Recognition of Activities of Daily Living with Egocentric Vision: A Review

What is it about?

Video-based recognition of activities of daily living (ADLs) is being used in ambient assisted living systems in order to support the independent living of older people. With the development of wearable cameras, they offer new opportunities since they offer a field of view with reduced occlusions. This paper presents a review of the state of the art of egocentric vision systems s for the recognition of ADLs.

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Why is it important?

This is a very timely review which is becoming a reference for the new field of egocentric vision based systems for recognition of daily living activities.