DocumentCode :
2375760
Title :
A heterogeneous sensors integration platform for independent living spaces
Author :
Zheng, Cheng ; Shen, Weiming ; Xue, Henry ; Hao, Qi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
fYear :
2012
fDate :
23-25 May 2012
Firstpage :
616
Lastpage :
621
Abstract :
Continual advances in modern technologies make it feasible to build intelligent independent living spaces for the elderly and disabled. In the past few years, various sensors and medical devices have been commercially available for home healthcare applications, but still there is a lack of effort on integrating heterogeneous commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) sensors from various vendors to collect data and provide more flexibility in product selection for customers. In order to address this issue, this paper presents a heterogeneous sensors integration platform for independent living spaces. The proposed platform, which is based on Apache Thrift, can accomplish the tasks of data collection, organization, and storage through cross-language services. A prototype system has been implemented and integrated into an independent living space monitoring system to validate the proposed approach.
Keywords :
data acquisition; health care; home computing; knowledge based systems; sensors; Apache Thrift; COTS sensor; cross-language service; data collection; data organization; data storage; disabled; elderly; heterogeneous commercial off-the-shelf sensor; heterogeneous sensors integration platform; home healthcare application; independent living space monitoring system; intelligent independent living spaces; product selection; Databases; Monitoring; Sensors; Servers; Sugar; World Wide Web; Apache Thrift; COTS sensors and devices; cross-language services; data collection; independent living spaces; sensors integration;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1211-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221882
Filename :
6221882
Link To Document :
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