Due to the global ageing phenomenon, less potential support is available for assisting the elderly/fragile people. The health of older adults naturally deteriorates with increasing age, leading to greater demand for long-term care as the numbers of the oldest-old grow. A choice could be using traditional and high cost nursery services, however, according to the reports the number of people available for nursing is decreasing considerably, especially in developed countries. Furthermore, nursery services require a lot of human resources and even when possible, it might not be the desired assistance method according to lots of elderly/fragile people as they perceive it as losing their autonomy and independence. As a consequence of ageing, a shift can be observed in governmental policies towards a more independent elderly lifestyle with less support from the government. The role of technology, especially ICT, in this matter is reflected mainly in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) that seeks ICT-based solutions for the fragile and elderly people. Resorting to Assistive Technology (AT) and Ambient Intelligence (AmI), the purpose of AAL is to improve the living conditions of the fragile/elderly people in their habitation. One of the main challenges in this context is to build an effective AAL system with desirable features such as flexibility, modularity, interoperability of its subsystems, low cost, and unobtrusiveness. This thesis work aims at the design and implementation of the graphical house configurator for such a system that integrates various house services (e.g., assistive technologies, social networks, inhabitant localization, and vocal interaction and mutual reassurance) for effective home control and monitoring (from inside and outside). Mutual reassurance (of the inhabitant and the family members/carers) is the main goal of such a system. The work can be mainly categorized in two parts. The first part concerns the design and implementation of the framework which lies at the core of the system in which interconnects various technologies employed as home services through a binding mechanism and related analysis. Each technology is introduced in a modular and dynamic manner to the system that allows for easy configuration-less integration with the rest of the system. The following are among the exploited technologies: Z-Wave Home Automation network and its devices, indoor localization, principal gate control, panic buttons, medicine box system (implemented with RFID technology), and web-based monitoring and control interfaces and dashboards.The third part of the work is a web based map composer for defining different sensors and regions in a home in order to integrate it with the current bridge system via JSON files. Tests on several fragile people with different disabilities demonstrated that the system is capable of handling and simplifying many problems and difficulties in their daily life, permitting them to experience a more autonomous lifestyle.
A causa del fenomeno globale del invecchiamento, il sostegno potenziale è meno a disposizione per assistere le persone fragili e anziane. La salute degli anziani si deteriora naturalmente con l’incremento degli anziani e del aumento del età degli anziani, portando ad una maggior domanda di assistenza a lungo termine. Una scelta potrebbe essere l’utilizzo dei tradizionali e costosissime case di cura che non sempre raggiunge il servizio desiderato. Comunque, secondo i rapporti, il numero disponibile per infermieristica sta diminuendo notevolmente, sopratutto nei paesi svillupati. Inoltre, questi servizi richiedono molte risorse umane. Considerando un notevole numero di persone anziane/fragili che percepiscono come perdere la propria autonomia e indipendenza. Un cambiamento può essere osservata nelle politiche governative verso uno stile di vita più indipendente: anziani con meno sostegno da parte del governo. Il ruolo della tecnologia, in particolare ICT, in questa materia si traduce principalmente in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), che ricerca, tenta soluzioni basate sulle ICT per le persone fragili e anziane. Il ricorso a Assistive Technology (AT) e Ambient Intelligence (AmI), al fine di AAL è quello di migliorare le condizioni di vita delle persone anziane/fragili nella loro abitazione. Una delle principali sfide in questo contesto è quello di costruire un sistema AAL efficace con caratteristiche desiderabili quali la flessibilità, modularità, interoperabilità dei suoi subsystems, a basso costo, e non invasive. Questo lavoro di tesi mira alla progettazione e realizzazione di un tale sistema che integra vari servizi della casa (ad esempio, tecnologie assistive e localizzazione indoor) per il controllo domestico efficace e monitoraggio (dentro e fuori). Rassicurazione reciproca (del abitante e la famiglia soci / badanti) è l’obiettivo principale di un tale sistema. Il lavoro può essere classificato principalmente in due parti. La prima parte riguarda la progettazione e la realizzazione di un framework che si trova al centro del sistema e che interconnetta varie tecnologie impiegate come servizi a domicilio attraverso un meccanismo vincolante. Ogni tecnolo- gia è introdotto in maniera modulare e dinamico al sistema che permette l’integrazione configurationless con il resto del sistema. I seguenti sono tra le tecnologie sfruttate: rete Z-Wave Home Automation e dei suoi dispositivi, applicazione di riconoscimento vocale per l’interazione vocale, localizzazione indoor, controllo del cancello principale, pulsanti di panico, sistema della scatola della medicina (realizzato con tecnologia RFID), e di monitoraggio e controllo delle interfacce web-based e dashboard. La seconda parte del lavoro consisteva nello sviluppo di una applicazione web per progettare il configuratore grafica per l’ambiente. L’integrazione della sistema dimostra la potenza del sistema facilmente beneficiando di diversi tipi di servizi disponibili. Prove su diverse persone fragili con diverse disabilità hanno dimostrato che il sistema è in grado di gestire e semplificare molti problemi e difficoltà nella loro vita quotidiana, permettendo loro di sperimentare uno stile di vita più autonoma.
A graphical house configurator for the bridge system
SOLEIMANI POUR, DANIEL
2015/2016
Abstract
Due to the global ageing phenomenon, less potential support is available for assisting the elderly/fragile people. The health of older adults naturally deteriorates with increasing age, leading to greater demand for long-term care as the numbers of the oldest-old grow. A choice could be using traditional and high cost nursery services, however, according to the reports the number of people available for nursing is decreasing considerably, especially in developed countries. Furthermore, nursery services require a lot of human resources and even when possible, it might not be the desired assistance method according to lots of elderly/fragile people as they perceive it as losing their autonomy and independence. As a consequence of ageing, a shift can be observed in governmental policies towards a more independent elderly lifestyle with less support from the government. The role of technology, especially ICT, in this matter is reflected mainly in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) that seeks ICT-based solutions for the fragile and elderly people. Resorting to Assistive Technology (AT) and Ambient Intelligence (AmI), the purpose of AAL is to improve the living conditions of the fragile/elderly people in their habitation. One of the main challenges in this context is to build an effective AAL system with desirable features such as flexibility, modularity, interoperability of its subsystems, low cost, and unobtrusiveness. This thesis work aims at the design and implementation of the graphical house configurator for such a system that integrates various house services (e.g., assistive technologies, social networks, inhabitant localization, and vocal interaction and mutual reassurance) for effective home control and monitoring (from inside and outside). Mutual reassurance (of the inhabitant and the family members/carers) is the main goal of such a system. The work can be mainly categorized in two parts. The first part concerns the design and implementation of the framework which lies at the core of the system in which interconnects various technologies employed as home services through a binding mechanism and related analysis. Each technology is introduced in a modular and dynamic manner to the system that allows for easy configuration-less integration with the rest of the system. The following are among the exploited technologies: Z-Wave Home Automation network and its devices, indoor localization, principal gate control, panic buttons, medicine box system (implemented with RFID technology), and web-based monitoring and control interfaces and dashboards.The third part of the work is a web based map composer for defining different sensors and regions in a home in order to integrate it with the current bridge system via JSON files. Tests on several fragile people with different disabilities demonstrated that the system is capable of handling and simplifying many problems and difficulties in their daily life, permitting them to experience a more autonomous lifestyle.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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