E-servant: an intelligent, programmable system to support and integrate assisted living technologies

Picking, Richard ; Grout, Vic ; Casas, Roberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Blasco, Ruben

Resumen: The ‘E-servant’, a programmable system to control and manage assistive technologies, telehealth and telecare devices in a home environment is presented. The E-servant is programmed using a simple graphical interface that allows the user to build a dialogue in the form of a production rule system, which is triggered by a patient- or technology-initiated event. The patient interacts with the system through a personalised user interface to reach their goal of completing a task. These tasks, which the authors call ‘scenarios’, can be designed for users of different abilities (cognitive and/or physical). They can also be given priority levels, for example if a potential emergency situation arises in the patient's home, a scenario associated with the sensing of this event takes highest priority. The research presented in this Letter outlines the E-servant, its programming tool and reports its evaluation in living laboratory settings. The results suggest that it can be used as a central management system for supporting an integrated support environment for facilitating healthcare and activities of daily living, especially for older patients.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1049/htl.2014.0052

Año: 2014

Publicado en: Healthcare Technology Letters 1, 2 (2014), 64-67
ISSN: 2053-3713

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/FP6/IST-045515

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Tecnología Electrónica (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)