Context-aware support for assistive systems and services

Author

Lee, K.M. ; Lunney, T.F. ; Curran, K.J. ; Santos, J.A.

Author_Institution

ISRC, Univ. of Ulster, Derry, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

6-6 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An assistive living system that gives our elderly population the comfort and confidence necessary to remain independently in their own homes is essential for enhanced longevity. Ambient Assistive Living technology that provides intuitive and context-sensitive support presents researchers with additional challenges. This paper details the creation and development of an "Ambient Assistant" application augmenting and extending the open source framework OpenAAL with enhanced reasoning, intelligent monitoring of the person and decision-making capabilities. The aim is a complete framework with fully interoperable components such as multi-parameter sensors.

Keywords

decision making; handicapped aids; inference mechanisms; public domain software; ubiquitous computing; OpenAAL; ambient assistant application; ambient assistive living technology; assistive living system; assistive services; context aware support; context sensitive support; decision making capabilities; enhanced longevity; intelligent monitoring; multiparameter sensors; open source framework; reasoning; Ambient Intelligence; Context-aware framework; assistive technology; elderly; sensor technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Assisted Living 2011, IET Seminar on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic.2011.0032

Filename

6183144