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Integration of audiovisual sensors and technologies in a smart room

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At the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), a smart room has been equipped with 85 microphones and 8 cameras. This paper describes the setup of the sensors, gives an overview of the underlying hardware and software infrastructure and indicates possibilities for high- and low-level multi-modal interaction. An example of usage of the information collected from the distributed sensor network is explained in detail: the system supports a group of students that have to solve a lab assignment related problem.

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  1. Signal Theory and Communications Department, UPC—Technical University of Catalonia, Campus Nord edifici D5 Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 , Barcelona, Spain

    Joachim Neumann, Josep R. Casas, Dušan Macho & Javier Ruiz Hidalgo

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This work has been partially supported by the European Union, IP 506909 (CHIL)

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Neumann, J., Casas, J.R., Macho, D. et al. Integration of audiovisual sensors and technologies in a smart room. Pers Ubiquit Comput 13, 15–23 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-007-0172-1

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