sMRT: Multi-Resident Tracking in Smart Homes With Sensor Vectorization

• Published in: IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 2809 - 2821
• Main Authors: Wang, Tinghui, Cook, Diane J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.08.2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Building automation; Data models; Environment Design; Equipment Design; Floorplans; Hidden Markov models; Humans; Layout; Layouts; Monitoring; Monitoring, Ambulatory; multi-resident tracking; multi-target Bayes filter; Pattern Recognition, Automated; sensor networks; Sensors; Smart buildings; Smart home; Smart homes; Smart houses; Structural health monitoring; time series; Tracking

Smart homes equipped with anonymous binary sensors offer a low-cost, unobtrusive solution that powers activity-aware applications, such as building automation, health monitoring, behavioral intervention, and home security. However, when multiple residents are living in a smart home, associating sens...