The use of computer vision in an intelligent environment to support aging-in-place, safety, and independence in the home.

The use of computer vision in an intelligent environment to support aging-in-place, safety, and independence in the home.

This paper discusses the use of computer vision in pervasive healthcare systems, specifically in the design of a sensing agent for an intelligent environment that assists older adults with dementia during an activity of daily living. An overview of the techniques applied in this particular example i...

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Published in:IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 8, 3 (2004).
Main Author: Mihailidis, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living.
Aging-in-place support.
Computer vision.
Dementia.
Intelligent environment.
Intelligent homes.
Older adults.
Pervasive computing.
Pervasive healthcare system.
Safety.
Sensing agent.
Social issues.