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Aspects of Ambient Assisted Living and Its Applications
• Personal emergency response devices that are connected to the caretaker and
doctors
• Monitoring the daily routine activity patterns from which we can find the change
in diet, sleeping, medications, etc.
• Fitness tracker system
• Smart security devices for homes
• Smart home with automated response for door bell, temperature control, smart
stove, light sensing, smart lock, etc.
• Smart devices that can predict the fall of the elderly, which are quiet common, and
assist them
Advantages involved in installing these devices are:
• Comfort and independent life style
• Cost efficiency
• Reduce the physical demand, assistance, and home maintenance
• Reduces the anxiety about the elderly during office hours
• Secure and safe home for independent living
• Medical support in absence of caretaker
8.13 Conclusion
AAL is a boon of technology for the elderly that can support their life. It makes their life
hassle-free, easy, simple, and sophisticated giving them much needed confidence and happiness. Wearable devices designed for all-time wearing without discomfort will acquire the
data and sent to remote servers for further processing. Analytics performed on the acquired
data will support decision-making in the critical situation or in absence of the caretaker.
Designing such a system needs extensive care as it deals with real life situations. Software
engineering concepts are applied for effective modeling of AAL systems to match with
the requirements of the application in user and system perception. Communicative technologies and system capabilities play an important role in developing a flawless application. The main challenges are using reliable sensors with cost-effectiveness, uninterrupted
power supply for the device with less consumption, and selection of good communication
medium with appropriate protocol. However, supremacy of the AAL relies on the above
points still the design of device bounces an impression of comfort to the end user’s.
References
Aarts, E. (2004), Ambient intelligence: A multimedia perspective. IEEE Multimedia 11(1): 12–19. DOI:
10.1109/MMUL.2004.1261101.
Aghajan, H., et al. (2010). Human-Centric Interfaces for Ambient Intelligence. Academic Press,
Cambridge, MA.
Aspects of Ambient Assisted Living and Its Applications
• Personal emergency response devices that are connected to the caretaker and
doctors
• Monitoring the daily routine activity patterns from which we can find the change
in diet, sleeping, medications, etc.
• Fitness tracker system
• Smart security devices for homes
• Smart home with automated response for door bell, temperature control, smart
stove, light sensing, smart lock, etc.
• Smart devices that can predict the fall of the elderly, which are quiet common, and
assist them
Advantages involved in installing these devices are:
• Comfort and independent life style
• Cost efficiency
• Reduce the physical demand, assistance, and home maintenance
• Reduces the anxiety about the elderly during office hours
• Secure and safe home for independent living
• Medical support in absence of caretaker
8.13 Conclusion
AAL is a boon of technology for the elderly that can support their life. It makes their life
hassle-free, easy, simple, and sophisticated giving them much needed confidence and happiness. Wearable devices designed for all-time wearing without discomfort will acquire the
data and sent to remote servers for further processing. Analytics performed on the acquired
data will support decision-making in the critical situation or in absence of the caretaker.
Designing such a system needs extensive care as it deals with real life situations. Software
engineering concepts are applied for effective modeling of AAL systems to match with
the requirements of the application in user and system perception. Communicative technologies and system capabilities play an important role in developing a flawless application. The main challenges are using reliable sensors with cost-effectiveness, uninterrupted
power supply for the device with less consumption, and selection of good communication
medium with appropriate protocol. However, supremacy of the AAL relies on the above
points still the design of device bounces an impression of comfort to the end user’s.
References
Aarts, E. (2004), Ambient intelligence: A multimedia perspective. IEEE Multimedia 11(1): 12–19. DOI:
10.1109/MMUL.2004.1261101.
Aghajan, H., et al. (2010). Human-Centric Interfaces for Ambient Intelligence. Academic Press,
Cambridge, MA.