Modeling occupant behavior in buildings

S Carlucci, M De Simone, SK Firth, MB Kjærgaard… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last four decades several methods have been used to model occupants' presence and
actions (OPA) in buildings according to different purposes, available computational power …

Device-free localization: A review of non-RF techniques for unobtrusive indoor positioning

F Alam, N Faulkner, B Parr - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate, reliable indoor localization or positioning is the key enabler for location-based
services. Indoor localization can be broadly classified into two distinct categories. Active …

Ten questions concerning human-building interaction research for improving the quality of life

B Becerik-Gerber, G Lucas, A Aryal, M Awada… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper seeks to address ten questions that explore the burgeoning field of Human-
Building Interaction (HBI), an interdisciplinary field that represents the next frontier in …

Smart seismic sensing for indoor fall detection, location, and notification

J Clemente, F Li, M Valero… - IEEE journal of biomedical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel real-time smart system performing fall detection, location, and
notification based on floor vibration data produced by fall downs. Only using floor vibration …

GaitWay: Monitoring and recognizing gait speed through the walls

C Wu, F Zhang, Y Hu, KJR Liu - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interests in monitoring and recognizing gait have surged significantly over the past decades.
Traditional approaches rely on camera array, floor sensors (eg, pressure mats), or …

We hear your pace: Passive acoustic localization of multiple walking persons

C Cai, H Pu, P Wang, Z Chen, J Luo - … of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Indoor localization is crucial to enable context-aware applications, but existing solutions
mostly require a user to carry a device, so as to actively sense location-discriminating …

RF-identity: Non-intrusive person identification based on commodity RFID devices

C Feng, J **ong, L Chang, F Wang, J Wang… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Person identification plays a critical role in a large range of applications. Recently, RF based
person identification becomes a hot research topic due to the contact-free nature of RF …

Occupant localization using footstep-induced structural vibration

M Mirshekari, S Pan, J Fagert, EM Schooler… - … Systems and Signal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present an occupant localization approach through sensing footstep-
induced floor vibrations. Occupant location information is an important part of many smart …

Vi-liquid: unknown liquid identification with your smartphone vibration

Y Huang, K Chen, Y Huang, L Wang, K Wu - Proceedings of the 27th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Traditional liquid identification instruments are often unavailable to the general public. This
paper shows the feasibility of identifying unknown liquids with commercial lightweight …

Sense me on the ride: Accurate mobile sensing over a LoRa backscatter channel

H Jiang, J Zhang, X Guo, Y He - … of the 19th ACM Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Wireless sensing has great significance in Internet of Things (IoT) applications and has
attracted substantial research interests in academia. In this study, we propose Palantir, a first …