Virtual Environment and Imaging Technologies Laboratory

University of PannoniaVeszprém, Hungary

Dr. Cecilia Sik Lányi

lanyi@almos.uni-pannon.hu

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Faculties

• Engineering, 1261 students • Arts, 2326 students • Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture,

1035 students • Economics, 4721 students • Information Technology, 1908

students

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Faculty of Information Technology

• BSc courses• BSc in Economic Informatics• BSc in Information Technology• BSc in Programming Mathematics• BSc in Electrical Engineering

• MSc courses• Master of Education in Informatics• M.Eng. in Information Technology

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Staff of the Virtual Environments and Imaging Technologies Laboratory

• Dr. János Schanda, professor emeritus, head of the Laboratory

• Dr. Cecília Sik Lányi, associate professor• Dolli Drozdik• Péter Csuti• Ferenc Szabó• Zoltán Vas•

Planned project• Project title: SMART Helping systems for

Elderly People – SMART-HELP• Duration: 3 years• Budget: 250 000 € - 400 000€ by partners• Scope: Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and

Assistive Technology (AT) • The AAL-JP Call 3 was published Friday 23/4

see <www.aal-europe.eu>.• deadline: 30th July 2010.• or other calls?????

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Objectives• With an estimated total population of 501 million

(http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu), 1 January 2010), an estimated 45 million people in Europe have a LSHPD (long-standing health problem or disability). A mere 20-30% are believed to use Assistive Technology (AT), but concrete figures do not exist. In fact, most people with disabilities are not even aware of what AT exists.

• By 2020, 25% of the EU's population will be over 65. Spending on pensions, health and long-term care is expected to increase by 4-8% of the GDP in forthcoming decades, with total expenditures tripling by 2050. However, older Europeans are also important consumers with a combined wealth of over €3000 billion http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=3457 University of Pannonia

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Objectives• This eldering population has to face more health and

mental problems due to their age.• A general goal of governments can be keeping the

elderly population in their homes (compared to taking them to hospitals, or day care centers), because this is economically more sustainable and this is a more humane solution for these people too. Unfortunately, to enable them to stay in their usual environment, more help, assistive technologies and monitoring systems are needed.

• We plane to develop SMART Helping systems for ELderly People (SMART-HELP) and dementia patients.

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Planned SMART-HELP

• a.) SMART-VR-HELP: To clearly perceive the important household items' information and location, by decoding the Virtual Reality (VR) identifying mark cards set behind the items. Also for those household items required the complicate operation, VR on device's screen via 3D and animation teaching presentation to help very much the elderly to know how is the correct usage operating. 

• b.) SMART-WSN-HELP: To monitor the elderly patient s’ activities using Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) falling detection, etc..

• c.) SMART RP-HELP : Developing a route plan system based on WSNs and Google Maps. It helps the (blind or deaf) clients to plan and independently carry out their route in a city.

• d.) other ideas ?????University of Pannonia

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Partners• P1: Departamento de Matemática e Engenharias, University

of Madeira, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, contact person: Paulo Nazareno Maia Sampaio, (he could be consortium leader) psampaio@uma.pt 

• P2: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary, contact person: Cecilia Sik Lanyi, lanyi@almos.uni-pannon.hu  

• P3: ???• P4: ???• P5: ???• ?????

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Work packages• WP1: Management• WP2a: Preparing a literature review, state of the art• WP2b: User needs’ analysis• WP3a: Developing the SMART-VR-HELP frame software and

database• WP3b: Developing SMART-WSN-HELP monitoring system• WP3c: Developing SMART RP-HELP system• WP4a: Testing the SMART-VR-HELP system• WP4b: Testing the SMART-WSN-HELP system• WP4c: Testing the SMART-RP-HELP system• WP5a: Amendments, SMART-VR-HELP system• WP5b: Amendments, SMART-WSN-HELP system• WP5c: Amendments, SMART-RP-HELP system• WP6: Preparing education materials for care givers• WP6b: Working out guidelines for colleagues • WP7: Disseminating the results

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Outcomes and Impact• Outcomes:• SMART-HELP systems (in different european

languages)• Education materials (in different european

languages)• Guidelines (in different european languages)•  • Impact: Our helping system would be a

great help not only for the clients, but for the care givers too.

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Thanks for your kind

attention!

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Cecília Sik Lányi University of Pannonia

e-mail: lanyi@almos.uni-pannon.hu