Title :
Voice Thermostat Remote Control [device for disabled person]
Author :
Carvalho, Mike ; Pruehsner, William ; Enderle, John D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
Abstract :
The Voice Thermostat Remote Control is a voice-actuated device that controls the set temperature of a residential thermostat. The device is designed for a patient who suffers from multiple sclerosis and paraplegia and desires a device that will allow him to control residential temperature. The device designed is voice actuated circumventing his disabilities. A voice-activated chip is utilized in the design and fitted to a standard room thermostat. The device is speaker dependent. Safety features are incorporated into the device allowing it to be deactivated and return to normal hand control. The user speaks the desired temperature into a built-in voice sensor (microphone), the signal is processed, recognized, and sent to the thermostat, which in turn regulates itself according to the given instruction
Keywords :
handicapped aids; space heating; speech recognition equipment; telecontrol; temperature control; thermostats; voice equipment; built-in voice sensor; decoder; disabled person aid; neural network; residential thermostat; safety features; set temperature control; speaker dependent; speech recognition chip; voice thermostat remote control; voice-activated chip; voice-actuated device; Band pass filters; Control systems; Microphones; Multiple sclerosis; Signal processing; Speech recognition; Switches; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Thermostats;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
West Hartford, CT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5486-9
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1999.755763
