Recently, smartphones have been used as remote controllers for home appliances through connectivity of mobile telecom network or Wi-Fi. To control several home appliances in a room, a mechanism is required for a smartphone to correctly select the target appliance. Through the built-in electronic compass function in the smartphone, we propose a scheme called Point-and-Control (PnC) that allows a...

Proper use of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can lower the rate of catastrophic failures, and increase the efficiency and productivity of industrial operations. Diversification of remote control mode is the inevitable trend of development of smart appliances. This paper proposes a review on remote control system of smart appliances based on Zigbee wireless sensor network. Status of the home ap...

iLook is a user interface designed to support everyday interaction between people and home appliances focusing on four potential assets provided to us by a leading home appliances manufacturer as a design brief: a) remote control; b) assistance and maintenance; c) ecological-economic impact; d) social networking. We discuss the participatory design process we followed firstly focusing on the fu...

Home automation is the systematic controlling and monitoring of everyday home devices such as lighting, heating, window blinds and appliances (both white goods and home electronics). This report describes how to control and monitor home appliances over IPv6 by using existing home automation hardware and an Internet connected gateway. There are many commercial home automation systems available. ...

Nothing runs without electricity at home or in industry. So providing a reliable supply of electrical power on demand is the important task of power generation plant. Growing populations are using increasing amounts of power, which is putting a strain on existing supplies. To overcome the problem of power distribution this system provides a cloud networking based home power management system. W...

The demand of wireless system in home is increasing day by day due to its cost and easy placement and also it is easy to connect with our computer or phone [1]. This project demonstrates about the control of home appliances wirelessly using computer and Zigbee wireless communication protocol. We can control the home appliance like refrigerator, fan, and air conditioner etc. by sending command t...

The pervasiveness of smart appliances in the home, the increase of computational power of traditional home appliances, and the widespread adoption of wireless networking are creating a unique opportunity in domotics. The challenge lies in moving from a set of isolated devices towards a network of home appliances interoperating and scaling seamlessly to provide services to the home user. The maj...

With the population of network usage, it is possible to connect home appliances with each other. The basic demand is to connect home appliances easily with less user intervening and home network is an complex environment which comprises several network architecture including ethernet, wireless network, or power-line etc.. Therefore, integrating heterogeneous environment in home network to reduc...