Towards Useful Services for Elderly and People with Disabilities : 9th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, ICOST 2011, Montreal, Canada, June 20-22, 2011, Proceedings.
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series ; v.6719 .
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series .
Title Page -- Preface -- Organization -- Table of Contents -- Smart Home and Village -- Adaptative Applications for Heterogeneous Intelligent Environments -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Adaptative Application Framework -- Preprocessor Directives -- Fuzzy Knowledge Eliciting Reasoner -- Evaluation -- Conclusions -- References -- An Automated Prompting System for Smart Environments -- Introduction -- Related Work -- System Architecture -- Experimental Setup -- Theoretical Background -- Experiments and Discussion -- Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Domain Selection and Adaptation in Smart Homes -- Introduction -- Proposed Model -- Measuring Domain Distance -- Model Details -- Experiments -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Daily Human Activity Recognition Using Depth Silhouettes and R Transformation for Smart Home -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Depth Silhouette Preprocessing -- Feature Representation -- PCA and LDA for Silhouette Feature Extraction -- Activity Recognition via HMM -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Activity Recognition in Smart Environments: An Information Retrieval Problem -- Introduction -- Proposed Approach -- Activity Model -- Algorithm -- Experiments -- Experimental Results -- Scalability -- Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- Annotating Sensor Data to Identify Activities of Daily Living -- Introduction -- Related Research -- DANTE System -- Experimental Outline -- Discussion of Experimental Findings -- Conclusion -- References -- Using Association Rule Mining to Discover Temporal Relations of Daily Activities -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Model Description -- Temporal Activity Features Discovery -- Temporal Activity Relations Discovery -- Experimental Results -- Experimental Setup -- Validation of TEREDA -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References. Using Graphs to Improve Activity Prediction in Smart Environments Based on Motion Sensor Data -- Introduction -- Previous Work -- Methods Used -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Health Telematics and Healthcare Technology -- An Accompaniment System for Healing Emotions of Patients with Dementia Who Repeat Stereotypical Utterances -- Introduction -- Patients Who Repeat Stereotypical Behaviors and Utterances -- Set up System -- Outline of the System -- Converting the Patient's Utterances into Pitches -- Cadence Output from the System -- Conclusion -- References -- Human-Centric Situational Awareness in the Bedroom -- Introduction -- Related Work -- System Architecture -- Methodology and System Implementation -- Bed-Related Micro Context Extraction -- Location Micro Context Extraction -- Temporal Feature Handling and Situation Awareness -- Experiments and Results -- Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- A Subarea Mapping Approach for Indoor Localization -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Methodology -- Method for Optimal Deployment of RFID System -- Subarea Mapping Approach -- Experiments -- Discussion and Future Work -- References -- Joint Active Queue Management and Congestion Control Protocol for Healthcare Applications in Wireless Body Sensor Networks -- Introduction -- Related Works -- Proposed Model -- AQM Mechanism in Intermediate Nodes -- Congestion Control in the Sink -- Simulation Results -- Conclusion -- References -- CodaQ: A Context-Aware and Adaptive QoS-Aware Middleware for Activity Monitoring -- Introduction -- Related Works -- Data Modeling for Taking into Account the Context -- Architecture of CodaQ -- Implementation and Performance Evaluation -- Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Physical Activity Monitoring with Mobile Phones -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Assumption, Experiment and Feature Extraction. Assumption -- Experiment -- Feature Extraction -- Result Analysis -- Recognition Accuracy Comparison -- Feature Dimension Classification Contributions and Reduction -- Conclusion -- References -- Wellbeing, Ageing Friendly and Enabling Technology -- Guidelines for Increasing Prompt Efficiency in Smart Homes According to the Resident's Profile and Task Characteristics -- Introduction -- Overview of Prompts Compatible with Smart Homes -- Which Variables to Consider before Choosing a Prompt? -- Guidelines for Using Prompts According to Significant Variables -- Experimentations: Validation of the Guidelines -- Conclusion -- References -- Fall Detection from Depth Map Video Sequences -- Introduction -- Fall Detection Systems -- Depth Information -- Our Method -- Ground Plane Detection -- Person Segmentation and Localization -- Fall Detection -- 3D Distance From the Ground Plane -- 3D Body Velocity -- Automatic Fall Detection -- Experimental Results -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Smart Silver Towns: Prospects and Challenges -- Introduction -- Rise of Silver Towns -- Aging Population -- Family Structure -- High-Rise and High-Density Living -- Information Technology Infrastructure -- Related Studies -- Research Questions -- Methodology and Data Collection -- Sifting Through Data -- Design Challenges -- Future Work -- References -- Interdisciplinary Design of an Electronic Organizer for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease -- Introduction -- Conceptual Phase -- Method -- Results -- Pre-experimental Phase: AP@LZ Used by Elderly Participants -- Method -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- From Individual Communication to Social Networks: Evolution of a Technical Platform for the Elderly -- Introduction -- Social Networks and New Challenges for Isolated People -- Strengthen and Rediscover Relationships. From Point-to-Point Messaging to Community Interactions -- Mazadoo: A Social Network to Connect Elderly People -- Why is Mazadoo Using Facebook? -- The Services Provided by Mazadoo -- Experimentation -- Conclusion -- References -- Evaluation of Video Reminding Technology for Persons with Dementia -- Introduction -- Background -- Methods -- Technical Components of Reminding Technology -- User Recruitment -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- The "Acceptance" of Ambient Assisted Living: Developing an Alternate Methodology to This Limited Research Lens -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Results -- Discussion and Recommendations for Future Research -- Limitations -- References -- Medical Health Telematics and Healthcare Technology -- An OWL-DL Ontology for the HL7 Reference Information Model -- Introduction -- Related Works -- Proposed OWL-DL Ontology for HL7-RIM -- Modeling Decisions for RIM Classes and Attributes -- Modeling Decisions for RIM Associations -- Modeling Decisions for RIM Data Types -- Modeling Decisions for RIM Vocabularies -- Results -- Evaluation for Compliance with Standard Design Principles of Ontology -- Checking Logical Consistencies Using Reasoners -- Instantiations of the Proposed HL7-RIM Ontology -- Reasoning of the Proposed HL7-RIM Ontology -- Conclusion -- References -- Development of the "Care Delivery Frame" for Senior Users -- Introduction -- Information Structure for CDF -- Software Design of CDF -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Utilizing Wearable Sensors to Investigate the Impact of Everyday Activities on Heart Rate -- Introduction -- Background -- Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- The Smart Home Landscape: A Qualitative Meta-analysis -- Introduction -- Smart Home: Definition and Perspectives -- Methodology -- Results -- Service Domain -- Technology Domain. Organization Domain -- Finance Domain -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Student Papers -- Using Code of Colors through ICT and Home Automation Technologies in the Housing Environment Context for Persons with Loss of Autonomy -- Introduction -- Color Codes as Intuitive Indicators -- Color Code and Space Perception -- Chromic Materials -- Light as Information -- Smart Furniture Using Color Codes -- Color Codes as Guides for Persons with Cognitive Troubles -- References -- The COSE Ontology: Bringing the Semantic Web to Smart Environments -- Introduction -- Ontological Reasoning -- Previous Work -- The COSE Ontology -- Future Directions and Challenges -- Conclusion -- References -- Portable Ambulatory Urodynamics Monitoring System for Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms -- Introduction -- Portable AUM System -- Clinical Assessment -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Real-Time Interactive Medical Consultation Using a Pervasive Healthcare Architecture -- Introduction -- System Prototype -- System Implementation -- Real-Time Remote Monitoring System -- Data Review System -- Healthcare Reasoning System -- Non-functional Requirements -- Conclusions -- References -- Hardware Design in Smart Home Applications: Rapid Prototyping and Embedded Systems -- Introduction -- Methods -- Rapid Prototyping -- Embedded Systems -- Examples -- Life Companion -- Smart Lamp -- Discussion and Future Works -- References -- Audiovisual Assistance for the Elderly - An Overview of the FEARLESS Project -- Introduction -- Event Detection -- Conclusion -- References -- Wrenching: Transient Migration from Commonality to Variability in Product Line Engineering of Smart Homes -- Introduction -- Smart Home System -- Smart Home Deployment -- Current State of Art -- Existing Product Line Approach -- Wrenching - The Transient Migration -- Cost - Benefits Analysis. 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