One urgent issue stemming from the worldwide rapid aging population is the need to establish multiple and well-structured alternatives that support older adults in achieving financial independence and enable them to age in their own homes. With the growing global focus on this concept, this...

For building the big data collection infrastructure, a vision-based smart meter-reading network and its gateway is provided for a community gas supply system that uses traditional mechanical meters. In the network architecture, the gas meter readings are captured by embedded image sensor nodes...