A sensor and video based ontology for activity recognition in smart environments

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014:2014:5932-5. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944979.

Abstract

Activity recognition is used in a wide range of applications including healthcare and security. In a smart environment activity recognition can be used to monitor and support the activities of a user. There have been a range of methods used in activity recognition including sensor-based approaches, vision-based approaches and ontological approaches. This paper presents a novel approach to activity recognition in a smart home environment which combines sensor and video data through an ontological framework. The ontology describes the relationships and interactions between activities, the user, objects, sensors and video data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living*
  • Biological Ontologies
  • Environment
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation
  • Video Recording