1. WOULD YOU LIKE TOKnow how much energy you are Using?Control your home theatre?Even when You are not there? Check if you left the coffee Machine on? Get alarmed if there is any noise?

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 Introduction to smart home2 Features of smart home3 Objectives of smart home4 Existing projects5 Challenges in smart homes6 Example scenario via video7 Technology used in smart homes 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS8Smart home appliances for physically challenged people9Installing a smart home10 Guidelines for installing a smart home11 Conclusion12 References 4. SMART HOMEA Smart Home is one thatprovides its home ownerscomfort, security, energyefficiency (low operatingcosts) and convenience atall times, regardless ofwhether anyone is home. 5. FEATURES OF SMART HOMES Optimized climate and light controls Item tracking and automated ordering for foodand general use items Automated alarm schedules to match inhabitantspreferences Control of media systems 6. OBJECTIVES OF SMART HOMES Improve Inhabitant experience: Optimize inhabitant productivity Minimize operating costs Improve comfort Simplify use of technologies Ensure security Enhance accessibility 7. EXISTING PROJECTS Academic Georgia Tech Aware Home MIT Intelligent Room Stanford Interactive Workspaces UC Boulder Adaptive House UTA MavHome Smart Home TCU Smart Home 8. EXISTING PROJECTS Industry General Electric Smart Home Microsoft Easy Living Philips Vision of the Future Verizon Connected Family 9. GEORGIA TECH AWARE HOME Perceive and assistoccupants Crisis support Scene understanding, objectrecognition Multi-camera, multi-persontracking Context-based activity Smart floor http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/ahri/ 10. MIT INTELLIGENT ROOM Support natural interactionwith room Speech-based informationaccess Gesture recognition Movement tracking Context-aware automation http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/aire/ 11. MICROSOFT EASY LIVING Camera-based person detection and tracking Geometric world modeling for context Multimodal sensing Distributed systems Ubiquitous computing http://research.microsoft.com/easyliving/ 12. PHILIPS VISION OF THE FUTURE Less obtrusive technology Technology devices Interactive wallpaper Control wands Intelligent garbage can http://www.design.philips.com/vof 13. VERIZON CONNECTED FAMILY Remote monitoring of the home Entry authentication Integrated, pervasivecommunications Centralized data management 14. STANFORD INTERACTIVE WORKSPACES Large wall and tabletopinteractive displays Scientific visualization Mobile computing devices Computer-supportedcooperative work Distributed systemarchitectures http://iwork.stanford.edu/ 15. UC BOULDER ADAPTIVE HOUSE Infer patterns and predictactions Machine learning forautomation water heater, lighting control Goals: Reduce occupant manual control Improve energy efficiency http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~mozer/house/ 16. CHALLENGES IN INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS Home design and sensor layout Communication Natural interfaces Management of available data Capture and interpretation of tasks Decision making for automation Robotic control Large-scale integration Inhabitant privacy 17. EXAMPLE SCENARIO Smart kitchen item tracking Sense and monitor items in the kitchen Predict usage patterns Automatically generate shopping lists based onusage patterns Automatically retrieve replacement items 18. TECHNOLOGY USED IN SMART HOMESX10 Z-Wave Zee Bee InsteonZ-waveUsing aa common protocol Algorithm it isZigBeeswireless network the meshmorea X10 is uses a Source Routing for PCS, to Z-Wave name illustrates providesZigBeenetworking concept for remotely like signaling techniqueroute for but controllingflexibility for placing because messages determine the fastest devices,Insteonthe transmitterinto anhave bees, powerelectrical lines, they zigzag electricalfromdevice plugged might like any messages.interference. Insteon offers the short radio line. X10 signals, which involve receiver.looking for the best path to a way for your frequency (RF) bursts that represent digitalhome network tocommunicateenable communication between information, over both electrical wires and transmitters and receivers.radio waves, making it a dual mesh network. 19. SMART HOME APPLIANCES FORPHYSICALLY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS With the implementation ofsmart home appliances, such asan effective security system,those with physical challenges areoften able to live on their own. 20. Installing smart homeHere are some examples of smart homeproducts and their functions:- A Motion sensors will sendmore alert a doorbell -- you get avideo door phone provides an exterior even theres motion whenCameras will track your homes than if its pitch-blackpicture of your house, and theyaround whos at theoutside.doorcan even tell the difference between pets and burglars. 21. The following are ten guidelines to help you on your way:1)Do Your Home Design2)Create Your Home Design List3)Check Local Zoning Laws4)Design Within Your Budget5)Design to Fit Your Plot6)Maximize Your Space Efficiency7)Plan for Expansion8)Picture Interior Design9)Dont Forget the Sun10) Beautify All Sides of Your Home Design 22. Smarthusteknologi Planlegging av drift i kommunale tjenester. Deltasenteret2004. (Guidelines to Smart Home Technology. In translation to English) Orderfrom trykksak@shdir.no Innfring av smarthusteknologi i det kommunale pleie- og omsorgstilbudet.Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine and the Delta Centre 2004 (Norwegianonly) Smarthus for yngre en prosjektrapport. The Delta Centre 2005 (Norwegianonly) Smarthus- the film. The Delta Centre 2004. (English subtitles) Order fromtrykksak@shdir.no