The design and implementation of a browserstyle interface to a home automation network is described. The interface supports browsing and navigation of network devices and context structures and the user can interact with individual devices on the network, and access and control context and object structures within these devices. The interface can be used to access a local home automation networ...

Although electronic devices permeate the home and offer unsurpassed power and features, many impediments still exist to realizing the concept of the smart-home: configuration complexity, minimal device interoperability, difficulty of use, lack of personalization, and no integration with sensors for awareness and adaptation. We define four tenets of smart-home environment: Zero-configuration, Un...

Although electronic devices permeate the home and offer unsurpassed power and features, many impediments still exist to realizing the concept of the smart-home: configuration complexity, minimal device interoperability, difficulty of use, lack of personalization, and no integration with sensors for awareness and adaptation. We define four tenets of smart-home environment: Zero-configuration, Un...

The home environment has become increasingly sophisticated. Sensors and actuators allow a house to be programmed so that it can intelligently adapt to user needs. Unfortunately it has not become any easier for the user to manage all these devices. Our ontology driven framework describes a user-oriented automation system to help with this process by not only orchestrating home automation devices...

This paper proposes a soft-remote-control (soft-remocon) system based on EMG signals for the Intelligent Sweet Home. The proposed system is applied to Intelligent Sweet Home which was developed to help the independence living of the elderly and physically handicapped individuals. The goal of proposed system is to control home-installed electronic devices such as TV, air-conditioner, curtain and...

Technology advancements have made the implementation of embedded systems within home appliances. This increased the capabilities and features. There is demand for smart home automation through mobile phones. Bluetooth modules are cost effective and flexible so it is one of the best choices for smart home automation. This paper presents a novel technology where the user controls the devices thro...

This paper describes the SmartKom-Home system realized within the SmartKom project. It assists the user by means of a multi-modal dialogue system in the home environment. This involves the control of various devices and the access to services. SmartKom-Home is supposed to serve as a uniform interface to all these devices and services so the user is freed from the necessity to understand which o...

This paper describes the SmartKom-Home system realized within the SmartKom project. It assists the user by means of a multi-modal dialogue system in the home environment. This involves the control of various devices and the access to services. SmartKom-Home is supposed to serve as a uniform interface to all these devices and services so the user is freed from the necessity to understand which o...

formed under the newly introduced Organ Transplant Law in February 1999. The number of heart transplants per year rose from 3 initially to 5, then to nearly 10. After the legislative amendments it rose to 30 and then 37 per year (Figure 1). Most of the early VADs used for BTT were extracorporeal devices, with implantable devices used mainly for clinical research or experimental trials of at-hom...

The major design challenge of home automation is to choose best standard for controlling devices in existing home environments without any changes in infrastructure. In recent years Zigbee was the promising technology for home automation. But, nowadays there are some other standards which give their best for controlling home devices. This paper presents an overview of different wireless communi...