Ambient Assisted Living

1. Front Matter

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2. Social Participation and Mobility

   1. Front Matter

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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

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.

• Social participation
• Sensor Data
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Ambient Assisted Living
• Social mobility

• Interactive Multimedia,Fraunhofer Institut IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

  Reiner Wichert

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

  Helmut Klausing

Policies and ethics