Location and Context Awareness: 4th International Symposium, LoCA 2009 Tokyo, Japan, May 7-8, 2009 Proceedings
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. Location and context awareness are fundamentstonext-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—fluid manner appropriate to our current context. Once away from the desktop, we find 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, affordances, 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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Location and Context Awareness: 4th International Symposium, LoCA 2009 Tokyo, Japan, May 7-8, 2009 Proceedings
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. Location and context awareness are fundamentstonext-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—fluid manner appropriate to our current context. Once away from the desktop, we find 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, affordances, 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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Location and Context Awareness: 4th International Symposium, LoCA 2009 Tokyo, Japan, May 7-8, 2009 Proceedings

Location and Context Awareness: 4th International Symposium, LoCA 2009 Tokyo, Japan, May 7-8, 2009 Proceedings

Location and Context Awareness: 4th International Symposium, LoCA 2009 Tokyo, Japan, May 7-8, 2009 Proceedings

Location and Context Awareness: 4th International Symposium, LoCA 2009 Tokyo, Japan, May 7-8, 2009 Proceedings

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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. Location and context awareness are fundamentstonext-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—fluid manner appropriate to our current context. Once away from the desktop, we find 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, affordances, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783642017209
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date: 05/28/2009
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #5561
Edition description: 2009
Pages: 283
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

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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