Table Of ContentLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 540
Niccolò Casiddu
Claudia Porfirione
Andrea Monteriù
Filippo Cavallo Editors
Ambient
Assisted
Living
Italian Forum 2017
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume 540
Board of Series editors
Leopoldo Angrisani, Napoli, Italy
Marco Arteaga, Coyoacán, Mexico
Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi, Delhi, India
Samarjit Chakraborty, München, Germany
Jiming Chen, Hangzhou, China
Shanben Chen, Shanghai, China
Tan Kay Chen, Singapore, Singapore
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Niccolò Casiddu • Claudia Porfirione
Andrea Monteriù • Filippo Cavallo
Editors
Ambient Assisted Living
Italian Forum 2017
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Editors
Niccolò Casiddu Andrea Monteriù
University of Genoa Università Politecnica delle Marche
Genoa, Italy Ancona, Italy
Claudia Porfirione Filippo Cavallo
University of Genoa The BioRobotics Institute,
Genoa, Italy Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Pontedera, Pisa, Italy
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Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
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Conference Organization
General Chair
Niccolò Casiddu, DipartimentoArchitettura e Design—Scuola Politecnica di Genova
Honorary Chairs
Pietro Siciliano, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi—Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche
Enrico Dassori, Dipartimento Architettura e Design—Scuola Politecnica di Genova
Michele Piana, Dipartimento di Matematica—Università degli Studi di Genova
Scientific Committee
Bruno Andò, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica e Informatica—
Università di Catania
Roberta Bevilacqua, Istituto Nazionale Riposo e Cura Anziani—Ancona
Manuele Bonaccorsi, Istituto di BioRobotica—Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Niccolò Casiddu, Dipartimento Architettura e Design—Università degli Studi di
Genova
Filippo Cavallo, Istituto di BioRoboticaScuola—Superiore Sant’Anna
Amedeo Cesta, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione—Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche
Paolo Ciampolini, Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura—Università di Parma
Gabriella Cortellessa, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione—Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche
Carla Costanzi, Università Popolare dell’Età Libera—UniAuser Genova
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Paolo Dario, Istituto di BioRobotica—Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Assunta D’Innocenzo, Associazione Abitare e Anziani—Roma
Dina Di Giacomo, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Sanità Pubblica, Scienze della
Vita e dell’Ambiente—Università degli Studi dell’Aquila
Leopoldina Fortunati, Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Informatiche e Fisiche—
Università di Udine
Michele Germani, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche—
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Alessandro Leone, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi—Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche
Sauro Longhi, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione—Università
Politecnica delle Marche
Massimiliano Malavasi, Centro Adattamento dell’Ambiente Domestico—
Ausilioteca di Bologna
Vincenzo Marletta, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica e Informatica—
Università di Catania
Andrea Monteriù, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione—Università
Politecnica delle Marche
Alberto Pilotto, Società Italiana di Geriatria Ospedale e Territorio—Roma
Massimo Pistoia, Eresult s.r.l.—Cesena
Lorena Rossi, Istituto Nazionale Riposo e Cura Anziani—Ancona
Lorenzo Scalise, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche—
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Pietro Siciliano, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi—Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche
Maria Benedetta Spadolini, Dipartimento di Scienze per l’Architettura—Scuola
Politecnica di Genova
Organizing Committee
Marta Cambiaso, Dipartimento Architettura e Design—Scuola Politecnica di
Genova
Silvia Pericu, Dipartimento Architettura e Design—Scuola Politecnica di Genova
Claudia Porfirione, Dipartimento Architettura e Design—Scuola Politecnica di
Genova
Xi Xi, Dipartimento Architettura e Design—Scuola Politecnica di Genova
Preface
Part of the difficulties related to the management of disabilities and problems related
to the ageing of the population could be overcome by exploiting the potential of
new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and innovative support
services with a view to developing Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). However, the
availability on the market of such solutions and related services is far from optimal,
as well as the training of professionals and technicians working in the field: the
potential of ICT and assistive living environments has yet to be fully developed
throughout Europe.
The eighth Italian on Ambient Assisted Living Forum affirms the importance of
an annual meeting for discussion and consolidation of best practices research AAL.
Comparing promoted Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living of 2017
allowed designers and researchers participants to widen their perspective to create a
true community of different and complementary skills, together with the operators
involved, in various ways, the assistive technology sector.
The 2017 Edition is dedicated to using the latest technologies to make assisted
living comfortable, affordable and pleasantly acceptable, as a result of meeting and
integration between different disciplines and research approaches.
2017 Forum was held on 14–15 June in the Department of Architecture and
Design (DAD) of the University of Genoa; for over thirty years, it has been doing
research in this field. The 2017 Edition has involved students and young architects
and designers, sensitized towards themes and design culture AAL. Among the
results was the multidisciplinary comparison as a key element to address the draft
AAL aimed at seniors, particularly fragile sector of the population.
The attention of this Forum to simplified many aspects of life, not just for the
weak, constitutes a cultural heritage and infrastructure projects of the professionals
working in the country.
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This book presents the proceedings of ForItAAL 2017, a review of the current
state of research, technologies and the most recent and authoritative results
achieved in that field which demonstrate how research should continue to move
towards the integration of disciplines that revolve around the user services.
Genoa, Italy Niccolò Casiddu
Genoa, Italy Claudia Porfirione
Ancona, Italy Andrea Monteriù
Pontedera, Italy Filippo Cavallo
Contents
Part I Technological Sensors and Platforms
Radar Sensing of Vital Signs in Assisted Living Applications . . . . . . . . 3
Giovanni Diraco, Alessandro Leone and Pietro Siciliano
Smart Monitoring of User and Home Environment:
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