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Gestures in Assisted Living Environments

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Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction and Embodied Communication (GW 2011)

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This paper is concerned with multimodal assisted living environments, particularly based on gesture interaction. The research of ambient assisted living is about the provision of a safe, comfortable, and inde-pendent lifestyle at a domestic environment. We refer to spatial gestures and gesture recognition software and present an observational user study related to gestures in the Bremen Ambient Assisted Living Lab (BAALL), a 60m2 apart-ment suitable for the elderly and people with physical or cognitive impairments.

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  1. SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition, Computer Science/Languages and Literary Studies, University of Bremen, Germany

    Dimitra Anastasiou

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  1. “Athena” RC - Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP), Artemidos 6 & Epidavrou, Maroussi,, 15125, Athens, Greece

    Eleni Efthimiou

  2. Dep. of Informatics and Telecommunications, Speech and Accessibility Lab., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Kouroupetroglou

  3. “Athena” RC - Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, Processing (ILSP), Artemidos 6 & Epidavrou, Maroussi, 15125, Athens, Greece

    Stavroula-Evita Fotinea

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Anastasiou, D. (2012). Gestures in Assisted Living Environments. In: Efthimiou, E., Kouroupetroglou, G., Fotinea, SE. (eds) Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction and Embodied Communication. GW 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34182-3_1

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