On the comparison of location based software solutions used for tracking purposes in ambient assisted living applications

Vasos Hadjioannou, Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, Katerina Papanikolaou, George Mastorakis, Rossitza Goleva, Ciprian Dobre, Jordi Mongay Batalla

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Abstract

Wearable and handheld devices, such smart phones, have come a long way in a very short time as they are capable of providing an extremely vast number of services simply at the click of a button, or even automatically. The diversity of the different embedded sensors (accelerometer, light sensors, etc.) lay the required foundation for the emergence of specialized applications that are capable of serving all kinds of purposes. By taking advantage of this specialized hardware found in smart phones, not only it has become feasible to constantly sense and gather information from the device's environment, but it has also become an effortless task to transmit the collected data to any individual or organization in a plethora of forms. This paper serves as an evaluation method for a location based Android application, SeniorTracker, by presenting a comparison between two applications that are both used for tracking down a device. While both have quite a similar purpose, the way they go about it as well as the ways the application itself can be utilized, drastically differs. SeniorTracker's main purpose lies in the retrieval of the coordinates of a device in case it is located somewhere it is not expected to be, allowing monitoring of persons that potentially will be lost, otherwise. The comparison was mainly focused on the performance of both applications when it comes to location retrieval and energy consumption while keeping in mind the respective tasks that each of them were designed to fulfill.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 IEEE 12th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing, ICCP 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5-11
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781509038992
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Nov 2016
Event12th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing, ICCP 2016 - Cluj-Napoca
Duration: 8 Sept 201610 Sept 2016

Other

Other12th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing, ICCP 2016
CityCluj-Napoca
Period8/09/1610/09/16

Keywords

  • Ambient assisted living applications
  • Comparison
  • Energy consumption
  • GPS
  • Location tracking

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