Title :
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
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090507
