Smart homes to improve the quality of life for all

Author

Aiello, Marco ; Aloise, Fabio ; Baldoni, Roberto ; Cincotti, Febo ; Guger, Christoph ; Lazovik, Alexander ; Mecella, Massimo ; Pucci, Paolo ; Rinsma, Johanna ; Santucci, Giuseppe ; Taglieri, Massimiliano

Author_Institution

Distrib. Syst. Group, Univ. of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

1777

Lastpage

1780

Abstract

A home is smart when, being aware of its own state and that of its users, is capable of controlling itself in order to support the user wishes and thus improving their quality of life. This holds both for users with special needs and for those with ordinary domestic needs. In this paper, we overview the Smart Homes for All project which represents the current state of the art with respect to software control and user interfaces in the smart homes arena.

Keywords

medical computing; medical control systems; user interfaces; Smart homes; life quality; ordinary domestic needs; software control; special needs; user interfaces; Educational institutions; Electroencephalography; Heuristic algorithms; Sensors; Smart homes; Software; User interfaces; Activities of Daily Living; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Communication Networks; Europe; Home Care Services; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Quality of Life; Telemedicine; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090507

Filename

6090507