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Context Awareness

in a Smart Home

Robin De Croon(@robindecroon & robindecroon.wordpress.com)

Advisors dr. Sten Govaerts, dr. Joris Klerkx

Supervisor prof. dr. ir. Erik Duval

November 29, 2012

1. Situation

2. Purpose

3. Literature Study

4. Progress

5. Planning

6. Statistics

7. Demo

1. Situation

2. Purpose

3. Literature Study

4. Progress

5. Planning

6. Statistics

7. Demo

Situation - Domotica

• “Domotica” 1984 Bruno De Latour

Macintosh - http://oldcomputers.net/pics/macintosh.jpg

IBM AT computer - http://prepare.icttrends.com/images/2012/06/IBM_PC.jpg

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Situation - Ambient Intelligence

• Wikipedia:

“ambient intelligence refers to electronic

environments that are sensitive and responsive

to the presence of people”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_intelligence

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Situation - Smart Home

• Ease of use

• Safety

• Energy efficient

• Accessible

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University projects

• Georgia Institute of Technology: Aware Home

• University of Florida: Gator Tec Smart House

• MIT: Placelab

• Université de Toulouse: PROSAFE

• Université de Grenoble: HIS

• Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

• …

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Problems

• Too many systems

• Interoperability

o Open standards

o Closed standards

o Hybrid standards

• Rapidly changing

o Literature is always behind

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1. Situation

2. Purpose

3. Literature Study

4. Progress

5. Planning

6. Statistics

7. Demo

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Context Awareness

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http://www.techzine.nl/nieuws/27028/mooie-meid-verdient-geld-met-fotos-van-zichzelf.html

Sensors

• Light Sensor

• Motion Sensor

• Door/Window Sensor

• Temperature Sensor

• Humidity Sensor

• …

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http://www.lifelinkresponse.com

1. Situation

2. Purpose

3. Literature Study

4. Progress

5. Planning

6. Statistics

7. Demo

Different technologies

• KNX

• LonWorks

• BACnet

• X10

+ Middleware

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Context Awareness

• Tracking people

• Sensors

• Ambient Intelligence

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Tools

• Incremental Synchronous Learning

• SOCAM

• Context Toolkit

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Existing applications - UbiGreen

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Existing applications - Leafully

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Existing applications -VELObill

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Improvements

• More subsections

o Explain what you are going to do

o Make your own conclusion

• Use more visualizations

• Be careful with double negative

• More comparisons

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1. Situation

2. Purpose

3. Literature Study

4. Progress

5. Planning

6. Statistics

7. Demo

Context Toolkit

• Open Source

• Explain:

• What it did

• Why

• How it works.

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http://www.contexttoolkit.org/

Open Remote

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• Open Source

• Libraries to connect with KNX & X10

Integrate:AMX, KNX, Lutron, Z-Wave, 1-Wire, EnOcean, xPL, Insteon, X10, Infrared,

Russound, GlobalCache, IRTrans, XBMC, VLC, panStamps, Denon AVR,

FreeBox, MythTV, and more.

Design:Customize control interfaces for each device, individualize user interfaces

for each user

Control:Control panels for Android and iOS devices, mobile web browsers, Desktop

PCs

Automate: Intelligent buildings with automated rules, scripts and events

Manage:Remote updates, user interface changes, system diagnosis, import tools,

device discovery

Cross-platform:Install on Windows, Linux, Mac, Raspberry Pi, Alix, Synology, ReadyNAS,

QNAP and others.

http://www.openremote.org/display/HOME/OpenRemote

User Story I

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Good Bad

First idea Not really realistic

First use of name HomeViz Privacy App?

Use of application User patterns?

User Story II

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Good Bad

More focus on visualization Not clear what kind of gestures

Introduction of PhotoSphere Not enough detail

Ready for first Paper Prototype Average costs

Paper Prototype

• Based on User Story II

• 3 options

o Data

o You

o PhotoSphere

• Minimalistic

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Serenity

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http://www.artefactgroup.com/#/content/serenity-a-home-os-with-a-heart

1. Situation

2. Purpose

3. Literature Study

4. Progress

5. Planning

6. Statistics

7. Demo

Planning

• Behind schedule!

o #mume12

o Athens

o Other projects

• Already reported

o First semester 32 ECTS

o Second semester 23 ECTS

o http://robindecroon.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/time-issues/

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Planning - first semester

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Design Paper

Prototype

Evaluation Paper

Prototype

Design Digital

Prototype

Evaluation Digital

Prototype

Exams

&

Project defenses

Start backend (Android)

Planning - second semester

• January + February Working on backend

• 21/02/2013 Batibouw

• 28/02/2013 Draft scientific paper

• -- /03/2013 Improving Prototype

• 29/03/2012 Second presentation

• 31/05/2013 HCI poster + Demo

• 17/05/2013 Submit draft thesis

• 07/06/2013 Deadline

• June 2013 Defense35

1. Situation

2. Purpose

3. Literature Study

4. Progress

5. Planning

6. Statistics

7. Demo

Statistics

• 14 Blog posts

• 128 Toggl Hours

o ± 50 hours during summer

• 50 entries in TiNYARM

• StepUp is broken?

o ± 30 comments

o ± 30 tweets

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Time Division

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What? Time

Reading 47:31:04

Meetings 4:52:00

Design 7:14:12

Presentation 7:07:53

Reflection 4:01:43

Writing 47:59:39

Social Network Activities 4:09:28

Score

• 15/20

• Literature Study

• Not much visual results, but still results

• Much work left But will be done!

1. Situation

2. Purpose

3. Literature Study

4. Progress

5. Planning

6. Statistics

7. Demo

Paper Prototype - HomeScreen

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Paper Prototype - Data

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Paper Prototype – Data Light

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Paper Prototype – Data Light Lamp

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Paper Prototype – Data Light Lamp

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Paper Prototype – Data Light Lamp

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Paper Prototype - You

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Paper Prototype – You Room

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