Activity Recognition in Assistive Environments: The STHENOS Approach

The paper presents the research conducted within the framework of the STHENOS project www.sthenos.gr, which aims at the development of methodologies and systems for assistive environments. The proposed systems and applications are capable of recognizing the human activities and assist disabled or elder persons in performing every day activities and detect abnormal situations such as a fall or long periods of inactivity. The paper includes the technical details of the proposed activity recognition methodology using fisheye video cameras and wearable sensors. Initial results have proven the feasibility of the adopted approaches and the efficiency of the implemented system.