- 1. AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING. ICT FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE DAILY
LIVING OF ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE Francisco (Paco) Flrez
Revuelta 20 de julio de 2009
2. Lumpur Summary Presentation Ambient Assisted Living Projects
Smart homes: metalTIC DAI Lab Virtual DAI Lab Current work 3.
Presentation 4. Lumpur Presentation Member of the "Domotics and
Ambient Intelligence" research group at the University of Alicante
(Spain) Research on ICT for smart environments (services at home,
system integration, efficient use of energy, ambient assisted
living, person- environment interaction) Development of
person-environment interfaces for the interaction of people with
their environment, paying particular attention to the support of
the independent living of 5. Lumpur University of Alicante 1.9
millions inhabitants, 4th most populous province in Spain 23.6% of
the total population is foreigner Main sectors: tourism,
agriculture, manufacturing (shoes, textile, toys,), marble
quarrying and processing, 6. Lumpur Presentation Marie Curie fellow
at the Digital Imaging Research Centre, Kingston University (United
Kingdom) Project caring4U A study on people activity in private
spaces: towards a multisensor network that meets privacy
requirements 7. Ambient Assisted Living 8. Lumpur Current situation
of ICT Huge progress in development and deployment: Internet
Wireless communications Location-based services Home automation and
smart environments Increased knowledge and use by people Important
problems with digital divide 9. Lumpur Holistic vision of
technology 10. Lumpur Holistic vision of technology 11. Lumpur
Holistic vision of technology 12. Lumpur Smart environments Ambient
Intelligence An AmI system requires the use of distributed sensors
and actuators to create a pervasive technological layer, able to
interact transparently with a user, either passively by observing
and trying to interpret what the user actions and intentions are,
but also actively, by learning the preferences of the user and
adapting the system parameters to improve the quality of life and
work of the occupant (Remagnino et al, 2005) 13.
FranciscoFlrezRevuelta23rdJuly,2012KualaLumpur Key technologies
Integration of microprocessors into everyday objects like
furniture, clothing or toys Transparency 14.
FranciscoFlrezRevuelta23rdJuly,2012KualaLumpur Key technologies
These objects can communicate with each other and with the user 15.
FranciscoFlrezRevuelta23rdJuly,2012KualaLumpur Key technologies
Allow user to control and interact with the environment in natural
(voice, gestures...) and custom (context, preferences...) ways 16.
Lumpur Interdisciplinary area Smart homes Automation Computer
Science Telecommmunication Electronics ElectricalSociology
Arquitecture Economics and Business Psicology 17. Lumpur Ambient
Assisted Living Application of the AmI paradigm to promote and
prolong independent living for older and disabled people, and their
families There is no reason for older people in Europe to miss out
on the benefits of new technologies. The solutions and services
resulting from this programme will help them to remain active in
society as well as staying socially connected and independent for a
longer time Viviane Reding, former EU Commissioner for the
Information Society and Media 18. Lumpur Motivation Social need
Nowadays population over 65 is 16,61%, and it is expected to be
21,64% in 2025 and 33,52% in 2050 There are 3 workers per retired
person. Forecasts ratios are 2-1 in 2030 and near 1-1 in 2050 19.
Lumpur Motivation Social need Survey on Disability, Personal
Autonomy and Dependency Spain 2008: There are 3.8M persons in
dependency situation (8.5% of Spanish population) 608,000 of
dipersons live alone at home 1.39M persons need some help to do any
of the activities of daily living There is a disabled person living
in 20% of homes 30% of people over 65 are disabled, >50% of
people over 80 20. Lumpur Motivation Economic need Survey on
hospital morbility Spain 2007 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000
35000 40000 45000 0 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94
+95 Hospital dischargesper 100,000 people 21. Lumpur Motivation
Economic need Survey on hospital morbidity Spain 2007 0 2 4 6 8 10
12 0 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54
55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 +95 Average stay in
hospital (days) 22. Lumpur Goals of Ambient Assisted Living To
extend the time people can live in their preferred environment by
increasing their autonomy, self-confidence and mobility To support
maintaining health and functional capability of the elderly
individuals To promote a better and healthier lifestyle for
individuals at risk To enhance the security, to prevent social
isolation and to support maintaining the multifunctional network
around the individual To support carers, families and care
organisations To increase the efficiency and productivity of used
resources 23. Lumpur Areas of application At work: Staying active
and productive for longer Improved quality at work and reconciling
work and family life In the community: Overcoming the isolation and
loneliness Maintaining social networks Accessing public services At
home: Improved quality of life for longer Independence, autonomy
and dignity 24. Lumpur Other characteristics Tight relationship
between aging and health: Often multiple cronic diseases Mental and
physical deterioration Multiple, diverse and changing needs:
Elderly and disabled people are not an homogeneous group There is a
need to adapt the solutions to the individual needs and
capabilities Need for an approach for global support: Health, but
also Security, safety, fall detection, mobility, activities of
daily living 25. Lumpur Disabilities Visual: Total blindness
Reduced vision Problems seeing colours Hearing: Total/partial
deafness Prelingual/post-lingual deafness Physical Cognitive and
language-related: Dyslexia Dyscalculia Attention disorder or
deficit Memory loss Mental disability Photosensitivity Age-related
26. Lumpur Dependency 27. Projects Smart Homes 28. Lumpur metalTIC
smart home Project Collaboration with FEMPA (Federation of Metal-
working Companies at the Province of Alicante) Sponsored by
European Union (FEDER), Institute for Small and Medium Industry of
the Generalitat Valenciana (IMPIVA PCEV) 29. Lumpur metalTIC smart
home Goals Innovation Source of ideas for enterprises associated
with FEMPA Education Courses on Communication & Control
Technologies, automation and efficient use of energy Research
Laboratory for testing and application of Person- Environment
interfaces, AAL Services and Human Behaviour Analysis Spreading
knowledge to society 30. Lumpur metalTIC smart home The home is 50
m2 with a living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom; offering
services such as: energy management, security, safety, comfort,
entertainment, communications, accessibility, 31. Lumpur metalTIC
smart home http://web.ua.es/en/dai/metaltic-digital-home.html 32.
Lumpur Control technologies KNX (European standard?) LonWorks
(American standard?) EnOcean (low-cost wireless devices) Zigbee
(wireless standard) DALI (lighting standard) CANopen (industrial
bus nowadays used for home automation) Fagor (appliances control)
Integration of all the technologies with an embedded PC 33. Lumpur
Energy generation Photovoltaic solar electricity Windmill
electricity Thermal solar hot water Geothermal 34. Lumpur
Person-environment interaction Active: Switches (wired and
wireless) Touch display TV Smartphone Wiimote Voice Kinect Pasive:
Presence sensors Cameras Coloured lighting 35. Lumpur metalTIC
smart home System Integration Independence from the underlying
technology Both open and proprietary systems Interoperability Among
different Control Technologies and Communication Protocols Control
buses, sensors, multimedia devices, etc. Transparency for all kinds
of interfaces 36. Lumpur 36 Design guidelines 36 Comfort, Security
and Safety Energy Management Control and autonomous actions based
on Expert Systems Friendly Person- Environment Interfaces
Accessible Communication Services Telemaintenance, eHealth, eWork,
e Monitoring and Maintenance Smart Home 37. Lumpur Comfort,
Security and Safety Energy Management 37 Design guidelines 37
Comfort, Security and Safety Energy Management Control and
autonomous actions based on Expert Systems Friendly Person-
Environment Interfaces Accessible Communication Services
Telemaintenance, eHealth, eWork, e Monitoring and Maintenance Smart
Home We need a design that: 1. Integrates, communicates and
supports interoperability of all the subsystems 2. Offers support
for the supply of services Control and autonomous actions based on
Expert Systems Friendly Person- Environment Interfaces Monitoring
and Maintenance 38. Lumpur 38 Design guidelines 38 Comfort,
Security and Safety Energy Management Control and autonomous
actions based on Expert Systems Friendly Person- Environment
Interfaces Accessible Communication Services Telemaintenance,
eHealth, eWork, e Monitoring and Maintenance 39. Lumpur 39 Design
guidelines 39 Comfort, Security and Safety Energy Management
Control and autonomous actions based on Expert Systems Friendly
Person- Environment Interfaces Accessible Communication Services
Telemaintenance, eHealth, eWork, e Monitoring and Maintenance
Intranet HogarDigital ControlPC/PLC sobreEthernet 40. Lumpur 40
Design guidelines 40 Comfort, Security and Safety Energy Management
Control and autonomous actions based on Expert Systems Friendly
Person- Environment Interfaces Accessible Communication Services
Telemaintenance, eHealth, eWork, e Monitoring and Maintenance
Intranet HogarDigital ControlPC/PLC sobreEthernet DAI MIDDLEWARE
41. Lumpur 41 Design guidelines 41 Comfort, Security and Safety
Energy Management Control and autonomous actions based on Expert
Systems Friendly Person- Environment Interfaces Accessible
Communication Services Telemaintenance, eHealth, eWork, e
Monitoring and Maintenance DAI MIDDLEWARE 42. Lumpur System
architecture 43. Lumpur Access to functionality SOA with REST-based
Web Services 44. Lumpur Access to functionality Example LEDs: ID 1
Turn On/Off Action: switch Query: dataSwitch States: true/false
Regulate intensity Action: dimming Query: dataDimmer States:
[0,100] Example: Turn On/Off, Dimmer: IDAIHome proxy = new
IDAIHome(); if(proxy. getAuthorization(test, test){ proxy.
setValueOfDevice(switch, 1, true); proxy. setValueOfDevice(dimming,
1, 50); proxy.Close(); } Query state/value: IDAIHome proxy = new
IDAIHome(); if(proxy. getAuthorization(test, test){ Response a =
proxy. getValueOfDevice(dataSwitch, 1); Response b = proxy.
getValueOfDevice(dataDimmer, 1); proxy.Close(); } 45. Lumpur
Interfaces for disabled people Physical impairment:
Person-environment interaction with voice and ad-hoc gestures
learned by the system according to the level of disability Visual
impairment: Interaction with voice and accessible mobile interface
Hearing impairment: Information with colour codes (technical and
security alarms, access control...) Cognitive impairment: The smart
home is prepared to easily adapt the interfaces incorporating
augmentative and alternative 46. Lumpur Interfaces examples Voice
control 47. Lumpur Interfaces examples Mobile device: 48. Lumpur
Interfaces examples Main interaction system (touch display, TV,
PC): 49. Lumpur DAI lab Research laboratory at the University of
Alicante Emphasis on human activity analysis and person-environment
interaction http://web.ua.es/en/dai/dai-lab.html 50. Lumpur Virtual
DAI lab Problems: Initial tests are not possible in the real lab
Overlapping between works of different researchs Difficult to work
with end-users throughout the projects Solution: Virtual lab that
replicates the behaviour of the real labs Uses the same middleware.
So, developments tested in the virtual lab are directly usable in
the real labs 51. Lumpur Virtual DAI lab
http://web.ua.es/en/dai/dai-virtual-lab.html 52. Lumpur Virtual DAI
lab Coming soon AmI Services Graphical Design Tool Simulation of
energy consumptions Simulation of presence and activity Simulation
of temperature, time of day, etc. In the medium term DAI Virtual
Labs Designer Future Design and Development Tool for Intelligent
Environments 53. Lumpur DAI group in the web http://web.ua.es/dai
54. Current work 55. Lumpur Monitoring people at home Activities
that can be detected: Recognition of activities of daily living
(ADL): wake-up, going to the toilet, sleeping Activity level:
light, moderate, intensive Location and tracking of the person
inside the home Risky situations: fall detection, dangerous
objects; fire, flood, gas alarms Social activity: leaving home,
receiving visits, use of telephone Detection of basic and advanced
activities: cooking, watching TV Person-environment interaction 56.
Lumpur Monitoring people at home These systems are composed of
multi-sensor networks to extract knowledge in order to: Detect
anomalous behaviours Launch alarms to caregivers (professionals or
informal carers) Current ambient assisted spaces make use of a
collection of simpler sensors that try to get information from the
environment However, this information is incomprehensible to a
caregiver 57. Lumpur Monitoring people at home Computer vision is
essential for surveillance and safety tasks Visual information is
commonly the most natural way of describing an event, a person, an
object, actions and interactions But, not only for the detection of
activities. Also to give the possibility of watching the assisted
person at their home in order to ensure that they are alright and
whether or not they need help 58. Lumpur Privacy preservation
Appropriate measures need to be considered to preserve dignity and
maintain privacy and confidentiality We are working with different
types of cameras: omni-directional, stereo, infrared, kinect
Establishing a compromise between activity to be recognised and
privacy required 59. AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING. ICT FOR THE SUPPORT
OF THE DAILY LIVING OF ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE Francisco (Paco)
Flrez Revuelta [email protected] 20 de julio de 2009
