user's taste w.r.t. to home entertainment (music, videos, etc.). Moreover, Smart Grid applications and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) functions are applicable. With respect to AAL, we included an Emergency Handling function. It assures that emergency calls (police, ambulance or fire department) are processed appropriately. Our concept is based on a centralized Context Broker architecture, enhanced by a distributed Context Broker system. The goal of this concept is to develop a simple, low-priced, multi-functional, and save architecture affordable for everybody. Individual components of the architecture are well tested. Implementation and testing of the architecture as a whole is in progress.

Rehabilitation Systems in Ambient Assisted Living Environments

2015 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
A. M. Middleton ◽  
R. P. Harte ◽  
T. E. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Motion Capture ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Robotic Rehabilitation ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Future ◽  
Living Environments

This chapter reviews Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) in the context of movement-based rehabilitation. The authors analyse the need for AAL solutions and how they can overcome many of the drawbacks associated with traditional rehabilitation. They discuss the benefits and challenges of rehabilitation within the AAL paradigm and the well-known benefits that the telerehabilitation and telemedicine models have already established. The authors review the top ambient technologies in use today, detailing their advantages and shortcomings. The review focuses primarily on areas such as motion capture, serious games, and robotic rehabilitation. The authors carry out a structured search of two well-known databases to find the most recent advances and present the most interesting lines of research and development. Finally, the authors discuss the review findings and draw conclusions on the future of personalised rehabilitation within an AAL paradigm.

Rehabilitation Systems in Ambient Assisted Living Environments

Gamification ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 1688-1705
Author(s):  
A. M. Middleton ◽  
R. P. Harte ◽  
T. E. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Motion Capture ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Robotic Rehabilitation ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Future ◽  
Living Environments

This chapter reviews Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) in the context of movement-based rehabilitation. The authors analyse the need for AAL solutions and how they can overcome many of the drawbacks associated with traditional rehabilitation. They discuss the benefits and challenges of rehabilitation within the AAL paradigm and the well-known benefits that the telerehabilitation and telemedicine models have already established. The authors review the top ambient technologies in use today, detailing their advantages and shortcomings. The review focuses primarily on areas such as motion capture, serious games, and robotic rehabilitation. The authors carry out a structured search of two well-known databases to find the most recent advances and present the most interesting lines of research and development. Finally, the authors discuss the review findings and draw conclusions on the future of personalised rehabilitation within an AAL paradigm.

Multi-sensing Monitoring and Knowledge-driven Analysis for Dementia Assessment

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanos G. Stavropoulos ◽  
Georgios Meditskos ◽  
Efstratios Kontopoulos ◽  
Ioannis Kompatsiaris
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Wearable Sensors ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Semantic Interpretation ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
End User ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Assessment And Monitoring

DemaWare is a Service-Oriented platform that aids in the timely assessment and monitoring of people with dementia in an Ambient Assisted Living context. This work presents in detail the underlying modules integrated in DemaWare, providing both software and hardware services. The system coordinates the retrieval of raw sensor data from a variety of sources, such as ambient and wearable sensors, and their processing into a common knowledge base. The semantic interpretation performed afterwards reasons upon collected knowledge and infers higher level observations. Finally, all knowledge is presented in suitable end-user applications that support various scenarios, e.g. lab assessment trials and monitoring in nursing home environments.

Sensor data fusion for activity monitoring in the PERSONA ambient assisted living project

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Amoretti ◽  
Sergio Copelli ◽  
Folker Wientapper ◽  
Francesco Furfari ◽  
Stefano Lenzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Fusion ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Activity Monitoring ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Sensor Data Fusion

scholarly journals ComfOnt: A Semantic Framework for Indoor Comfort and Energy Saving In Smart Homes

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Spoladore ◽  
Atieh Mahroo ◽  
Alberto Trombetta ◽  
Marco Sacco
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Context Awareness ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Semantic Framework ◽  
Indoor Comfort

This work introduces ComfOnt, a semantic framework developed within the context of ambient assisted living, context awareness, and ambient intelligence Italian research projects. ComfOnt leverages knowledge regarding Smart Home inhabitants and their particular needs, the devices deployed inside the domestic environment (appliances, sensors, and actuators), the amount of their energy consumption, and indoor comfort metrics to provide dwellers with customized services. Developed reusing widely adopted ontologies, ComfOnt aims at providing inhabitants with the possibility of having personalized indoor comfort in their living environments and at helping them in scheduling their daily activities requiring appliances; in fact, the proposed semantic framework enables the representation of appliances’ energy consumption and the energy profile of the Smart Home, thus assisting the dwellers in avoiding power cuts and fostering energy savings. ComfOnt serves as a knowledge base for a prototypical application (DECAM) dedicated to Smart Home inhabitants; the architecture and the functionalities of DECAM are here presented.

Using Data from Ambient Assisted Living and Smart Homes in Electronic Health Records

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (03) ◽  
pp. 149-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Schöpe ◽  
P. Knaup
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Electronic Health Records ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Smart Homes ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Electronic Health ◽  
Using Data

SummaryIntroduction: This editorial is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on “Using Data from Ambient Assisted Living and Smart Homes in Electronic Health Records”.Background: To increase efficiency in the health care of the future, data from innovative technology like it is used for ambient assisted living (AAL) or smart homes should be available for individual health decisions. Integrating and aggregating data from different medical devices and health records enables a comprehensive view on health data.Objectives: The objective of this paper is to present examples of the state of the art in research on information management that leads to a sustainable use and long-term storage of health data provided by innovative assistive technologies in daily living.Results: Current research deals with the perceived usefulness of sensor data, the participatory design of visual displays for presenting monitoring data, and communication architectures for integrating sensor data from home health care environments with health care providers either via a regional health record bank or via a telemedical center.Conclusions: Integrating data from AAL systems and smart homes with data from electronic patient or health records is still in an early stage. Several projects are in an advanced conceptual phase, some of them exploring feasibility with the help of prototypes. General comprehensive solutions are hardly available and should become a major issue of medical informatics research in the near future.

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