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In this work we propose the use of environment or ubiquitous learning objects that can be interchanged between (adapted to) different learning environments. These learning objects will embody packages of didactic resources together with rules for device assignment and composition. We intend to use adaptive hypermedia techniques to implement personalized learning object sequencing and selection for...
In this study, we reported integration of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) based systems for monitoring elderly health perception and daily activity behaviour recognition. The amalgamation of the systems helps in deducing the elderly wellness indices, thereby informing the health care providers about the tendency of unusual behaviour through telecaresystem. The developed sensing system along with the...
This paper discusses the proposed methodology for developing a doctoral research project named "Development and integration of automated systems aimed to the comfort of seniors and people with disabilities". The main idea is to design an audio signal acquisition system using ambient microphones to permit older and disabilities persons to control the home devices using speech commands.
This paper introduces some concepts of WSN and Pervasive Computing, then presents AesSidhe, a WSN architecture currently under design in Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna. The features and constraints of the hardware architecture are described, and the current work in the software architectureis described and commented. An analysis of usage of the architecture in pervasive computer systems for three...
This paper advances the hypothesis that a business can be regarded as a collection of interacting rule based processes, that are analogous to a set of rule based coordinating pervasive computing agents that make up intelligent environments. In this paper we explore this hypothesis and, in particular, investigate the application of directed graph theory, normally used in determining the stability of...
Juarez City has been a victim of the consequences brought about organized crime, such as killing of innocent people as the main fact assaults, kidnappings, multi homicides, burglary, among other consequences, including 487500 people abandoned the city. What has pushed the population of the city to take action of different kinds to minimize the violence in a society with 17900 violent homicides during...
This paper outlines the potential use of Bluetooth tracking of mobile devices in an urban environment for an intelligent and adaptive management of large-scale events. The used methodology is explained in detail, and its information potential is demonstrated through results that were gathered and processed offline. Additionally, a near-future project where the methodology will also generate real-time...
In this work, the benefits of Ambient Intelligence for enhancing user experience with Brain Computer Interfaces are explored. In a smart-home environment, statistics of devices activations are used to learn user habits and to adapt the interface for providing the most usual option to the user, reducing the time spent navigating through hierarchical menus. The activation statistics are learned by discriminative...
Disc Jokeys (DJs) generally mix music in a confined isolated space. This can make the DJ have depression sentiments and it can also difficult the DJ's understanding of his public. We present Enchantment Under The Sea: a new intelligent environment that allows the disc jokey to roam freely, interact directly with his audience, receive informative feedback about the public's social interactions, while...
As IE networks become ubiquitous, they inevitably become involved in more mission-critical applications. These applications, for example in industrial automation and building control, have real-time and high availability requirements. This paper describes one approach to address these concerns.
Wireless ad-hoc networks require a special management because of their hardware and energy limitations compared with wired networks. The problem of constructing a backbone structure over wireless ad-hoc networks has been widely researched. The basic problem is to minimize the wireless backbone size by taking into consideration the node's capabilities. Therefore, an efficient, self-organized, scalable,...
Although intelligent components in modern cars help to contribute to safe mobility, they lack important Smart Environment characteristics like personalization. Moreover, today's in-vehicle infotainment systems do not offer any interaction possibility between the passenger and the visible environment around the car. In this paper we combine several technologies and propose an approach on personalized...
In this work, we propose a computer vision-based AR system oriented to non-expert users that allows to add 3D computer generated (CG) objects into real man-made environments. Our system goes to a very intuitive and easy in situ 3D structure recovery of planar piecewise scenes without using powerful hardware nor commodity sensors. The user simply has to move the camera (translation of the focus is...
Smart buildings promise to revolutionize the way we live. Applications ranging from climate control to fire management can have significant impact on the quality and cost of these services. However, smart buildings and any technology with direct effect on human safety and life must undergo extensive testing. Virtual testing by means of computer simulation can significantly reduce the cost of testing...
Spoken dialogue is a suitable form for user interaction in intelligent environments because of its low demands to presentation hardware (e.g. microphone and speaker set) and its low cognitive demand. That means that the user can still do something else while communicating with a spoken dialogue system (SDS). In this paper, we investigate the demands to modern SDSs in intelligent environments and how...
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