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Different degrees and types of visual impairment have become a common condition among the elderly, as aging inevitably affects the health and lifestyle of individuals. Partial or complete lack of sight is often accompanied by other ailments and conditions which further hinder the individual’s activities. In this work, a novel Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) platform is proposed, aiming to support the functional capabilities of the elderly and visually impaired, thus ameliorating their lifestyle. This platform is based on indoor tracking of commonly used objects, such as medication packages. Accompanied by a proposed behavioural modeling methodology, the application also offers valuable observations that may indicate developing ill-health conditions in an early stage. The proposed platform was tested and evaluated by end-users in Spain, Greece and Finland.
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Kyriazanos, D.M., Vastianos, G.E., Segou, O.E., Thomopoulos, S.C.A. (2013). Object Tracking AAL Application and Behaviour Modelling for the Elderly and Visually Impaired. In: O’Grady, M.J., et al. Evolving Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 413. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04406-4_8
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