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@techreport{Biacsics2016a,
author = {Thomas Biacsics},
title = {{Remote-Controlled Automated Irrigation System based on XBee Wireless Technology and open Home Automation Bus}},
institution = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Jan},
abstract = {Examination of today’s market for irrigation systems exhibits deficiencies in interconnec-
tivity, power-saving and remote-controllability. This paper illustrates a concept for an
automated remote-controllable irrigation system consisting of decentralised devices and one
central irrigation server, exemplified by a prototype construction of the proposed system.
The decentralised devices are battery-powered and based on the Infineon XMC 32 bit
micro-controller which implements the uCOS-III real time operating system. Accordingly
the decentralised devices are designed to operate consuming less battery power in order to
achieve an autonomous operation of six months. The server’s runtime is based on the open
Home Automation Bus (openHAB) and hosted on a Raspberry Pi 2. The irrigation devices
communicate together over the power-saving XBee DigiMesh wireless technology.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2016.01.13}
}
@techreport{Eder2016,
title = {{Implementation of a ZigBee Sensor Network for Ambient Assistant Living}},
author = {Philip Eder},
institution = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Jun},
abstract = {The aim of this thesis is to implement an energy efficient and economical sensor
network providing environmental data to enhance adaptive systems. A key factor for
technology to assist and to improve the daily life is to adapt to the need of the user
and to the environmental situation so the user experience can be maximized and the
acceptance of ambient assistant technology by the user is improved. The wireless
sensor network based on ZigBee and the software implemented to communicate with
the sensor network and to interpret the environmental data are presented. The thesis
explains the design and the realization of the prototype.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2013.03.28}
}
@techreport{Graf2016,
title = {{TTE-Graph Graphical User Interface For TTEthernet Creation}},
author = {Robert Graf},
institution = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Jan},
abstract = {TTEthernet is a network technology for safety-related
applications primarily in transportation industries (e.g., Aerospace,
Space, and automotive) and industrial automation. It extends classical
Ethernet with time-critical, deterministic, and safety-relevant
capabilities. TTTech Computertechnik AG is the leading provider for
TTEthernet components including end-systems and switches. These
components are configured by different tools accumulated in the
TTEthernet tool-chain. The available tools have the possibility to
import configurations in XML format. However, there is currently no
GUI (graphical user interface) tool to create these XML
configurations. As of now, this has to be done by hand by altering an
example file. The goal of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the
feasibility to use a graphical user interface to configure a complete
TTEthernet network, hence creating the needed XML configurations after
a user has graphically arranged and configured a TTEthernet network
with all required components. The user does not need XML experience
and is able to create a network by using the available hardware
documentation only. The resulting tool should also be able to
preconfigure time-triggered, rate-constrained and best-effort message
transfer in a TTEthernet network.},
owner = {Robert Graf},
timestamp = {2016.01.13}
}
@techreport{Graf2016a,
title = {{TTE-Graph The first step in planning a time-triggered Ethernet with TTE-Tools}},
author = {Robert Graf},
institution = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Jun},
abstract = {TTEthernet is a network technology for safety-related applications primarily in transportation
industries (e.g., aerospace, space and automotive) and industrial automation. It extends clas-
sical Ethernet with time-critical, deterministic, and safety-relevant capabilities. To set up and
configure a TTEthernet and hence its components TTTechComputertechnik AG provides its
customers with a collection of software applications, called TTE-Tools. These are then used to
create the necessary configuration files for the components in a step-by-step manner. However,
there was no application for the first step, the creation of the Network Description XML file. This
had to be done by hand, altering an example file. The goal of this thesis is to create a prototype
with a graphical user interface to configure a complete TTEthernet network, hence creating the
needed Network Description XML file after a user has graphically arranged and configured a
TTEthernet network with all required components. The user does not need XML experience
and is able to create a network by using the available hardware documentation only. The result-
ing tool also enables the user to preconfigure time-triggered, rate-constrained and best-effort
message transfer in a TTEthernet network.},
owner = {Robert Graf},
timestamp = {2016.01.13}
}
@techreport{Loidolt2016,
title = {{Architektur einer alternativen Eingabemethode mittels Balance Board}},
author = {Thomas Loidolt},
institution = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Jan},
abstract = {In der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit werden die unterschiedlichen Bluetooth Stacks vorgestellt
und die Kompatibilität mit diversen Bluetooth Adaptern und einer Wii Softwarebibliothek
anhand eines Funktionstests am PC evaluiert. Neben der Erläuterung der Charakteristik und
Funktionalität der Hardware des Wii Balance Boards werden auf der Softwareebene die
Verbindungsmechanismen und die weitere Verarbeitung der Messwerte beschrieben.
Des Weiteren zeigen bereits bekannte Windows Tools, dass die grundlegende Verbindung
eines PCs mit dem Balance Board funktioniert und eine Verwendung dieser Hardware als
Eingabegerät möglich ist. Der Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit liegt auf der Integration des Wii
Balance Boards in das AsTeRICS (Assistive Technology Rapid Integration & Construction Set)
Framework.
Abschließend wird durch die Steuerung des „Pong“-Spiels ein praktisches Anwendungsgebiet
dieser Architektur gezeigt und in Hinblick auf die zweite Bachelorarbeit auf weitere komplexere
Einsatzgebiete hingewiesen.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2016.01.13}
}
@techreport{Loidolt2016a,
title = {{Anwendung einer alternativen Eingabemethode mittels Balance Board}},
author = {Thomas Loidolt},
institution = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Jun},
abstract = {Heutzutage ist es von großer Bedeutung, dass viele unterschiedliche Eingabegeräte auf dem
Markt verfügbar sind, um für jede Situation die passendste und effektivste Eingabehardware
nutzen zu können. Ein relativ neues Gerät stellt hierbei das Wii Balance Board dar. Im Rahmen
der ersten Arbeit wurde die Kompatibilität zwischen der Hardware und dem AsTeRICS
Software-Framework hergestellt und getestet. Mit der zweiten Arbeit wird nun versucht, das
erstellte Plugin für das Wii Balance Board in verschiedenen AsTeRICS-Modellen zu nutzen,
diverse Anwendungsgebiete zu erforschen und zu bewerten. Hierfür werden einige Spiele
ausgewählt und Steuerungen in AsTeRICS entworfen. Außerdem wird eine simple
medizinische Diagnoseanwendung erstellt, um zu zeigen, dass das Board in Kombination mit
dem Framework universell einsetzbar ist. Die vorgestellten Modelle werden modular aufgebaut
und durch einige Komponenten in deren Funktionalität erweitert. Anhand einer
Tastaturemulation und Mauszeigersteuerung werden einige Spiele mit dem Balance Board
gesteuert und anschließend mit den konventionellen Eingabegeräten verglichen und bewertet.
Die abschließende Bewertung zeigt, dass sich viele Spiele mit dieser Hardware-Software-
Kombination brauchbar steuern lassen und das Balance Board ein alternatives Eingabegerät
mit hohem Spaßfaktor ist. Spiele und Anwendungen die jedoch eine sehr hohe Präzision und
Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit in der Bedienung erfordern, sind für das Balance Board eher
ungeeignet.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2016.01.13}
}
@mastersthesis{Schindelboeck2016,
title = {{Three Chronic Disease Alarm Routines in an AAL-Environment}},
author = {Denise Schindelböck},
school = {CeMSIIS Center of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems@Medical University of Vienna},
year = {2016},
month = {Mar},
abstract = {Every year life expectancy is increasing and so is the proportion of people
with one or more chronic diseases. Together with the problems of an ageing
populations this causes much higher costs in the healthcare sector than so-
ciety is able to pay.
Simultaneously people want to age in their own home. Active Assisted Living
can help to prolongate the time people can live in a decent way in thei own
home by increasing their autonomy and self-con dence.
This thesis presents an implementation of a prototype with three decision
trees to detect dangerous health conditions for Diabetes Type 1, Diabetes
Type 2, Hypertension and Heart Failure. Using the information we collect
from Personal Health Devices and data from the Active-Assisted-Living en-
vironment, we are in the position to customize the thresholds and to receive
individual results.
Moreover, with the help of a modi ed (oral glucose intake, insulin intake,
alcohol intake, stress eect, health status eect and exercise eect ) glucose-
insulin model (based on the minimal model of Stolwijk and Hardy) we pre-
dicted the future glucose concentration of the patient and predict two pa-
rameters of the model to achieve further precision.
We validated our model with an intention-to-treat pilot study with 8
subjects and obtained a signi cantly better (p < 2.2-16) result than the orig-
inal model. We can therefore generate the hypothesis that our modi cations
improve the forecast precision.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2015.06.11}
}
@mastersthesis{Hammer2016,
author = {Clemens Hammer},
title = {{Construction of an assisting service robot based on the ROS-framework}},
school = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Jun},
abstract = {In the last few years, using an assisting robot for supporting functionality inside the living area becomes more and more important. Typical functions are navigation, pick and place, object detection and further more. Available robots on the market, however, are very expensive and rarely available as an open source solution.
Therefore this thesis deals about the construction of an assisting service robot. For this, the minimally needed components are evaluated and discussed in detail. These components can be divided into software and hardware, where each part is further divided into safety critical and non safety critical.
The safety critical part implements all functions, which are basically needed for the movement of the platform. In detail this means the control and easurement of the speed of the platform and further the observation of the surrounding environment to avoid collisions.
The non safety critical part includes all required modules to realize a semi-autonomous robot platform. A pre-developed robotic framework will be used to implement all necessary software modules, like navigation, localization etc.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2015.06.11}
}
@mastersthesis{Lamprecht2016,
author = {Werner Lamprecht},
title = {{Automated Data Acquisition and Analysis in Office Buildings using Wireless Sensor Networks}},
school = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Jun},
abstract = {Energy efficiency is a big issue for the planning of buildings. For planning new buildings far
too little emphasis is still placed on keeping the operating costs for heating, ventilation and
air conditioning low. If energy efficient systems are installed, the maintenance, the monitoring and consequential the proper control of such systems is often neglected. This causes,
that the initial investment does not achieve the expected results. Many of such systems do
not have the required sensors to monitor and control the ongoing operation. Accordingly this
leads to an incorrect control of installed components which leads to bad indoor climate and
unnecessary costs for energy.
In order to avoid such issues, as a part of this thesis, a system has been developed which
monitors the required physical quantities such as temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide.
The quantities are monitored for a certain period of time, like two or three weeks. During
that period, the collected data gets analysed for errors and plausibility with different automated algorithms. This further on helps to uncover errors in components of buildings control
systems or in the control algorithms of such.
During the monitoring process, from sensing a physical quantity to storing the data in a
database, possible sources of errors are depicted and algorithms for data analysis are de-
veloped. The results can be used to help to evaluate the collected data and to identify error
sources, which a supervisor might not notice because of the big amount of data.
The automated data collection process is realized with a Wiotech wireless sensor network
system and the open data storage and monitoring solution JEVis 3.0. The automated anal-
ysis and evaluation of the data was developed with the KNIME analytics platform. Among
others, the implemented algorithms are process boundaries observation, anomaly detection,
outlier detection or open window detection.
Applying these algorithms during a field test to validate the developed system proved its
effectiveness by detecting an erroneous control of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning
system in the demonstration building ENERGYbase.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2015.06.11}
}
@mastersthesis{Wolfram2016,
author = {Thomas Wolfram},
title = {{Erkennen von Gefahrensituationen im AAL Umfeld mittels nicht-invasiver Messdatenerhebung}},
school = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = {Nov},
abstract = {This thesis describes the development of a monitoring system, which assists personal care givers. The assistive system is intended to detect potentially harmful situations, which can arise during a normal day. Special measures were taken to record the necessary data only by means of non-invasive sensor technology. These are sensors which do not record any personal data, such as, for example, Humidity or temperature values. In contrast to this, cameras or microphones that intrude into the private sphere of the supervised person and would adversely affect their quality of life. Three test cases were used to document the necessary requirements: a person cooking a meal on the stove, taking a shower or going to the toilet. The potential risks for human health are leaving the stove on or a medical emergency in the shower or in the toilet. The middleware from the MA23 project was used as the basis for this project. Based on the documented requirements, the functionality of the middleware was extended in the form of bundles. The following bundles were implemented:
-) database-bundle
-) multi-agent bundle
-) rule-engine bundle
-) machine-learning bundle
-) alert-and-information bundle
-) data-concentrator bundle
Detecting a possibly hazardous situation by specifying a simple humidity- or temperature threshold turned out to be inadequate. Any of the test cases would only show too many false positives with the real hazard going unnoticed. The result was a too early or too late detection of a shower or cooking process (various minutes). Because of this reason, a machine-learning algorithm (in the form of artificial neural network) was used to correctly estimate the duration of a process, based on reading the temperature or humidity. If the “average” process time is exceeded and alert notification is triggered or an alarm raised.
Statistical methods and a final k-fold cross-validation were used to evaluate the quality of the detection rate of the prototype. The prototype developed was able to successfully detect potential harmful situations and respond appropriately by triggering an action. The last chapter discusses the problems which were encountered during the build process and implementation of said prototype in greater detail. Finally, an projection on the further development of the system is given.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2015.06.11}
}
@techreport{Biacsics2016b,
author = {Thomas Biacsics},
title = {{Development of a control application for an automated remote-controllable irrigation system based on open Home Automation Bus 2 and the Eclipse SmartHome Framework}},
institution = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = jun,
abstract = {The number of smart homes is increasing rapidly and the implementation of a home automation system becomes more common nowadays. There are many reasons for this development, first and foremost the price slump of electronic gadgets and devices on today's market makes it more affordable to upgrade a house to an automated smart home. But finally, when it comes to energy-efficiency, time saving and remote-controllability, the usage of a home automation system is inevitable.
This paper introduces the promising, open source home automation software named open Home Automation Bus 2 (openHAB2) based on the eclipse SmartHome (ESH) framework.
The application of openHAB2 is illustrated by the implementation of a control software component for a custom-developed wireless irrigation controller. The existing irrigation controller communicates via the XBee DigiMesh wireless communication protocol applied on a XBee RF 2.4 GHz module. OpenHAB2 and ESH deliver the required technical infrastructure to serve as the management software component for the proposed irrigation system. Moreover, the openHAB project offers more than 100 additional add-ons, which are used to connect and control various Internet of Things (IoT) devices and service interfaces.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2016.01.13}
}
@mastersthesis{Wang2016,
author = {Jiliang Wang},
title = {{Evaluation of Bluetooth Low Energy in eHealth applications and example of Bluetooth Low Energy App on an Android phone}},
school = {ArT-Lab@Research Group Embedded Systems, FH Technikum Wien},
year = {2016},
month = jun,
abstract = {The goal of this paper is to evaluate Bluetooth Low Energy in eHealth field. eHealth is a new
term that was not created long time ago, it still needs introduction to people. In eHealth, data
are often transferred between Personal Healthcare Devices and using wireless connection is
a convenient way to do it.
Four well known wireless connections: ANT+, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, ZigBee will be
introduced and compared in different categories. The comparison categories are: range,
peak power consumption, power efficiency, maximum data transfer speed, security, social
popularity and current market ratio. New features of Bluetooth Low Energy will be explained
in details and an Android application is developed to demonstrate Bluetooth Low Energy in a
use case.
The comparison shows that each wireless connections have advantages over others in
different categories. Bluetooth Low Energy has the best score in power efficiency, which is
important for a Personal Healthcare Device. The Android app is compiled in Android version
4.3, API level 18. Continua certified weight scale from A&D Medical is used to simulate a use
case. The Android application is able to be developed in a reasonable time. The Android
application could also demonstrate a typical eHealth use case.
The wireless connection comparison and the Android application could be done with different
approach, which is discussed in later section.},
owner = {fritz},
timestamp = {2015.06.11}
}
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