Towards a Supportive City with Smart Urban Objects in the Internet of Things: The Case of Adaptive Park Bench and Adaptive Light

Publication Type

Contribution to conference

Authors

Hubl, M.; Skowron, P.; Aleithe, M.

Year of publication

2018

Published in

Position Papers of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2018)

Editor

Ganzha, M.,Maciaszek, L., Paprzycki, M.

Band/Volume

16/

Series/labeling

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

DOI

10.15439/2018F118

Page (from - to)

51-58

Conference name

Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2018)

Conference location

Poznan (Posen), Polen

Conference date

9.-12. September 2018

IoT technology is a key driver for building smart city infrastructure. The potentials for urban management problems requiring process control and allocation mechanisms has long been acknowledged. However, up to now the potentials of equipping urban objects with sensors, information processing capability, and actuators to enable adaptation to pedestrians’ individual needs have not yet been exploited. The objective of our research is to design smart urban objects that enhance usability and safety of the urban space for pedestrians. We report on our conceptual design for an IoT platform that connects the novel smart urban object adaptive park bench with an adaptive light system to actively support pedestrians in the urban environment, in particular senior citizens with handicaps.