Home Automation
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Electricity transformed households in the 1920’s, allowing it to power lights, heating systems and appliances. PC’s were introduced in the 1980’s, changing the way we manages our lives. Smart phones arrived in 2006, bringing the world to our fingertips. However, at the end of the day, we still manage our homes as if we were living in the 1920s!
Think about it…
If you can watch a favorite TV show on your phone, why can’t you dim the living room lights using the same phone?
If home security systems can detect an intruder, why can’t you see if the garage door is locked on your flat screen?
Appliance Control
Smart home environments are becoming increasingly popular due to the emerging application of Internet of Things (IoT) in the built environment. However, user interaction with connected devices suffers from numerous disadvantages such as complex and cumbersome user interfaces, unreliable voice and gesture interfaces and the requirement for prior knowledge of the environment. This paper presents an intuitive point-and-click framework to control electrical fixtures in a smart built environment. This functionality is enabled by coupling an ultra-wideband (UWB)-based indoor positioning system and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to retrieve contextual information of the user with respect to the built environment when the user performs the pointing action. This information is then input into a building information model (BIM)-based virtual environment wherein the appliance of interest to the user is determined.
Highlights
- • This paper provides a novel and intuitive user-interaction methodology for smart home environments.
- • The proposed methodology utilizes UWB positioning and IMU sensors coupled with a BIM-based virtual environment.
- • The paper proposes a point-and-click device to control electric appliances through an IoT infrastructure.
- The subsequent clicking action of the user then turns the devices on or off based on its prior state via the IoT infrastructure in the building. Initial prototype testing through a case study yielded promising results that prove the effectiveness of the framework.
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