Browsing by Subject "Ajuts tecnològics per als discapacitats"
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A metrics review for performance evaluation on assisted wheelchair navigation
(Springer Verlag, 2009-06-10)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn nowadays aging society, many people require assistance for non-pedestrian mobility. In some cases, assistive devices require a certain degree of autonomy when the persons’ disabilities difficult manual control. In this ... -
A new collaborative shared control strategy for continuous elder/robot assisted navigation
(2008)
Conference report
Open AccessIn nowadays aging society, many people require mobility assistance. Autonomous wheelchairs may provide some help, but they are not supposed to overtake all control on human mobility, as this is reported to lead to loss ... -
Accesibilidad de la Web e Intranet de la EPSEVG
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-06-26)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessEn este proyecto se ha adaptado la nueva web de la EPSEVG a la nueva ley española publicada en el BOE número 312 de 29/12/2007 que obliga a los organismos públicos a cumplir como mínimo con el segundo nivel de accesibilidad ... -
AI based fall management services: the role of the i-Walker in I-DONTFALL
(Springer, 2012)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyFalls are a major international public health challenge because of the myriad effects on older individuals: direct physical and psychological injury; fear of falling and activity limitation; reduced social participation ... -
An adaptive scheme for wheelchair navigation collaborative control
(AAAI Press. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2008)
Conference report
Open AccessIn this paper we propose a system where machine and human cooperate at every situation via a reactive emergent behavior, so that the person is always in charge of his/her own motion. Our approach relies on locally evaluating ... -
Análisis y propuesta de mejora del servicio de atención a PMR en el aeropuerto. Aplicación a BCN.
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-02-14)
Bachelor thesis
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Aplicació multimèdia per a persones amb discapacitat visual
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessEl projecte Aplicació multimèdia per a persones amb discapacitat visual es tracta de crear una aplicació que permet a persones amb discapacitat visual reduïda o nul•la poder jugar a diferents activitats utilitzant una ... -
Aplicació per a dispositius mòbils de rutes turístiques pel parc de la Sèquia
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-12-21)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
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Ascensor per a una persona minusvàlida
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2008-03)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessEl present Projecte Final de Carrera consisteix en el disseny d’un elevador hidràulic per instal·lar- lo en vivendes unifamiliars per a persones discapacitades. Aquest elevador és del tipus de cabina tancada, és a dir, ... -
Assessing motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease patients based on a single inertial sensor
(2016-12-15)
Article
Open AccessAltered movement control is typically the first noticeable symptom manifested by Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Once under treatment, the effect of the medication is very patent and patients often recover correct ... -
Assistent personal per persones amb necessitats especials
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2008)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessAssistent personal per persones amb necessitats especials és un projecte proposat per la Fundació el Maresme Pro persones amb disminució psíquica i destinat als seus pacients. Aquest projecte consisteix en el desenvolupament ... -
Assistive technologies for the new generation of senior citizens: the SHARE-it approach
(2010-07-07)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn this paper, we present the SHARE-it approach to the integration of agent technology with other existing technologies to build specific intelligent and semi-autonomous assistive devices for older persons and people with ... -
Automatic classification of gait patterns using a smart rollator and the BOSS model
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018)
Conference lecture
Open AccessNowadays, the risk of falling in older adults is a major concern due to the severe consequences it brings to socio-economic and public health systems. Some pathologies cause mobility problems in the aged population, leading ... -
Automatic fall risk assessment for challenged users obtained from a rollator equipped with force sensors and a RGB-D camera
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyFall risk assessments provide a useful tool to prevent morbidity and mortality provoked by falls. Nowadays, these assessments are usually performed manually by the medical staff. This approach has three main drawbacks: i) ... -
Automatització d'un sistema de gestió d'aparcament d'una àrea urbana per a persones amb mobilitat reduïda (PMR)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-05-17)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionEl projecte consisteix en la utilització d’una Raspberry Pi 3 model B + com a element principal per a realitzar un sistema de visió per computador per a la detecció de matrícules. Aquest sistema permetrà juntament amb una ... -
Caminador intel.ligent per a persones amb discapacitat
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2008-02-01)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessAquest Projecte Final de Carrera consisteix en la col·laboració per al desenvolupament d’un caminador intel·ligent “i-Walker”. Concretament es centra en la captació de les forces que es realitzen a sobre del caminador. ... -
Control de una casa domótica para personas dependientes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-01-24)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessEl objetivo primordial del proyecto final de carrera es la elaboración de una aplicación personalizable y orientada a personas con diferentes tipos de discapacidad, que permita controlar los diferentes elementos de la casa ... -
Design and evaluation of ECO: an augmentative and alternative communication tool
(Springer, 2021-05-20)
Article
Open AccessCurrent technology provides new challenges to improve skills on people with special necessities. In fact, persons with com-munications needs can take advantage of new devices and mobile applications to interact and communicate ... -
Design of VR app applied to cognitive training
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-03)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessThis project pretends to develop a virtual reality application to improve actual treatments for patients who suffer from a cognitive degenerative disease. This is possible thanks to what this technology offers to us, and ... -
Designing Messenger Visual, an instant messaging service for individuals with cognitive disability
(Springer, 2011)
Conference report
Open AccessConsidering the importance of Internet-based communications in our society, the lack of Instant Messaging (IM) services adapted to individuals with cognitive disabilities who have difficulties using written language ...