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MASTER THESIS PROPOSAL
Smart and accessible homes
Robin De Croon
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Contact information
• Robin De Croon (s0206928)
• Computer Science - Human Computer Interaction
• http://twitter.com/RobinDeCroon
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Domotics
“Composite word of Latin word domus and informatics, or
a contraction of domestic robotics, and it refers to
intelligent houses meaning the use of the automation
technologies and computer science applied to the home.”
Bruno de Latour (journalist), 1984
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Importance
The Smart Home is expected to …
• Provide communication and reduce isolation
• Entertain
• Be comfortable
• Train
• Save Energy
• Be safe
• Support social and health needs
• …
in an intelligent way !
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Human factors from the beginning
• A view from the environment and the services … “A place where the family needs, in terms of safety and
control, communications, entertainment and comfort,
environmental integration and accessibility, are covered
through the convergence of services, infrastructure and
equipment.“
↨
• A technological view … “House network composed by consumer electronics, mobile
devices and computers that transparently cooperate by
interoperating in an easy and interconnected way to
improve and enrich the user experience.“
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Context (1/2)
• A smart home produces a lot of information:
– Sensors, controllers, actuators
– Personalization and localization devices
– Alarms
– Computer, Tablet, Smartphone
– Audio video devices
– Home media platform
– …
Information overload ???
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Context (2/2)
• Home ≠ House Person has to be central
• Many ways to interact with user
– Wrong way Not accessible
Source image: http://familyderm.net
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Purpose
• Best way to present all this data to the user:
– Tablet?
– Smartphone?
– Screen in each room?
– Speech
– …
• Right User Interfaces!
Source image: http://rdiego.diatel.upm.es/athens2012/Presentations/AthSmartHome12_Tue.pdf
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A suggested elaboration
• Previous research:
– (e.g. http://hogardigitalaccesible.euitt.upm.es/)
• Research on available domotica systems
– Evaluate existing systems using scientific methods:
• Questionnaire
• User Testing
• …
• Develop an app to interact with the smart home
– Definition of scenarios and use cases for new application
– Rapid prototyping with user centered design of new application,
thorough user evaluations