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This paper describes a hand held device developed to assist people to locate and retrieve information about objects in a home. The system developed is a standalone device to assist persons with memory impairments such as people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. A second application is object detection and localization for a mobile robot operating in an ambient assisted living environment. The device relies on computer vision techniques to locate a tagged object situated in the environment. The tag is a 2D color printed pattern with a detection range and a field of view such that the user may point from a distance of over 1 meter.
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Grech, R., Monekosso, D., de Jager, D., Remagnino, P. (2010). A Vision-Based System for Object Identification and Information Retrieval in a Smart Home. In: de Ruyter, B., et al. Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6439. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16917-5_24
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