CSR-EHS: Towards Ubiquitous Wearable Embedded Computing

下一代嵌入式计算系统将越来越以人为中心。嵌入式设备将在监控人类活动并对其做出反应的环境中运行，而不是在工程中使用人工制品。透明的界面和隐含的人机交互模式将通过不引人注目地嵌入我们周围环境的传感器来实现。这些传感器和其他嵌入式设备将伴随它们的(人类)主机，以确保服务不间断。这类设备的应用将包括增强人类能力、记录过去的活动(例如，作为记忆辅助工具或提供纵向监控)、确保安全以及增强社交联系(通过向个人提供一种新的远程访问形式)。个人物品(如服装)是仪器设备的主要目标，以实现以人为中心的嵌入式计算愿景。因此，配备分布式传感、计算和内存资源的智能衣柜可能会成为越来越受欢迎的嵌入式计算平台。该项目的目标是调查启用和支持未来可穿戴嵌入式系统所需的软件基础设施，例如智能衣柜和其他个人物品中的嵌入式系统。该项目确定了在构建这样一个软件基础设施时遇到的挑战，并开发了一个新的嵌入式操作系统和中间件服务架构来应对这些挑战。

The next-generation of embedded computing systems will be increasingly human-centric. Embedded devices will operate in an environment where they monitor and react to human activity as opposed to engineering artifacts. Transparent interfaces and implicit modes of human-computer interaction will be enabled by sensors that are unobtrusively embedded in our immediate environment. These sensors and other embedded devices will accompany their (human) host to ensure uninterrupted service. Applications of such devices will include augmenting human capabilities, logging past activities (e.g., as a memory aid or to provide longitudinal monitoring), ensuring safety, and enhancing social connections (by offering a new form of remote access to an individual). Personal effects (such as attire) are a prime target for instrumentation to enable the human-centric, embedded-computing vision. Smart wardrobes equipped with distributed sensing, computing and memory resources are thus likely to become an increasingly popular platform for embedded computing. The objective of this project is to investigate the software infrastructure required to enable and support future wearable embedded systems such as those that reside in smart wardrobes and other personal effects. The project identifies the challenges encountered in building such a software infrastructure, and develops a new embedded operating system and middleware service architecture to address these challenges.