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Ambient Assisted Living

8. AAL-Kongress 2015,Frankfurt/M, April 29-30. April, 2015

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Editors:
  1. Reiner Wichert

    1. Interactive Multimedia,Fraunhofer Institut IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

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  2. Helmut Klausing

    1. VDE-Verbandsgeschäftsstelle, Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektron Informationstechnik e.V., Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  • Presents many technological innovation for Ambient Assisted Living
  • Focusses on technical assistance systems and their applications in homecare, health and care
  • Includes ethical and legal aspects
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advanced Technologies and Societal Change (ATSC)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Social Participation and Mobility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Design and Evaluation of a Second Screen Communication and Gaming Platform to Foster Teleparticipation of the Socially Isolated Elderly

      • Jakob Doppler, Gernot Rottermanner, Sabine Sommer, Johannes Pflegerl, Peter Judmaier
      Pages 3-13

    3. Designing and Introducing an Activity Motivating Mobile Web App Platform for Seniors

      • Christian Lins, Melina Frenken, Luca Halder, Andreas Hein
      Pages 15-24

    4. Model-Based Approach for Posture and Movement Classification in Working Environments

      • Christian Lins, Sebastian M. Müller, Andreas Hein
      Pages 25-33

  3. Sensor Data Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Continuous Geriatric Assessments Supported by a Mobile Service Robot: Movement Analysis

      • Melvin Isken, Andreas Hein
      Pages 37-46

    3. Inferring Multi-person Presence in Home Sensor Networks

      • Sebastian M. Müller, Enno-Edzard Steen, Andreas Hein
      Pages 47-56

  4. Acceptance Factors and Barriers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Implementing Data Protection and Information Security in AAL

      • Oliver Stutz, Sascha Todt, Sven Venzke-Caprarese, Susanne Boll, Wilko Heuten, Torben Wallbaum
      Pages 59-68

  5. Human-Computer Interaction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Development and Evaluation of an Assistive Workstation for Cloud Manufacturing in an Aging Society

      • T. Linner, J. Güttler, C. Georgoulas, A. Zirk, E. Schulze, T. Bock
      Pages 71-82

    3. UCH Goes EAL4—The Foundation of an Eco System for Ambient Assisted Living: ISO/IEC 15408 Common Criteria Based Implementation of the ISO/IEC 24752 Universal Control Hub Middleware

      • Jochen Britz, Jan Alexandersson, Werner Stephan
      Pages 83-96

    4. Ethical and Legal Aspects of an AAL System Supporting Night Care in Residential Care

      • Marjo Rauhala, Paul Panek, Katharina Werner, Walter Fuchs
      Pages 97-108

  6. Social Participation and Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Design and Implementation of a Concept for Two-Way Exchange and Network Building of Professionals from Different Working Fields Within the Context of AAL

      • Melanie Heußner, Birte Löffler, Ludger Schmidt
      Pages 111-122

    3. Chat-Machine: An Approach to a New Intergeneration Social Device for Elderly People

      • D. Orradre, S. Heuer, L. Jungmann, C. Becker, C. Klotz
      Pages 123-134

  7. Basic Technologies, The Future of Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. A Novel Interface for Intuitive Control of Assistive Robots Based on Inertial Measurement Units

      • Nina Rudigkeit, Marion Gebhard, Axel Gräser
      Pages 137-146
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About this book

In this book, leading authors in the field discuss developments of Ambient Assisted Living. The contributions have been chosen and invited at the 8th AAL Congress, Frankfurt/M. The meeting presents new technological developments which support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs. The 8th AAL Congress focusses its attention on technical assistance systems and their applications in homecare, health and care.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Interactive Multimedia,Fraunhofer Institut IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

    Reiner Wichert

  • VDE-Verbandsgeschäftsstelle, Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektron Informationstechnik e.V., Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Helmut Klausing

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ambient Assisted Living

  • Book Subtitle: 8. AAL-Kongress 2015,Frankfurt/M, April 29-30. April, 2015

  • Editors: Reiner Wichert, Helmut Klausing

  • Series Title: Advanced Technologies and Societal Change

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26345-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-26343-4Published: 22 January 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79937-7Published: 30 March 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26345-8Published: 16 January 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2191-6853

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-6861

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 146

  • Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Robotics and Automation, Geriatrics/Gerontology

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