HIC: An interactive and ubiquitous home controller system for the smart home

Pizzagalli, Simone; Spoladore, Daniele; Arlati, Sara; Sacco, Marco; Greci, Luca

doi:10.1109/segah.2018.8401374

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“…The proposed technique presents a satisfaction cost index depending on the time and the type of device, where the user can use more electrical devices or use the same device for a longer period of time. The studies reported in [ 27 ] present a HIC based on the ubiquity concept to enable SH users to monitor residential loads and comfort metrics, as well as consumption and operational status related to fault alerts. The multi-objective controller described in [ 5 ] includes a global comfort function, while the work in [ 4 ] evaluated multiple fare scenarios associated with DG.…”

Section: Demand-side Management (Dsm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

An Improved Optimization Function to Integrate the User’s Comfort Perception into a Smart Home Controller Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Fuzzy Logic

Costa

Barroso

Souza

et al. 2023

Sensors

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Scheduling residential loads for financial savings and user comfort may be performed by smart home controllers (SHCs). For this purpose, the electricity utility’s tariff variation costs, the lowest tariff cost schedules, the user’s preferences, and the level of comfort that each load may add to the household user are examined. However, the user’s comfort modeling, found in the literature, does not take into account the user’s comfort perceptions, and only uses the user-defined preferences for load on-time when it is registered in the SHC. The user’s comfort perceptions are dynamic and fluctuating, while the comfort preferences are fixed. Therefore, this paper proposes the modeling of a comfort function that takes into account the user’s perceptions using fuzzy logic. The proposed function is integrated into an SHC that uses PSO for scheduling residential loads, and aims at economy and user comfort as multiple objectives. The analysis and validation of the proposed function includes different scenarios related to economy–comfort, load shifting, consideration of energy tariffs, user preferences, and user perceptions. The results show that it is more beneficial to use the proposed comfort function method only when the user requires SHC to prioritize comfort at the expense of financial savings. Otherwise, it is more beneficial to use a comfort function that only considers the user’s comfort preferences and not their perceptions.

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Section: Demand-side Management (Dsm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

An Improved Optimization Function to Integrate the User’s Comfort Perception into a Smart Home Controller Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Fuzzy Logic

Costa

Barroso

Souza

et al. 2023

Sensors

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“…In [21], a PAR table-top system that provides daily care to patients with memory problems was studied. In [22], a system was developed that employs image and text recognition to control a smart home using PAR. A home-care system that enables the elderly to exercise and enhance their physical abilities through projections was investigated in [23].…”

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“…A home-care system that enables the elderly to exercise and enhance their physical abilities through projections was investigated in [23]. Most PAR systems are either fixed mount or table-top [21,22]. The UI uses image recognition and projection, but several problems have been reported in the application of these systems.…”

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Deep-cARe: Projection-Based Home Care Augmented Reality System with Deep Learning for Elderly

Park

Lee

et al. 2019

Applied Sciences

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Developing innovative and pervasive smart technologies that provide medical support and improve the welfare of the elderly has become increasingly important as populations age. Elderly people frequently experience incidents of discomfort in their daily lives, including the deterioration of cognitive and memory abilities. To provide auxiliary functions and ensure the safety of the elderly in daily living situations, we propose a projection-based augmented reality (PAR) system equipped with a deep-learning module. In this study, we propose three-dimensional space reconstruction of a pervasive PAR space for the elderly. In addition, we propose the application of a deep-learning module to lay the foundation for contextual awareness. Performance experiments were conducted for grafting the deep-learning framework (pose estimation, face recognition, and object detection) onto the PAR technology through the proposed hardware for verification of execution possibility, real-time execution, and applicability. The precision of the face pose is particularly high by pose estimation; it is used to determine an abnormal user state. For face recognition results of whole class, the average detection rate (DR) was 74.84% and the precision was 78.72%. However, for face occlusions, the average DR was 46.83%. It was confirmed that the face recognition can be performed properly if the face occlusion situation is not frequent. By object detection experiment results, the DR increased as the distance from the system decreased for a small object. For a large object, the miss rate increased when the distance between the object and the system decreased. Scenarios for supporting the elderly, who experience degradation in movement and cognitive functions, were designed and realized, constructed using the proposed platform. In addition, several user interfaces (UI) were implemented according to the scenarios regardless of distance between users and the proposed system. In this study, we developed a bidirectional PAR system that provides the relevant information by understanding the user environment and action intentions instead of a unidirectional PAR system for simple information provision. We present a discussion of the possibility of care systems for the elderly through the fusion of PAR and deep-learning frameworks. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 3897 2 of 22 were usually attended to by their families; however, they are currently forced to lead independent lives [2]. There has been increasing interest in social welfare and medical support owing to the increasing aging rate. The social government is increasing social welfare and medical benefits to support elderly self-sustenance; however, most elderly people attend to various problems in their daily life on them own. Moreover, various diseases as well as physical and mental deterioration can occur with aging [3]. Muscle weakness is a representative example of physical deterioration. Muscle strength of people in their 60's decreases to approximately one half of that in their 20s, resulting in sign...

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“…The main reason for the success of touchscreen interfaces is that they allow direct input and are a more intuitive and accessible way to support human–computer interaction [ 9 ]. However, users still encounter many problems when using touchscreens, such as finger occlusion and individual variation [ 10 , 11 , 12 ], and the design characteristics of the interface affect user performance [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. To solve these limitations, the interface design of smart home control should fully consider factors that may affect the use of the devices.…”

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The Effects of Smart Home Interface Touch Button Design Features on Performance among Young and Senior Users

Ouyang

Wang

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Touch technology-based smart homes have become increasingly prevalent, as they can help people with independent daily life, especially for the elderly. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of button features (i.e., button size, graphics/text ratio, and icon style) in smart home interfaces on user performance across two age groups. Participants in the young group (n = 15) and senior group (n = 15) completed a clicking task. Button size ranged from 10 mm to 25 mm with 5 mm increments. The three levels of graphics/text ratio were 3:1, 1:1, and 1:3, while icon style was either flat or skeuomorphic. Results showed that button size and graphics/text ratio had significant effects on user performance in both groups, whereas icon style only had an effect in the senior group. It was observed that the elderly were fond of buttons with a larger size of 20 mm with larger texts and skeuomorphic icons, whereas the young preferred a button size of 15 mm with equal-sized graphics and text. These results may help to improve the accessibility and usability of smart home interface design.

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HIC: An interactive and ubiquitous home controller system for the smart home

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

An Improved Optimization Function to Integrate the User’s Comfort Perception into a Smart Home Controller Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Fuzzy Logic

An Improved Optimization Function to Integrate the User’s Comfort Perception into a Smart Home Controller Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Fuzzy Logic

Deep-cARe: Projection-Based Home Care Augmented Reality System with Deep Learning for Elderly

The Effects of Smart Home Interface Touch Button Design Features on Performance among Young and Senior Users

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