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Ambient Assistive Living (AAL) applications allow elderly people to maintain a healthy life style and live longer in their homes. In this paper we describe a platform that combine physical exercises, health monitoring with a reminder component implemented as a multimodal interface adapted to elderly needs for maintaining a healthy lifestyle for elderly people.
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have gained considerable private and commercial interest for a variety of jobs and entertainment in the past 10 years. This paper presents the applications of UAS in transportation and structural engineering with emphasis on bridge inspection. A brief but thorough review of UAS applications for State Department of Transportation in the United States is provided. Potential...
Modern science is increasingly data-driven and collaborative in nature. Many scientific disciplines, including genomics, high-energy physics, astronomy, and atmospheric science, produce petabytes of data that must be shared with collaborators all over the world. The National Science Foundation-supported International Research Network Connection (IRNC) links have been essential to enabling this collaboration,...
Using the automated vehicle location data combined with other technologies such as automated incident reporting, transit decision makers can now execute a variety of real-time strategies and performance evaluations. In this study, we show that it is possible to develop an easy to use but powerful web-based tool which acquires, stores, processes, and visualizes bus trajectory data. The developed web-based...
This work presents initial findings of a research project aimed at designing an assistance system able to improve driver ability and reduce accident risk. The proposed system is an innovative Advanced Driver Assistance System based on the integration of two main components: a training procedure based on precision teaching, and a control equipment monitoring driver behavior and providing feedbacks...
Methods for changing CuBr vapor laser operating parameters by varying discharge circuit parameters of a power supply were observed. Various options of matching the power supply and the active element were tested to obtain a steady amplifying state with an atypical duration of pulse radiation. Use of the matching autotransformer made it possible to increase the power of generation two-fold and to stabilize...
Na nossa sociedade, existem várias formas de crimes que ocorrem com bastante freqüência. No combate ao crime, vários sistemas safe-return estão a ser desenvolvidos para pessoas vulneráveis. Contudo estes sistemas focam-se principalmente na resposta a situações em que o perigo já aconteceu, não é feita nenhuma previsão de um possível crime. Estas previsões de situações de perigo podem ser feitas com...
This paper describes the current development of a collaborative monitoring tool, via smartphones and Web applications that allows the community to generate and share information about geolocalized sightings of marine fauna. Agencies such as WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) or other agencies interested in studying the considered species may use the generated data to support their conservation mission,...
The time that people spend inside buildings is very significant, so the environmental quality of these spaces is recognized as an important risk factor for human health. The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a technological revolution in the ascendant that is already present in several types of equipment. Thus, combining the need to monitor environmental parameters with a view to improving occupational...
Although the area of surgical simulation has been the subject of study in recent years, it is still necessary to develop artificial experimental models with a perspective to dismiss the use of biological models. Since this makes the simulators more real, transferring the environment of the health professional to a physical or virtual reality, an anesthetic prototype has been developed, where the motor...
The Internet of Things (loT) is a concept created to define the technological revolution of the devices used in day-today connected to the global Internet network. It is a technological revolution on the rise that is already present in various types of equipment. Thereby associating the need for monitoring of energy consumption to the paradigm of the Internet of Things, we intend to design and build...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based computer vision system, as a more and more promising option for forest fires surveillance and detection, is now widely employed. In this paper, an image processing method for the application to UAV is presented for the automatic detection of forest fires in infrared (IR) images. The presented algorithm makes use of brightness and motion clues along with image processing...
Older adults can suffer from neogogenerative diseases, which makes them dependent on trained personnel in geriatric centers. The main contribution of this paper is a conceptual model that seeks to delineate the implications for the design of a data visualization tool for older adults's care centers. The proposed model is created through grounded theory. The results obtained in the qualitative analysis...
Red tide harms the ecological environment. In order to reduce the occurrence of red tide phenomenon, it is necessary to study and analyze the reasons for the formation of red tides. The establishment of a set of red tide phenomenon visualization system has important significance. The paper improved inverse distance weighted interpolation algorithm based on the research on the spatial interpolation...
Computerized systems employed for the analysis of cardiotocographic signals have become almost indispensable tools in fetal monitoring, for which evaluation of fetal heart rate signals plays a key role. Consequently to the diffusion of these systems, new software and complex signal processing methodologies are spreading and are gaining more and more interest. For testing the performances of new software...
Reliable and accurate information about the condition of electrical equipment, obtained by thermographic surveys determines their wide use in the maintenance of distribution networks. Well maintained electrical equipment, especially transformers, is one of the main factors for ensuring uninterrupted power supply to the end users. The standard methods for faults diagnosis in most cases require the...
Keeping students attentive during lectures may significantly improve learning outcomes. Traditional methods of attention estimation cannot offer a real-time feedback to the teacher. We present a technical concept of student attention monitoring during a lecture. The system utilizes a set of cameras providing tracking of the behavior of individual students in the classroom. The monitoring system is...
Visual fixation is an item of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R), it is difficult to be detected by clinicians using the behavioral scales because of fluctuations of arousal level and the presence of motor impairment in disorders of consciousness (DOC) patients. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which directly detect brain response without any behavioral expression, can be used to evaluate a...
How the brain maintains the stability of visual perception across saccade is a central question in systems neuroscience; accurately characterizing visual responses in the perisaccadic period is an important step towards understanding how the visual world is represented during saccades. Here, we develop a probabilistic model in the Generalized Linear Model framework to characterize and predict the...
In this paper we present the work in progress of WireMe IoT development platform, a simple way to deploy IoT systems in an intuitive approach. WireMe platforms' simplified software and hardware modules enables users to deploy personalized web interface and program their hardware modules to achieve their home automation tasks without having deep technical knowledge in either of the above domains, with...
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