Computers in the Human Interaction Loop

Waibel, Alexander; Stiefelhagen, Rainer; Carlson, Rolf; Casas, Josep R.; Kleindienst, Jan; Lamel, Lori; Lanz, Oswald; Mostefa, Djamel; Omologo, Maurizio; Pianesi, Fabio; Polymenakos, Lazaros; Potamianos, Gerasimos; Soldatos, John; Sutschet, Gerhard; Terken, Jacques

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-93808-0_40

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“…This proliferation is mainly a result of the rising longevity and falling mortality phenomena, which maximizes the societal impact of these pervasive computing applications. As argued in (Waibel, 2009) and ) pervasive computing applications that can alleviate the elderly cognitive decline have a prominent position among AAL applications for ageing well.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Furthermore, the platform is modular and extensible since it provides Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the flexible development of additional applications. In terms of core middleware technology, the platform is built over the reference architecture for pervasive systems developed in the scope of the CHIL project (Waibel, 2009). Several enhancements over this architecture are however made in order to address requirements that are peculiar to the ageing support tasks at hand.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Hermes: A Pervasive System for Memory Support and Ambient Assisted Living

Conconi

Cattaneo²,

Pnevmatikakis

et al. 2011

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Software and Database Technologies

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As sensors and other pervasive computing technologies are increasingly penetrating ambient assisted living applications researchers, engineers and application architects are starving for tools, techniques and frameworks for building and integrating added-value applications. In this paper we present HERMES, the architecture and implementation of a pervasive computing platform, which supports the development of ambient assisted living applications for the ageing society, with a particular emphasis on memory aids and cognitive training. The platform is integrated in the sense that it enables combined support for memory aid and cognitive training applications. It is also accessible via ergonomic interfaces developed on top of multitouch surface devices. Furthermore, the platform is modular and extensible since it provides Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the flexible development of additional applications. Along with the middleware architecture of the platform we also present representative trial deployments, which manifest that the presented platform is an attractive option for building pervasive applications for the ageing society.

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confidence: 99%

Hermes: A Pervasive System for Memory Support and Ambient Assisted Living

Conconi

Cattaneo²,

Pnevmatikakis

et al. 2011

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Software and Database Technologies

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“…In recent years, much effort has been devoted to designing and implementing ambient intelligence environments, such as smart homes and smart rooms, able to interact with humans through speech [1][2][3]. For example, among others, ongoing such research is being conducted within the EU project named "Distant-speech Interaction for Robust Home Applications" (DIRHA) [4].…”

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confidence: 99%

Multichannel speech enhancement using MEMS microphones

Skordilis

Tsiami

Maragos

et al. 2015

2015 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP)

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In this work, we investigate the efficacy of Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) microphones, a newly developed technology of very compact sensors, for multichannel speech enhancement. Experiments are conducted on real speech data collected using a MEMS microphone array. First, the effectiveness of the array geometry for noise suppression is explored, using a new corpus containing speech recorded in diffuse and localized noise fields with a MEMS microphone array configured in linear and hexagonal array geometries.Our results indicate superior performance of the hexagonal geometry. Then, MEMS microphones are compared to Electret Condenser Microphones (ECMs), using the ATHENA database, which contains speech recorded in realistic smart home noise conditions with hexagonal-type arrays of both microphone types. MEMS microphones exhibit performance similar to ECMs. Good performance, versatility in placement, small size, and low cost, make MEMS microphones attractive for multichannel speech processing.

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“…Augusto and Shapiro (2007), Streiz et al (2007), Ramos et al (2008), Augusto and Nugent (2006). Examples of application areas are personal assistance by mobile devices (Richard and Yamada, 2007), clothing (Boronowsky et al, 2006), entertainment (Saini et al, 2005;Dornbush et al, 2007), office and meetings rooms (Waibel et al, 2010), and home environments (Aarts and Diederiks, 2007;Nakashima, 2007). The benefits in the applications concern enhanced security, and utility.…”

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Ambient Surveillance by Probabilistic-Possibilistic Perception

Bittermann¹,

Ciftcioglu²

2013

Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eC

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A method for quantifying ambient surveillance is presented, which is based on probabilistic-possibilistic perception. The human surveillance of a scene through observing camera sensed images on a monitor is modeled in three steps. First immersion of the observer is simulated by modeling perception of the scene from the camera locations using probabilistic perception approach. The perceptions are thereafter combined by means of probabilistic union, simulating simultaneous watching of the scene from multiple viewing positions. As third step the combined perceptions are converted to a possibility using triangular possibility density function. The latter step accounts for the fact that surveillance takes place via monitor depiction and not directly as perception of the actual physical scene. The method is described and demonstrated by means of an ambient surveillance application involving three cameras. The resulting possibility of perception is compared to the case of using two cameras, quantifying the added value of additional camera as to surveillance.

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Computers in the Human Interaction Loop

Cited by 16 publications

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Hermes: A Pervasive System for Memory Support and Ambient Assisted Living

Hermes: A Pervasive System for Memory Support and Ambient Assisted Living

Multichannel speech enhancement using MEMS microphones

Ambient Surveillance by Probabilistic-Possibilistic Perception

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