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Ambient Assisted Living
Description

The research activity on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is focused on the applications for solutions targeted to elderly or partially impaired people. As an example, the exploitation of RGBD streams analysis algorithms is used to track people moving in indoor environments and recognize possibly dangerous situations, such as falls.
This activity is extended to behavioral analysis, with the aim of automatically detect physical problems and impairments in the movements of elderly people. At the same time, contactless detection is one of the new frontiers of technological innovation in the field of healthcare, enabling unobtrusive measurements of biomedical parameters. At ICT Lab several studies were developed in order extract the heart rate from video signals, achieving performance comparable to classical approaches exploiting wearable systems.
A methodology for fall detection that relies on a pair of smart shoes, equipped with force sensors and a tri-axial accelerometer, able to detect a fall and notify it to a supervising system was also studied. The instrumented footwear enables the analysis of the subject’s motion and foot orientation, recognizing abnormal configurations.
LaboratoryICT Lab
Contact PersonEnnio Gambi
Collaborations:

  • University of Tirana – Albania
  • AUTOMA Srl ATLC Srl
  • ATLC srl
Projects:

  • OPENCARE – “Nuove tecnologie per la trasparenza ed il benessere dell’anziano in residenza”, POR MARCHE FESR 2014-2020
  • FAMIGLIA AL CENTRO, Bando Fondazione CARIVERONA 2017
  • ANZIANABILI 3.0, Bando Fondazione CARIVERONA 2018
  • MIRACLE – “Marche Innovation and Research fAcilities for Connected and sustainable Living Environments”, POR FESR 2014 – 2020 2014/2020
  • MIR-AGE – “Multidisciplinary Innovative Research Actions on AGE”, Progetto di Ricerca Strategico di Ateneo 2018, Università Politecnica delle Marche.
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