Ambient Intelligence

by Remagnino, Paolo; Foresti, Gian Luca; Ellis, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780387229904
• ISBN10: 0387229906
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is an integrating technology for supporting a pervasive and transparent infrastructure for implementing smart environments. Such technology is used to enable environments for detecting events and behaviors of people and for responding in a contextually relevant fashion. AmI proposes a multi-disciplinary approach for enhancing human machine interaction. Ambient Intelligence: A Novel Paradigm is a compilation of edited chapters describing current state-of-the-art and new research techniques including those related to intelligent visual monitoring, face and speech recognition, innovative education methods, as well as smart and cognitive environments. The authors start with a description of the iDorm as an example of a smart environment conforming to the AmI paradigm, and introduces computer vision as an important component of the system. Other computer vision examples describe visual monitoring for the elderly, classic and novel surveillance techniques using clusters of cameras installed in indoor and outdoor application domains, and the monitoring of public spaces. Face and speech recognition systems are also covered as well as enhanced LEGO blocks for novel educational purposes. The book closes with a provocative chapter on how a cybernetic system can be designed as the backbone of a human machine interaction.

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
Preface	ix
Foreword	xi
A Gentle Introduction	1	(14)
P. Remagnino
H. Hagras
N. Monekosso
S. Velastin
Towards AmI for the Domestic Care of the Elderly	15	(24)
S. Bahadori
A. Cesta
L. Iocchi
G.R. Leone
D. Nardi
Scaling Ambient Intelligence	39	(24)
P. Marti
H. H. Lund
A Context-based Ambient Intelligence Architecture	63	(26)
S. Piva
R. Singh
M. Gandetto
C.S. Regazzoni
Distributed Active Multicamera Networks	89	(18)
A. Senior
A. Hampapur
L. Brown
Y-L. Tian
C-F. Shu
S. Pankanti
A Distributed Multicamera Surveillance System	107	(32)
T. Ellis
J. Black
M. Xu
D. Makris
Mapping an Ambient Environment	139	(26)
D. Makris
T. Ellis
J. Black
Fast Online Speaker Adaptation for For Smart Room Applications	165	(12)
S. Kadambe
A Face Recognition System for AmI	177	(22)
S. Ramalingam
D. Ambaye
Security and Building Intelligence	199	(14)
G.L. Foresti
C. Micheloni
L. Snidaro
P. Remagnino
Backbones of Ambient Intelligent Environments	213	(26)
A.H. Salden
MaKempen
Index	239