Overview

These proceedings contain the papers presented at the 4th International S- posium on Location and Context Awareness (LoCA) during May 7–8, 2009 in Tokyo,Japan.Locationandcontextawarenessarefundamentstonext-generation mobile and pervasive computing systems. Pervasive computing is a model of computing in which computation is everywhere and computer functions are - tegrated into everything. The ultimate aim is to make information, applications and services available anywhere and at anytime in the human environment in a ?uid manner appropriate to our current context. Once away from the desktop, we ?nd ourselves in a wide variety of contexts and hence situations. For computing to be relevant and useful in these emerging situations we must rely on a range of contextual cues. Context includes phys- logical, environmental, and computational data, whether sensed or inferred. In addition, context includes details of a user’s activities, goals, abilities, pref- ences, a?ordances, and surroundings. With location and context awareness we can expect computers to deliver information, services, and entertainment in a way that maximizes convenience and minimizes intrusion.

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Author:   Tanzeem Choudhury ,  Aaron Quigley ,  Thomas Strang ,  Koji Suginuma
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2009 ed.
Volume:   5561
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642017209

ISBN 10:   3642017207
Pages:   283
Publication Date:   22 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Multi Activity Recognition Based on Bodymodel-Derived Primitives.- Activity Inference through Sequence Alignment.- Improving Location Fingerprinting through Motion Detection and Asynchronous Interval Labeling.- Using Context Annotated Mobility Profiles to Recruit Data Collectors in Participatory Sensing.- Location Diversity: Enhanced Privacy Protection in Location Based Services.- Nonvisual, Distal Tracking of Mobile Remote Agents in Geosocial Interaction.- Directional Beaconing: A Robust WiFi Positioning Method Using Angle-of-Emission Information.- Bluetooth Tracking without Discoverability.- Error Estimation for Indoor 802.11 Location Fingerprinting.- Activity Recognition from Sparsely Labeled Data Using Multi-Instance Learning.- A Framework for Creating and Using Maps of Privately Owned Spaces.- Daily Routine Recognition through Activity Spotting.- SofTOA: Software Ranging for TOA-Based Positioning of WLAN Terminals.- Position Estimation from UWB Pseudorange and Angle-of-Arrival: A Comparison of Non-linear Regression and Kalman Filtering.- An Ultrasonic 3D Positioning System Using a Single Compact Receiver Unit.- LOCK: A Highly Accurate, Easy-to-Use Location-Based Access Control System.- Characterizing the Space by Presenting Non-visual Information.

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