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Context-Aware Home Automation Using Gestures on a Wearable

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Term

4. term

Education

Publication year

2016

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Pages

92

Abstract

Denne afhandling præsenterer et kontekstbevidst system, der lader brugere styre et smart hjem med gestus. Små Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-beacons placeret i hjemmet bruges til at lokalisere en bruger med smartwatch indendørs, og genkendelse af gestus kører på selve uret. Når en gestus registreres, kombinerer systemet gestus og brugerens position for at forstå konteksten (fx hvilket rum brugeren befinder sig i) og indstiller de tilsluttede enheder til en passende tilstand. Vi beskriver design og implementering af en prototype og diskuterer resultaterne fra en brugertest med fokus på prototypen.

This thesis presents a context-aware system that lets people control a smart home using gestures. Small Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons placed around the home locate a smartwatch-wearing user indoors, and gesture recognition runs on the watch itself. When a gesture is detected, the system combines the gesture and the user’s position to infer context (such as which room they are in) and adjusts connected devices to an appropriate state. We describe the design and implementation of a prototype and discuss results from a user study focused on the prototype.

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