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In a world of accessible information the pace of everyday living is quickening. This coupled with the increasing interest in personal healthcare and well-being issues has resulted in new solutions being arrived at. Existing consumer electronics and home automation solutions need to evolve to capture these developing customer needs. In the scope of this paper a scalable solution that provides a multisensory...
In this paper we present a system for mediating social interruptions in home or office environment, based on the use of a novel technique of light-based busy flags. The system uses a scalable set of sensors to estimate user availability and to announce this information to possible interrupters (e.g. workplace colleagues) by using dynamic, programmable DMX lighting effects. Our motivation is based...
In this paper we present a novel software-based home control platform as an add-on to a set-top box (STB) for digital television. By means of using merely a remote controller, traditional STB users become able to control lights, appliances and media playback in their homes. Intelligence and awareness is achieved with a support for execution of recipes - pre-prepared scripts that define timely actions...
This paper proposes a concept of a home controller for home automation that is embeddable to existing consumer electronic devices in the household, such as TV sets and set-top boxes. The concept is investigated through implementation in a digital set-top box extended with units for both power line (X10) and wireless (Zigbee) communication to control lights and appliances. Main goal was to propose...
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