A Review of Smart House Analysis Methods for Assisting Older People Living Alone

Smart Houses are a prominent field of research referring to environments adapted to assist people in their everyday life. Older people and people with disabilities would benefit the most from the use of Smart Houses because they provide the opportunity for them to stay in their home for as long as p...

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Published inJournal of sensor and actuator networks Vol. 6; no. 3; p. 11
Main Authors Sanchez, Veralia, Pfeiffer, Carlos, Skeie, Nils-Olav
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2017
Subjects
assisted living
challenges
Houses
limitations
Older people
pattern recognition
smart environment
Smart houses
user activity recognition
user behaviour modelling
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Summary:Smart Houses are a prominent field of research referring to environments adapted to assist people in their everyday life. Older people and people with disabilities would benefit the most from the use of Smart Houses because they provide the opportunity for them to stay in their home for as long as possible. In this review, the developments achieved in the field of Smart Houses for the last 16 years are described. The concept of Smart Houses, the most used analysis methods, and current challenges in Smart Houses are presented. A brief introduction of the analysis methods is given, and their implementation is also reported.
ISSN:2224-2708
2224-2708
DOI:10.3390/jsan6030011