Human activity monitoring using gas sensor arrays

Reservoir computing compensates slow response of chemosensor arrays exposed to fast varying gas concentrations in continuous monitoring

“…Such scenarios demand methods and algorithms that can operate on streams of A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t measurements and incorporate information contained on the sensors' dynamics such as RC algorithms, overcoming the requirement of traditional experimental protocols that delay the system prediction until the measurement is finished. Therefore, algorithms based on RC are better suited for open sampling systems, in which the sensors are exposed directly to gas plumes in a turbulent environment, or continuous monitoring and alarm applications, in which large number of volatiles are expected to fluctuate irregularly [47,48]. Previous experimental protocols in open sampling systems also assume control of the gas onset, which happens at specific times from the beginning of the measurement [49,50].…”

Distributed Computing and Monitoring Technologies for Older Patients

“…Several smart-home projects in Europe include iDorm [ 133 ], Grenoble Health Smart Home [ 134 ], GiraffPlus [ 135 ], PROSAFE [ 136 ], Gloucester Smart House [ 137 ], ENABLE [ 138 ] for dementia patients, and Future Care Lab [ 47 , 139 ]. The majority of these research projects monitor a subset of ADL tasks.…”

Towards disappearing user interfaces for ubiquitous computing: human enhancement from sixth sense to super senses

“…Chemical sensors are used for detection of pre-defined VOCs and gas chromatography (GC) together with Mass Spectrometry are applicable to generic chemical analysis of VOCs based on mixture separation techniques. Minglei et al (2014) proposed a GC system for biometrics using body odour as personal identity, and Fonollosa et al (2014) used chemical sensors for activity recognition where activities of multiple dwellers can be estimated using classification of captured VOCs in a living space.…”