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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"home automation"”.
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Gesture Based Home Automation for the Physically Disabled
… while presenting a major recurring cost in home-healthcare. Augmented with a non-invasive wearable sensor system and home-automation equipment, the patient can regain a level of autonomy at a fraction of the cost of home nurses. A system which utilizes sensor fusion, low-power digital …
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Design of a wireless platform for wearable and home automation applications
… monitoring, medical care, disaster response, home automation, urban scale monitoring, gaming etc. These small, low-power, multifunctional sensors includes sensing, data processing and communication components representing a significant improvement over the traditional sensors. The two …
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Intelligent home automation security system based on novel logical sensing and behaviour prediction
English: The thesis, Intelligent Home Automation Security System Based on Novel Logical Sensing and Behavior Prediction, was designed to enhance authentication, authorization and security in smart home devices and services. The work proposes a three prong defensive strategy each of which are …
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Smart Applications and sensors in the Internet of Things
… is expected to offer promising solutions for home automation, in-home health care, food supply chain and security, which will significantly contribute to human health and well-being. In this thesis, I have investigated the technologies and architectures of the IoT for a home automation system …
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Adaptive thermal comfort computation with Zigbee wireless sensor networks
… sensor networks have been commonly used in home automation, building automation, personal health care and fitness, consumer electronics, telecom services etc. In our thesis we investigate Zigbee's application in computing thermal comfort in indoor environments as an extension of home …
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A Framework for Interoperability on the United States Electric Grid Infrastructure
… electric vehicles (EVs), and load-altering home automation devices, that create bidirectional power flow or stochastic load behavior. In order for this grid of the future to effectively embrace the high penetration of these disruptive and fast-responding digital technologies without …
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Programming abstraction for user-driven architecture in the Internet of Things
… a vast range of IoT deployments, starting from home automation to building smart cities. Despite the immense progress on creating the physical building blocks of IoT, there is an essential need to define how to manage the vast deployment of the devices. There will be a tremendous increase of …
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Simulated Study Platform To Test Smart Home Technologies For Older Adults
… is the need to age independently, preferably at home. Smart home technologies such as connected lighting, security systems and sensors have been suggested to provide older adults with better health, safety and peace of mind. While these smart home technologies promise great benefits, their …
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An orthogonal framework for fault tolerance composition in software systems
… the framework has been applied to the Home Automation and Therac-25 software.
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The Design, Building, and Testing of a Constant on Discreet Jammer for the IEEE 802.15.4/ZIGBEE Wireless Communication Protocol
… a network. IoT is being implemented in homes, agriculture, manufactory, and in the medical field. Disrupting a wireless device from proper communication could potentially result in production loss, security issues, and bodily harm. The 802.15.4/ZigBee protocol is used in low power, low …
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Factors influencing user adherence towards privacy standards in the usage of Internet of Things devices in South Africa
… all aspects of daily life including retail and home automation interconnected by basic networking. The vulnerable end nodes may be machines, human to machine interactions, and the integration points of human-to-human communication. Problem statement: The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic ushered in …
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End-user modification and correction of home activity recognition
… specific activities taking place in the home may enable a host of "context-aware" applications such as health monitoring, home automation, remote presence, and on-demand information and learning, among others. Current state-of-the-art systems can achieve close to 90% accuracy in certain …
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Human intent prediction for adaptive lighting based on a limited data scenario
… in the areas of ubiquitous computing and home automation.
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A framework for proactive fault tolerance in cloud-IoT applications
… applications, including smart cities, home automation, and eHealth, require a highly scalable and available framework that enables computing, storage, and data analysis. Cloud computing cannot respond to the growing number of IoT devices due to its remote location, and cloud providers …
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An Open Architecture for Versatile Machine and Actuator Control
… through automatic control; however, current automation components are too expensive or aren't sufficiently flexible. For example, the cost of current commercial motion control components precludes their use in an average home. This thesis describes an automatic control methodology that is low …
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Human-Building Symbiotic Communication with Voice-based Proactive Smart Home Assistants
The IoT-embedded smart homes have a high level of home automation and could change many aspects of the residents' daily lives, such as control, convenience, comfort, and energy-saving. The rise of voice-based virtual assistants like Amazon's Alexa, Google assistants in the past five years has …
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Wireless Sensor Networking in Challenging Environments
… in real-world environments. For example, home automation systems provide fine-grained metering and control of home appliances in residential settings. Similarly, assisted living applications employ wireless sensors to provide continuous health and wellness monitoring in homes. However, …
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Mitigating interference coexistence issues in wireless sensor networks
… applications include wildlife monitoring and home automation systems. In order to cater for long network lifetimes without the need for regular maintenance, energy efficiency is paramount, alongside link reliability. To minimise energy consumption, WSN MAC protocols employ Clear Channel …
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A study of home informatics and a business plan for family information software
… tool in many industries. Computer sales in home segment accounts for 33% 1 Although Personal Computers are becoming more and more popular, home information management is relatively limited. According to the U.S. Bureau of Census, there were 22.8% of household have personal computer in 1993. …
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Integrating security into real-time cyber-physical systems
… vehicles, medical devices, manufacturing and home automation systems have distinct cyber and physical components that must work cohesively with each other to ensure correct operation. Many cyber-physical applications have “real-time” constraints, i.e., they must function correctly within …
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