IoT Semantic Interoperability for Active and Healthy Ageing
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Emergency trigger: in this scenario, the system can detect critical situations
and report them automatically. For the input, panic buttons connected to the emergency call-center system can be installed in the elderly person’s home in order to
provide them an easy way to call the emergency services. Emergencies can also
be triggered based on the results of processing the data coming from different
sensors, which allows alerting the emergency services when the person cannot do it
(unconsciousness, fall, gas, etc.).
Exercise promotion for fall prevention and physical activeness, based on
ambient sensors and wearable devices.
Cognitive stimulation for mental decline prevention: this scenario combines
behavioral monitoring with interventions, such as the use of applications and peripheral devices in games that can promote mental or physical exercise. Its objective is
to extend the independence of the elderly people.
Prevention of social isolation: this scenario is based on the use of applications
connected to the Smart City infrastructure to provide data about events in order to
promote mobility and social interaction and engagement. The information from the
smartphone can be combined with the data coming from the home sensors in order
to get a more complete view of the users’ social activity. As a result, depression and
decline can be avoided.
Comfort and safety at home, based on the use of smart home technologies to
control temperature, light, energy consumption and perimeter safety.
Support for transportation and mobility: in this scenario, the system can use
data from the Smart City infrastructure to determine routes that can be adapted
based on the needs and goals of the elderly person, such as finding the easiest route
or exercise promotion. Route planning can be applied both in a city and between
different cities.
3.4 ACTIVAGE Technical Approach for Semantic
Interoperability
The interoperability in ACTIVAGE has been achieved by using elements from the
framework for interoperability provided by the H2020 project INTER-IoT.
3 These
elements are the key components that perform the necessary syntactic and semantic
translations to achieve the interoperability objectives described in the previous
section.
The INTER-IoT project designed a solution to enable interoperability in IoT
at different levels. The layered approach followed in INTER-IoT allows a more
complete exploitation of the functionalities of each layer of an IoT system.
More concretely, Inter-IoT offers interoperability solutions for the following
3 https://inter-iot.eu/.
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Emergency trigger: in this scenario, the system can detect critical situations
and report them automatically. For the input, panic buttons connected to the emergency call-center system can be installed in the elderly person’s home in order to
provide them an easy way to call the emergency services. Emergencies can also
be triggered based on the results of processing the data coming from different
sensors, which allows alerting the emergency services when the person cannot do it
(unconsciousness, fall, gas, etc.).
Exercise promotion for fall prevention and physical activeness, based on
ambient sensors and wearable devices.
Cognitive stimulation for mental decline prevention: this scenario combines
behavioral monitoring with interventions, such as the use of applications and peripheral devices in games that can promote mental or physical exercise. Its objective is
to extend the independence of the elderly people.
Prevention of social isolation: this scenario is based on the use of applications
connected to the Smart City infrastructure to provide data about events in order to
promote mobility and social interaction and engagement. The information from the
smartphone can be combined with the data coming from the home sensors in order
to get a more complete view of the users’ social activity. As a result, depression and
decline can be avoided.
Comfort and safety at home, based on the use of smart home technologies to
control temperature, light, energy consumption and perimeter safety.
Support for transportation and mobility: in this scenario, the system can use
data from the Smart City infrastructure to determine routes that can be adapted
based on the needs and goals of the elderly person, such as finding the easiest route
or exercise promotion. Route planning can be applied both in a city and between
different cities.
3.4 ACTIVAGE Technical Approach for Semantic
Interoperability
The interoperability in ACTIVAGE has been achieved by using elements from the
framework for interoperability provided by the H2020 project INTER-IoT.
3 These
elements are the key components that perform the necessary syntactic and semantic
translations to achieve the interoperability objectives described in the previous
section.
The INTER-IoT project designed a solution to enable interoperability in IoT
at different levels. The layered approach followed in INTER-IoT allows a more
complete exploitation of the functionalities of each layer of an IoT system.
More concretely, Inter-IoT offers interoperability solutions for the following
3 https://inter-iot.eu/.