− Distributed sensing for water quality monitoring provides important data that can be used to evaluate the characteristics of water according to specific requirements. The measurement of water parameters in extended areas requires the utilization of a high number of sensing nodes including multiple sensors, which can make difficult the management of the sensing devices to obtain high reliabili...

We propose a new method to recognize a user’s activities of daily living with accelerometers and RFID sensor. Two wireless accelerometers are used for classification of five human body states using decision tree, and detection of RFID-tagged objects with hand movements provides additional instrumental activity information. Besides, we apply our activity recognition module to the health monitori...

Research on computer-based recognition of ordinary household activities of daily living (ADLs) has been spurred by the need for technology to support care of the elderly in the home environment. We address the issue of recognizing ADLs at multiple levels of detail by combining multi-view computer vision and radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based direct sensors. Multiple places in our smart...

Research on computer-based recognition of ordinary household activities of daily living (ADLs) has been spurred by the need for technology to support care of the elderly in the home environment. We address the issue of recognizing ADLs at multiple levels of detail by combining multiview computer vision and RFID-based direct sensors. Multiple places in our smart home testbed are covered by distr...

In recent years, with the increasing popularity of smart mobile devices, more and more famous museums and scholars have actively thrown themselves into the research of mobile navigation systems. However, the functions provided still limited. In this paper, a mobile navigation system combined with augmented reality, RFID indoor positioning and group communication functions is proposed. This syst...

The Augmented Knight’s Castle is an augmented toy environment that enriches the children’s pretend play by using background music, sound effects, verbal commentary of toys, and different forms of tactile and visual feedback in reaction to the children’s play. Moreover, interactive learning experiences can be integrated into the play (e.g. to teach songs and poems or to provide the child with fa...

Estimated by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 2006, nearly 5-7% of the global world trade is in counterfeit goods, with the counterfeit market being worth approximately US$600 billion annually. Existing technical countermeasures, such as holograms, smart cards, biometric markers and inks, represent a flexible portfolio of solutions against some counterfeiting behaviors. Recently, ...

Globalization has opened practically every country in the globe to tourism and commerce today. In region, volume of vehicles traveling through border crossings increased significantly. Smartcards radio frequency identification (RFID) have been proposed as a new method identifying authenticating passengers, products, vehicles. However, usage smartcards RFID tag cards for vehicular continues suff...