Making Sense of Sensors: End-to-End Algorithms and Infrastructure Design from Wearable-Devices to Data Centers

© Omesh Tickoo and Ravi Iyer 2017

Omesh Tickoo and Ravi Iyer, Making Sense of Sensors, 10.1007/978-1-4302-6593-1_4

4. Contextual Recognition

Omesh Tickoo¹  and Ravi Iyer²

(1)Portland, Oregon, USA

(2)3585 SW, Portland, USA

In this chapter we move beyond the primary theme of recognition and begin to understand what the next level of understanding looks like. Specifically, we will discuss the concept of “context” and contextual understanding. In simple terms, context refers to the environment under which we are trying to understand something. Having contextual information allows for better recognition, as we discussed in the case of multi-modal sensor fusion in Chapter 3. Conversely, having a recognition of specific environmental attributes can help us ...