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As the global population continues to age, there is a concurrent rise in the number of individuals experiencing cognitive impairment and dementia, underscoring the critical necessity to address their hospice needs and quality of life concerns. Numerous studies have underscored the positive impact of exposure to outdoor environments on their overall condition and well-being. However, cognitive challenges often hinder their capacity to perform basic tasks independently, necessitating frequent assistance from onsite professionals. Complicating matters further, the complexity of outdoor settings often results in difficulties in identifying and recognizing personnel. This paper introduces Profinder, a system designed to assist individuals with cognitive impairment in identifying occupational personnel at specific outdoor locations and accessing essential assistance. Utilizing advanced deep learning techniques, Profinder seamlessly integrates foreground and background information, incorporates attention mechanisms, and harnesses siamese networks for efficient information decoupling, thereby achieving occupational recognition on smart mobile devices with an accuracy rate exceeding 90%. Additionally, a meticulously curated dataset dedicated to occupation recognition was devel0oped to facilitate and validate this research endeavor. By providing a robust auxiliary tool for individuals with cognitive impairment, this research endeavors to enhance their autonomy and overall quality of life, while also laying a solid foundation for further exploration and innovation in this burgeoning field, both within academia and industry.
Supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Foundation, Ministry of Education of China (Grant No.20YJCZH172), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2019M651262).
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Wang, Y., Xiong, Y., Yang, T., Shen, Y. (2025). Profinder: Towards Professionals Recognition on Mobile Devices for Users with Cognitive Decline. In: Cai, Z., Takabi, D., Guo, S., Zou, Y. (eds) Wireless Artificial Intelligent Computing Systems and Applications. WASA 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14999. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71470-2_3
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