Title :
A phone-based remote controller for home and office automation
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. and Electron. Eng, Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore
fDate :
2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In modern society, home and office automation become increasingly important and interesting. They not only provide better ways to transfer information within homes/offices and between homes/offices, they provide better time management too. These also improve the quality of our lives by automating some of the electrical home appliances such as light source, A/V equipment, computer, security device, etc. The paper describes a hardware-based remote controller for power point control. Users can input the control commands and their own passcodes by using local or external telephones. The paper also discusses the operational sequence of the remote controller
Keywords :
controllers; home automation; office automation; telecontrol equipment; telephone station equipment; A/V equipment; audiovisual equipment; computer; control commands; electrical home appliances; external telephones; hardware-based remote controller; home automation; light source; local telephones; office automation; operational sequence; passcodes; phone-based remote controller; power point control; security device; time management; Automatic control; Circuits; Hardware; Home appliances; Light sources; Office automation; Surge protection; Switches; Telecommunication control; Telephony;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on