Transforming the World with Software Dr. Martin Masek Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia m.masek@ecu.edu.au

My Background 1997 – Bachelor of Engineering (IT). 2004 – PhD (Computer Vision). 2005 – Started Working at ECU. Located in the Computer Science Discipline. The projects here were done in collaboration with many staff, students and external partners.

Where is ECU?

Perth

Some Case Studies Remote Mobile Fetal Monitoring. Mobile Robot Challenge. Monitoring Daily Living Activities of Elderly.

Remote Mobile Fetal Monitoring Pregnant women ‘at risk’ need regular monitoring of their baby. Inconvenient in urban settings Impossible in remote settings In remote and rural areas in Australia, the rate of preterm birth in Indigenous community is very poor. Increased access to antenatal care in such communities leads to significantly fewer premature births.

Remote Mobile Fetal Monitoring Inexpensive portable monitors augmented with mobile phone technology. Photo by Getty Images for Microsoft Research

Remote Mobile Fetal Monitoring Successful because of good partnership ECU, Microsoft Research, Mercy Hospital - Mount Lawley, Arjo-Huntleigh Healthcare. Listed by World Health Organization in Compendium of new and Emerging Health Technologies (2011). Technique published by us and subsequently independently commercialised.

Mobile Robot Challenge MAGIC2010 Competition - ECU, together with UWA, Flinders, Thales Australia, and Illiarc.

Example Scenario – From DSTO

Simulation – Using a Game Engine

Came 4th in the Final MAGIC 2010 Competition – DSTO / US DOD. 13 13

Monitoring Daily Living Activities of Elderly Real-time automated monitoring system using the Microsoft Kinect Non-intrusive, and easily retrofitted to existing homes Provides continuous observation data, and emergency detection

Monitoring Daily Living Activities of Elderly A number of Kinect cameras positioned in the house. Features of the occupants silhouette tracked over time to build a model of normal behaviour.

Monitoring Daily Living Activities of Elderly Example: Orientation of the occupant in one location.

Monitoring Daily Living Activities of Elderly Results: Work is continuing Next phase will be to install the system in aged care facilities for larger trials.

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