What Is Smart Home
• It should use computers
• Integrate work, learning and living into home • It should hide the technique and details of how it works
Who Will use it
• Handicapped people • Sick People • Old People
• Ultimately every body
Motivations
• Energy Saving( lighting)
• Security • Home shopping • Protection from hazards ( Fire, Flood,carbon monoxide)
Advantages
• Help Inhabitants live a happy and safe life • Performs tasks automatically
• Relieve stress of managing a house
• Safety - Hazard warning systems - Emergency call, health hazard • Energy saving -Temperature control -Domestic device management -Consumption monitoring
• Comfort
- Smart devices -Voice control -Situation dependent effects
Hazard warning systems
• The main goal is to detect dangerous states in a room and report them to the user - Detection of Explosive Gases(methane)
- Early Smoke/Fire Detection -H2 selective metal oxide gas sensor -Detection of Toxic Gases(CO,CO2)
Some of things Smart home does
• Wake Up home owner in morning • present them with information when they need it • help plan for good meals • look After things when they are gone • keep out intruders • monitor smart devices andschedule maintenance
Example of what it can do
• Can specify exactly who is able to enter your property,When,where, for what time period and what priveleges • Ex: Gardener can enter garden but not home • He can use netterminal for irrigation • He can use PIN, wireless badge or smart card to identify himself
Examples
• Lonworks network for home owners:(offer dynamic value added services) -Remote appliance servicing - Energy management - Security monitoring
Electric utility Companies install lonwork
• Intelligent utility meters to reduce the cost and increase quality of electric service • Allow consumers to enable or disable energy usage for home • Can save homeowner money
• Appliance manufacturers can offer monitoring services that automatically dispatches repair technicians if a dishwasher, stove or washing machine requires service. • Security companies: provide enhanced levels of security: alarms, motion sensors,cameras, and lights
Opportunities for Manufacturers
• New Revenue generating services • Gain useful data about their products and customers • Improve brand value • Increase customer retention • ex: Manufacturers of dishwashers collect data can be used to increase sales and improve future product features.
• They can use network connection to add new functionality to their products: - For fee upgrades -on pay-per-use -Free incentive to build customer loyalty - Remote diagnosis capabilities can anticipate appliance failure and trigger service call