Sensor data fusion for activity monitoring in the PERSONA ambient assisted living project

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-84

  Amoretti, Michele ^a   Copelli, Sergio ^a   Wientapper, Folker ^b   Furfari, Francesco ^c   Lenzi, Stefano ^c   Chessa, Stefano ^c,d  

^a RandS INFO   (Italy)

^b FRAUNHOFER IGD   (Germany)

^c ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity monitoring; Ambient assisted living; Applications for pervasive computing; Context awareness; Sensor data fusion

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ASSISTED LIVING; MONITORING; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

ACTIVITY MONITORING; AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; CONTEXT- AWARENESS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE; HUMAN POSTURE CLASSIFICATIONS; PHYSICAL LOCATIONS; SENSOR ABSTRACTION;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 84872864078     PISSN: 18685137     EISSN: 18685145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12652-011-0095-6     Document Type: Article

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