Home Control and Monitoring for Ambient Assisted LivingExam PresentationMartin Moghadam – Kalle Grafström – Kristoffer Ravnholt

Problem Domain Analysis

• The Current Situation• Limited Resources

• Why is Change Needed?• Quality of Life• Better use of Resources

• Future solution for the problem• People who benefit from this system• Relevant rules and regulations

State-of-the-artFeatures HACS Solution

Philips Dynalite Crestron HomeSeer Elan Home System MiCasaVerde Vera 2IntelliHome Present Date

Basic Control(Light, Blinds, Environment) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Security(Alarm, Locking Doors) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Energy Management(Server Power Usage) Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Home Entertainment (Music, Home Theater) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Web interface (Computer) On/Off site Yes Yes/Both Yes/Both Yes Yes/Both Yes/Z-Command

Smartphone interface On/Off site No Yes/Both (iPhone) Yes/Both(PDA/Apple/Android) Yes/Both(iPhone) Yes/Both No

Feedback (Alarm) Off site Email No No No Yes/Monthly Cost No

Voice Control No Yes Yes Yes Yes No

User Interface Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes(Z-Command)

Remote Controlled (on site) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Customizable Software(Restricted) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Z-Wave Products (3rd party) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Complete Solution(Aestethics) Yes Yes No No No No

System Analysis• Scope of the prototype solution• Important parts of the prototype solution that makes

difference• Features that gives the desired change• Framework boundary constraints impact on the system

development

Choice of Technology• Z-wave Vs ZigBee

• Z-Wave was used for the prototype• Web Framework

• Java Server Faces, Spring Framework Apache Struts

• Z-Command• SOAP• Axis• IntelliHome Framework

System Design And Implementation

• Web Application• Browser Based/Cross Platform

• Desktop/Laptop/Smart Phone/Tablet• Easy Access• Simple Interface

• Hardware• ZCommand/SOAP Web Service• Sensor

• Alert Messages• SMS Gateway• Logging

Web Application

Web Application• Basic Controls

• All the control capabilities of household implemented into one page• Feedback

• All information received for household displayed on one page• Map

• As shown on figure, allows turning on/off the light of the rooms of the household and shows the information of each room

• Smart Controls• Generates control depending on the current state of the household

• Household• Information on the household; occupant name, address, special needs,

last visited• Log

• Logging; the server status, system information, errors/exceptions, household activity

Web Application• Improved Usability• W3C standard for Mobile Web Application Best Practices:

• User experience• Optimize response time• Exploit mobile-specific features• Using transfer compression• Design for flexibility

• JavaScript• JQuery Event driven

Further Development• Better Support for Multiple Households• Central Database• Central Control for Nursing Staff• Simple Automation of Basic Functions• More Sensors/Actuators

• Fall Down Detection• Laydown Detection• Temperature Control• Blinds Control

• Video Conferencing with Nursing Staff

Conclusion• Aids to help the home-care staff are a relevant issue, because of

the above mentioned problem domain • The improved security for the elders without doing to much of

intrusion into their daily life is also important issue• A further development of the prototype can further optimize the

home-care staffs work and also improve a comfort for both elder and elder relatives

• The cost of installing a monitoring and home control system will always be an issue that is hard to solve. Who will pay for the installation? If it is a system that can be used for other things than just aid the elderly or handicapped, the government will only pay for

Questions?

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SmsGateway/Alert messages• Make it easier for the home-care staff to monitor the

household of elderly people. • Rule based behaviour of households. Alerts if anomalies to the

rules occur.• Smartphone/Internet device interface for home care• Alert feature for anomalies (SMS, EMAIL)