Indoor occupants' positions are significant for smart home service systems, which usually
consist of robot service (s), appliance control and other intelligent applications. In this paper …

Pyroelectric Infra-Red (PIR) sensors are used in many applications including security. PIRs
detect the presence of humans and animals from the radiation of their body heat. This could …

We present Pyro, a micro thumb-tip gesture recognition technique based on thermal infrared
signals radiating from the fingers. Pyro uses a compact, low-power passive sensor, making it …

Given the importance of recognizing indoor occupant's location and activity intensity to the
control of intelligent homes, exploring approaches that can detect occupants' location and …

Falls are events that affect almost every aging human being above the age of 65. These
incidents can have major consequences on the physiological, psychological and socio …

Pyroelectric infrared sensors (PIR) are excellent devices to detect human/animal presence
with a small form factor and rugged design, for cost-effective surveillance. They are widely …

The lack of physical exercise is among the most relevant factors in develo** health issues,
and strategies to incentivize active lifestyles are key to preventing these issues. The …

Localization, tracking, and recognition of objects and humans are basic tasks that are of high
value in the applications of ambient intelligence. Sensing floors were introduced to address …

The ability to identify people has numerous applications including in smart buildings where
the building can be customized to the needs of its occupants or for other applications such …

Automatic indoor human tracking has attracted noticeable research concern recently due to
the increasing demands for enhancing the majority of the offered services within smart home …