Ambient Intelligence: Everyday Living Aid System for Elders

OUTLINE Fundamentals about AmI Living Aid System: Reviews of Related Works Everyday Living Aid System: Our Contribution Trends of AmI Conclusions

“The most profound technologies are those that disappear" 1. Fundamentals for AmI “The most profound technologies are those that disappear" ------by Mark Weiser (father of ubiquitous computing)

1.1 What’s Ambient Intelligence?

1.1 What’s Ambient Intelligence? Distributed electronic intelligence Characterized by an environment: 1) where technology is embedded, hidden in the background 2) that is sensitive, adaptive, and responsive to the presence of people and objects 3) that augments activities through smart non-explicit assistance 4) that preserves security, privacy and trustworthiness while utilizing information when needed and appropriate.

1.2 Why Ambient Intelligence? Motivation: Economic Consideration: User-centered design: user is placed in the center of the design activity. Technical Description To provide a context aware system, using unobtrusive computing devices that will improve the quality of people’s lives by acknowledging their needs, requirements and preferences and thus acting in some way on their behalf.

1.3 What Techniques Needed? Ubiquitous Computing Ubiquitous Communications Ambient Intelligence Transparent Interface

1.3 What Techniques Needed? Ubiquitous Computing (Ambient Agents): Refer to an environment where electronic devices and processors are scattered all around us Ubiquitous Communications: Manners in which ambient agents can talk to each other Transient Interface: Allows the connections of systems and equipments with others without modification of system characters or operational procedures on either side of the interface

1.4 Short History of AmI 1991: Mark Weiser defined the next generation of computing: ubiquitous computing 1998-1999: Philips Research: Ambient Intelligence, MIT Oxygen project 2002: Philips Research: HomeLab Established 2004 : 1st European symposium on Ambients Intelligence (EUSAI) was held

2 Living Aid Systems: Review Adaptive Estimation of Emotion Generation

2 Living Aid Systems: Review Interactive Messaging and Reminder Display

2 Living Aid Systems: Review Talk Assistant System

3 Everyday Living Aid System General Structure Emergency Passively Triggered System Living Aid System Walking Assistant Robotic System Tele-Rehabilitation System

3 Everyday Living Aid System Emergency Passively Triggered System 3 Everyday Living Aid System 3 Everyday Living Aid System Wearable Sensors Trigger Information Communications Doctor come

3 Everyday Living Aid System Walking Assistant Robotic System Go to Ottawa U OK, I GET IT LET’S GO

3 Everyday Living Aid System Tele-Rehabilitation System

Future of AmI The Future of AmI is still AmI----Why? Realization Now, AmI is Imagine framework

Ambient Intelligence Future of AmI Ubiquitous Communication Future Ubiquitous Computing Ambient Intelligence Transparent Interface Future Future

Conclusions Preliminary Introduction to AmI Review Relevant Works on Living Aid Systems Propose a Framework for Everyday Living Aid System for Elders Trends of AmI

Tele-care Definition : Tele-care is the continuous, automatic and remote monitoring of real time emergencies and lifestyle changes over time in order to manage the risks associated with independent living.

Impact on patients Improve capabilities to record, measure, and analysis data Better diagnoses Avoid collapse Promote healthy life Save life

Cardiology Heart disease still remains one of the major causes of premature deaths. Every 7 minutes in Canada, someone dies from heart disease or stroke.
 Cardiovascular disease accounts for the death of more Canadians than any other disease.

some of the causes of heart disease can be foreseen and prevented. ex. cholesterol levels, blood pressure levels, family history etc.

Body Area Network Wearable computing devices and sensors monitoring and logging vital parameters of patients (heart disease, diabetes,..)

Challenges : Safety Privacy Integration of data into medical databases Compatibility

HOVISSE (Haptic Osteosynthesis Virtual Intra-operative Surgery)

TeCaRob : allows caregivers to provide assistance and services remotely

TeCaRob : allows caregivers to provide assistance and services remotely enables various telecare practices including tele-rehabilitation, tele-nursing,tele-medicine, tele-psychotherapy

prof. El-Saddik Shichao Liu Sultan Alhazmi