What Is Smart Home

• It should use computers

• Integrate work, learning and living into home

• It should hide the technique and details of how it works

Who Will use it

• Handicapped people• Sick People• Old People

• Ultimately every body

Motivations

• Energy Saving( lighting)

• Security• Home shopping• Protection from hazards ( Fire,

Flood,carbon monoxide)

Advantages

• Help Inhabitants live a happy and safe life

• Performs tasks automatically

• Relieve stress of managing a house

• Safety - Hazard warning systems - Emergency call, health hazard• Energy saving -Temperature control -Domestic device management -Consumption monitoring

• Comfort

- Smart devices -Voice control

-Situation dependent effects

Hazard warning systems

• The main goal is to detect dangerous states in a room and report them to the user

- Detection of Explosive Gases(methane) - Early Smoke/Fire Detection -H2 selective metal oxide gas

sensor

-Detection of Toxic Gases(CO,CO2)

Some of things Smart home does• Wake Up home owner in morning• present them with information when

they need it• help plan for good meals• look After things when they are gone• keep out intruders• monitor smart devices andschedule

maintenance

Example of what it can do• Can specify exactly who is able to

enter your property,When,where, for what time period and what priveleges

• Ex: Gardener can enter garden but not home

• He can use netterminal for irrigation• He can use PIN, wireless badge or

smart card to identify himself

Examples

• Lonworks network for home owners:(offer dynamic value added services)

-Remote appliance servicing - Energy management - Security monitoring

Electric utility Companies install lonwork• Intelligent utility meters to

reduce the cost and increase quality of electric service

• Allow consumers to enable or disable energy usage for home

• Can save homeowner money

• Appliance manufacturers can offer monitoring services that automatically dispatches repair technicians if a dishwasher, stove or washing machine requires service.

• Security companies: provide enhanced levels of security: alarms, motion sensors,cameras, and lights

Opportunities for Manufacturers• New Revenue generating services• Gain useful data about their

products and customers• Improve brand value• Increase customer retention• ex: Manufacturers of dishwashers

collect data can be used to increase sales and improve future product features.

• They can use network connection to add new functionality to their products:

- For fee upgrades -on pay-per-use -Free incentive to build customer

loyalty - Remote diagnosis capabilities can

anticipate appliance failure and trigger service call