This talk discusses the broad range of AAL-related research projects that CLARITY are involved in, and shows that multi-disciplinary collaboration is necessary to best advance the uptake of AAL technologies

Doherty, Aiden R.

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1AAL Research. Creating the future technologies in Ireland – challenges and realities Aiden R. DohertyCLARITY: Centre for Sensor Web Technologies 12The CLARITY centre• CLARITY: Centre for Sensor Web Technologies (2008 –2013)– UCD DCU and Tyndall– National, multi-site CSET– Irish funding sources: EPA, MI, IDA, EI & SFI– 8x Prof./PI + 17x lecturers– 33x senior researchers + 49x PhD students– 8x support staff + 8x admin• Focus on 4 demonstrators:– Personal Health and Sports– Energy and the Environment– Real Time Web– Ambient Assisted Living3Industry CollaboratorsSocial/Agency CollaboratorsCLARITY Centre & Ecosystem3August 2010CSET CoreCLARITY AAL Demo4SensingActivity RecognitionAlerting5Fabric stretch/bend sensorsFabric sensors respond to stretchinge.g. fabric stretches due to ribcage expansion or due to joint movementStretch sensorsMonitor breathingBreathing feedback application for children with respiratory illnessSensingActivity RecognitionAlerting• 6 DOF Wireless Inertial Measurement Units (WIMUs)• Features:– 3-axis Accelerometers– 3-axis Gyroscopes– 3-axis magnetometers– ADC: analog-digital converter– Microprocessor– Serial Wireless LinkMovement AnalysisSensingActivity RecognitionAlertingTyndall WIMUWirelessInertialMeasurementUnit7UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN    DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY    TYNDALL NATIONAL INSTITUTE 73D Human Motion ReconstructionSensingActivity RecognitionAlerting15“Lifelog” Images – what we see…• 22 “activities”• Validated on 33 people•1+ million minutes of daily lifeSensingActivity RecognitionAlertingCCTV Unusual Event DetectionSensingActivity RecognitionAlertingVideo Audio• 3,391,443  sensor readings reduced to 520 showers• Average duration = 8 minutes (min = 3 min,  max = 27 min)• 8am Tuesday morning is peak timePassive Electricity SensingMorning ShowerSensingActivity RecognitionAlertingReflection…1. Sound Fundamentals2. Unobtrusive Sensors … intuitive interactionReflection…3. Learn from real-world users4. Embrace ideas from others13AAL Research. Creating the future technologies in Ireland – challenges and realities Aiden R. Doherty – aiden.doherty@dcu.iewww.clarity-centre.org1CLARITY has lots of expertiseAlways seeking collaboration

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