Smart Blueprints: Automatically Generated Maps of Homes

and the Devices Within Them

Jiakang Lu and Kamin WhitehouseDepartment of Computer Science

University of Virginia

June 20, 2012

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“Mark and Call” ($2.99 iPhone app store) [5] Harle, et al

Image from [4] Schindler, et al

Related Work

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Smart BlueprintsInfer floor plan from the app’s sensor data

• No specialized deployment tools or process• Only minor modifications to sensor design

Outline

• Sensor Design• Topological Constraints• Search• Evaluation

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• Sensor Design• Topological Constraints• Search• Evaluation

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Demo

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• Sensor Design• Topological Constraints• Search• Evaluation

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Limitations

• Failed on 1 out of 4 homes• 1 week to converge• Only evaluated light, motion, mag’r sensors• How many sensors required?• Restricted floor plan encoding

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Conclusions

• Simple sensors are enough to infer layout– Floor plan– Sensor locations

• Requires small modifications to sensor design– Physical pairing– Mounting strategies

• One step towards a “Snap In” smart home

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Questions?

(See the demo next!)

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