HuMorse: smartphone based unified home automation for the disabled and elderly
07 Sep 2015-pp 5-8
TL;DR: An architecture that can be used to communicate short messages and actuate simple commands on home automation systems such as heating, cooling, and the operation of smart doors and windows is defined.
Abstract: In this work, we propose HuMorse, a universal home automation system for the elderly and people with disabilities of vision, speech or paralyzed limbs. Analog input using facial processing or tilt gestures is captured via smart-phone and is mapped to Morse code - dots and dashes. This Morse code sequence can be interpreted as words in a group to form an instruction from a basic instruction set. Using such a translation scheme - we define an architecture that can be used to communicate short messages and actuate simple commands on home automation systems such as heating, cooling, and the operation of smart doors and windows. In our prototype, we are able to achieve 90-95 % instruction translation accuracy and actuation time in the order of 9-13 seconds depending on the length and complexity of the instruction.
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TL;DR: In this article , a broad analysis of the reviews in this data set and found that the presence of SSHDs empowered PwD to secure their domiciles independently, though without explicit consent.
Abstract: Recent years have seen a proliferation of security-focused smart home devices (SSHDs). SSHDs, such as smart locks and cameras, are designed to accomplish critical tasks, such as protecting one’s home and property. However, their use by and for people with disabilities (PwD) has not been broadly investigated. To explore the state of SSHD use by PwD, we collected 114,871 amazon.com reviews for popular SSHDs and created a data set of reviews pertaining to PwD. We performed a broad analysis of the reviews in this data set and found that the presence of SSHDs empowered PwD to secure their domiciles independently. Further, caregivers used SSHDs to monitor PwD, ostensibly for the latter’s safety, albeit without explicit consent. Moreover, we also found that SSHDs have several drawbacks that impose various barriers of use on PwD. We analyze the significance of these findings and suggest five future research opportunities for SSHD design.
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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: An interesting finding that came up is their overall acceptance provided the system does not drive them to a lazy lifestyle by taking control of everything, which must be addressed for the development of smart homes that support daily living by giving them more ability to control rather than putting them away from the daily routine.
Abstract: Smart homes equipped with ambient intelligence technology constitute a promising direction to enable the growing number of elderly to continue to live in their own home as long as possible. However, this calls for technological solutions that suit their specific needs and capabilities. The Sweet-Home project aims at developing a new user friendly technology for home automation based on voice command. This paper reports a user evaluation assessing the acceptance and fear of this new technology. Eight healthy persons between 71 and 88 years old, 7 relatives (child, grandchild or friend) and 3 professional carers participated in a user evaluation. During about 45 min, the persons were questioned in co-discovery in the Domus smart home alternating between interview and wizard of Oz periods followed by a debriefing. The experience aimed at testing four important aspects of the project: voice command, communication with the outside world, domotics system interrupting a person's activity, and electronic agenda. Voice interface appeared to have a great potential to ease daily living for elderly and frail persons and would be better accepted than more intrusive solutions. By considering still healthy and independent elderly people in the user evaluation, an interesting finding that came up is their overall acceptance provided the system does not drive them to a lazy lifestyle by taking control of everything. This particular fear must be addressed for the development of smart homes that support daily living by giving them more ability to control rather than putting them away from the daily routine.
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TL;DR: Amarino is a toolkit that enables the rapid prototyping of such applications by connecting the Android operating system to the Arduino microcontroller platform and the results of a preliminary user study are presented.
Abstract: Ubicomp applications increasingly involve smart phones that control or communicate with embedded systems. Compelling examples in this space include tangible interfaces, environmental sensor networks, game controllers and automated homes. Across research, design, and hobbyist communities there is clearly a desire to build applications that involve combinations of mobile and non-mobile technologies. However, constructing these applications is a laborious process that requires considerable breadth and depth of expertise in programming, electronics, industrial and interaction design.Amarino is a toolkit that enables the rapid prototyping of such applications by connecting the Android operating system to the Arduino microcontroller platform. It consists of an Android application, an Arduino library, and a collection of documentation and examples. This suite of tools allows users to: 1) access Android events (ie: compass orientation, accelerometer data, and text messages received) and send them to Arduino microcontrollers without doing any Android programming, and 2) quickly develop Android applications that receive data (ie: environmental sensor data) from (and send data to) Arduino microcontrollers. This paper introduces Amarino and presents the results of a preliminary user study.
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