Intelligent Environments Methods, Algorithms and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Monekosso, Dorothy (Editor), Remagnino, Paolo (Editor), Kuno, Yoshinori (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial intelligence.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Computer Science.; Theory of Computation.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Computing Methodologies.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.

Researchers involved in the Intelligent Environment field are working towards a future where humans live in autonomous and adaptive environments; where public and private spaces are endowed with intelligence that enhances user experience and improves quality of life. Each chapter in the book describ...

Table of Contents:

• Intelligent Environments: Methods, Algorithms and Applications
• A Pervasive Sensor System for Evidence-Based Nursing Care Support
• Anomalous Behavior Detection: Supporting Independent Living
• Sequential PatternMining for Cooking-Support Robot
• Robotic, Sensory and Problem-Solving Ingredients for the Future Home
• Ubiquitous Stereo Vision for Human Sensing
• Augmenting Professional Training, an Ambient Intelligence Approach
• Stereo Omnidirectional System (SOS) and Its Applications
• Video Analysis for Ambient Intelligence in Urban Environments
• From Monomodal to Multimodal: Affect Recognition Using Visual Modalities
• Importance of Vision in Human-Robot Communication Understanding Speech Using Robot Vision and Demonstrating Proper Actions to Human Vision.