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Managing multi-user smart environments through BLE based system
24 Jun 2018-pp 234-243
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a system based on interactions between Android smart-phones and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology beacons to deal with the challenges of a multi-user smart environment.
Abstract: Smart and intelligent environment systems will be increasingly important in everyday life. Designing and developing them requires to face some research problems. A properly management of different types of sensors is very challenging but necessary in this area. A new wave of smart devices and systems brings customizable benefits for different users. Example of this are smart-phones, smartbands, smart-watches, smart homes or smart cars. A successful combination of them bring interesting everyday life benefits.
One of the most important problems that needs to be solved in a practical way is the so called "multi-users problem". Addressing it is fundamental for moving forward into a successful adoption in everyday life of the smart technologies mentioned before. Associating users and services in a spaces in which there are many possible combination of them, is a core task. This work proposes a novel system based on interactions between Android smart-phones and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology beacons to deal with the challenges of a multi-user smart environment. We process data collected in a smart environment populated by many users. In particular we associate data collected and beacons. This processing generates database log traces containing measurements related to single user activities, helping in better matching services with users.
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23 Jul 2020
TL;DR: This research work reports on the development and evaluation of an indoor positioning system that allows multi-user management in a smart home environment and the design of the BLE based system is presented.
Abstract: The multiple user challenge is one of the issues that need to be addressed in order to facilitate the adoption of intelligent environments in everyday activities The development of multi-user capabilities in smart homes is closely related to the creation of effective indoor positioning systems This research work reports on the development and evaluation of an indoor positioning system that allows multi-user management in a smart home environment The design of the BLE based system is presented, as well as its implementation and evaluation in the Smart Spaces Lab at Middlesex University The validation of the system is shown as a case study in which it is used to develop multi-user capabilities in two context-aware systems of the laboratory Video demonstrations are provided to illustrate the multi-user capabilities that were developed in the validation
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