Title :
Social Hue: A subtle awareness system for connecting the elderly and their caregivers
Author :
Davis, Kadian ; Jun Hu ; Feijs, Loe ; Owusu, Evans
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Design, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
In this position paper, we propose an unobtrusive solution for improving bonding relations between the elderly and their caregivers, through the Social Hue. The Social Hue is a bidirectional application that is based on the Philips Hue light. To create social presence, activity and emotional states will be detected through sensors and will be transformed into ambient lighting into the elder´s home and vice versa without overt communication from participants. Findings are expected to provide a deeper insight on the notion of subtle awareness in relation to social connectivity between the elderly and their caregivers.
Keywords :
assisted living; social sciences computing; Philips Hue light; Social Hue; activity states; ambient lighting; bidirectional application; bonding relation improvement; elder home; elderly people-caregiver connection; emotional states; sensor detection; social connectivity; social presence; subtle awareness system; Image color analysis; Lighting; Senior citizens; Sensors; Servers; Skin; Social network services;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops (PerCom Workshops), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Louis, MO
DOI :
10.1109/PERCOMW.2015.7134015
