TY - GEN
T1 - AmIE
T2 - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
AU - Kandil, Marwa
AU - Albaghdadi, Reem
AU - Alattar, Fatemah
AU - Damaj, Issam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/5/16
Y1 - 2019/5/16
N2 - In the modern world of technology Internet-of-things (IoT) systems strives to provide an extensive interconnected and automated solutions for almost every life aspect. This paper proposes an IoT context-aware system to present an Ambient Intelligence (AmI) environment; such as an apartment, house, or a building; to assist blind, visually-impaired, and elderly people. The proposed system aims at providing an easy-to-utilize voice-controlled system to locate, navigate and assist users indoors. The main purpose of the system is to provide indoor positioning, assisted navigation, outside weather information, room temperature, people availability, phone calls and emergency evacuation when needed. The system enhances the user's awareness of the surrounding environment by feeding them with relevant information through a wearable device to assist them. In addition, the system is voice-controlled in both English and Arabic languages and the information are displayed as audio messages in both languages. The system design, implementation, and evaluation consider the constraints in common types of premises in Kuwait and in challenges, such as the training needed by the users. This paper presents cost-effective implementation options by the adoption of a Raspberry Pi microcomputer, Bluetooth Low Energy devices and an Android smart watch.
AB - In the modern world of technology Internet-of-things (IoT) systems strives to provide an extensive interconnected and automated solutions for almost every life aspect. This paper proposes an IoT context-aware system to present an Ambient Intelligence (AmI) environment; such as an apartment, house, or a building; to assist blind, visually-impaired, and elderly people. The proposed system aims at providing an easy-to-utilize voice-controlled system to locate, navigate and assist users indoors. The main purpose of the system is to provide indoor positioning, assisted navigation, outside weather information, room temperature, people availability, phone calls and emergency evacuation when needed. The system enhances the user's awareness of the surrounding environment by feeding them with relevant information through a wearable device to assist them. In addition, the system is voice-controlled in both English and Arabic languages and the information are displayed as audio messages in both languages. The system design, implementation, and evaluation consider the constraints in common types of premises in Kuwait and in challenges, such as the training needed by the users. This paper presents cost-effective implementation options by the adoption of a Raspberry Pi microcomputer, Bluetooth Low Energy devices and an Android smart watch.
KW - Internet of Things
KW - ambient intelligence
KW - blind and visually impaired
KW - context aware
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067048101&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714499
DO - 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714499
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85067048101
T3 - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
BT - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 26 March 2019 through 10 April 2019
ER -