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HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
Simultaneous localization and mapping for pedestrians using only foot-mounted inertial sensors
In this paper we describe a new Bayesian estimation approach for simultaneous mapping and localization for pedestrians based on odometry with foot mounted inertial sensors. When s...
Patrick Robertson, Michael Angermann, Bernhard Kra...
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
inAir: measuring and visualizing indoor air quality
Good indoor air quality is a vital part of human health. Poor indoor air quality can contribute to the development of chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma, heart disease, a...
Sunyoung Kim, Eric Paulos
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
Recognizing daily activities with RFID-based sensors
We explore a dense sensing approach that uses RFID sensor network technology to recognize human activities. In our setting, everyday objects are instrumented with UHF RFID tags ca...
Michael Buettner, Richa Prasad, Matthai Philipose,...
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
From spaces to places: emerging contexts in mobile privacy
Mobile privacy concerns are central to Ubicomp and yet remain poorly understood. We advocate a diversified approach, enabling the cross-interpretation of data from complementary m...
Clara Mancini, Keerthi Thomas, Yvonne Rogers, Blai...
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
Assessing demand for intelligibility in context-aware applications
Intelligibility can help expose the inner workings and inputs of context-aware applications that tend to be opaque to users due to their implicit sensing and actions. However, use...
Brian Y. Lim, Anind K. Dey
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
Applying pervasive technologies to create economic incentives that alter consumer behavior
Economic incentives are a powerful way of shaping consumer behavior towards more commercially efficient and environmentally sustainable patterns. In this paper, we explore the id...
Tetsuo Yamabe, Vili Lehdonvirta, Hitoshi Ito, Hayu...
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
It's not all about "Green": energy use in low-income communities
Personal energy consumption, specifically home energy consumption such as heating, cooling, and electricity, has been an important environmental and economic topic for decades. De...
Tawanna Dillahunt, Jennifer Mankoff, Eric Paulos, ...
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
Understanding file access mechanisms for embedded Ubicomp collaboration interfaces
This paper explores the nature of interfaces to support people in accessing their files at tabletop displays embedded in the environment. To do this, we designed a study comparin...
Anthony Collins, Anastasia Bezerianos, Gregor McEw...
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
Authenticating ubiquitous services: a study of wireless hotspot access
: © Authenticating Ubiquitous Services: A Study of Wireless Hotspot Access Tim Kindberg, Chris Bevan, Eamonn O'Neill, James Mitchell, Jim Grimmett, Dawn Woodgate HP Laborator...
Tim Kindberg, Chris Bevan, Eamonn O'Neill, James M...
HUC
2009
Springer
14 years 8 days ago
Sonar-based measurement of user presence and attention
We describe a technique to detect the presence of computer users. This technique relies on sonar using hardware that already exists on commodity laptop computers and other electro...
Stephen P. Tarzia, Robert P. Dick, Peter A. Dinda,...