Ambient Assisted Living: 6. Aal-kongress 2013 Berlin, Germany, January 22. - 23. , 2013 (advanced Technologies And Societal Change)

In this book, leading authors in the field discuss development of Ambient Assisted Living. The contributions have been chosen and invited at the 6th AAL congress, Berlin. It presents new technological developments which support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs. As the technological innovation raises also social issues, the book addresses micro and macro economical aspects of assistive systems and puts an additional emphasis on the ethical and legal discussion. The presentation is supported by real world examples and applications. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Functional Assessment in Elderlies’ Homes: Early Results from a Field Trial....Pages 3-17 LsW: Networked Home Automation in Living Environments....Pages 19-34 Guiding Light for the Mobility Support of Seniors....Pages 35-45 Vibroacoustic Monitoring: Techniques for Human Gait Analysis in Smart Homes....Pages 47-58 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Unobtrusive Respiratory Rate Detection Within Homecare Scenarios....Pages 61-78 Context-Enriched Personal Health Monitoring....Pages 79-92 Mneme: Telemonitoring for Medical Treatment-Support in Dementia....Pages 93-107 PASSAge: P ersonalized Mobility, A ssistance and S ervice S ystems in an Age ing Society....Pages 109-119 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Facial Movement Dysfunctions: Conceptual Design of a Therapy-Accompanying Training System....Pages 123-141 Detecting Activities of Daily Living with Smart Meters....Pages 143-160 A Personalized and Context-Aware Mobile Assistance System for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation....Pages 161-173 GlobalSensing: A Supervised Outdoor-Training in Cardiological Secondary Prevention....Pages 175-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Representation of Integration Profiles Using an Ontology....Pages 195-212 Methods and Tools for Ontology-Based Configuration Processes of AAL Environments....Pages 213-224 The Robot ALIAS as a Database for Health Monitoring for Elderly People....Pages 225-245 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 Visual and Haptic Perception of Surface Materials for Direct Skin Contact in Human–Machine Interaction....Pages 249-267 Human-Robot Interaction: Testing Distances that Humans will Accept Between Themselves and a Robot Approaching at Different Speeds....Pages 269-286 Display of Emotions with the Robotic Platform ALIAS....Pages 287-297 Front Matter....Pages 299-299 Housing Enabling: Detection of Imminent Risk Areas in Domestic Environments Using Mobile Service Robots....Pages 301-314 Mobile Video Phone Communication Carried by a NAO Robot....Pages 315-325 Front Matter....Pages 299-299 The Robot ALIAS as a Gaming Platform for Elderly Persons....Pages 327-340 Front Matter....Pages 341-341 Can the Market Breakthrough in AAL be Achieved by a Large Scale Pilot?....Pages 343-356