Southern Cross University ISY91001 Smart Home Report

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Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Overview and history...................................................................................................................................4
Application areas.........................................................................................................................................4
Connected devices......................................................................................................................................4
Architecture.................................................................................................................................................5
Real-life examples of the use of smart home..............................................................................................5
Current status of user experience...............................................................................................................6
Data and patterns........................................................................................................................................6
Recommendation about the future of smart homes...................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................8
References...................................................................................................................................................9
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Introduction
The report will cover a report on the research of user experience design of IoT (Internet of things). The
chosen area for this report is ‘Smart homes’. A smart home refers to which the home appliances and
other electric devices are connected with the internet. These connected devices can be easily controlled
and monitored remotely by using the software on the Smartphone. This will include a thorough analysis
of the Smart homes along with the consideration of user experience. The report will cover the history
and overview of the smart homes followed by the application areas of it. This will describe the
connected devices and architecture to better understand the topic. The research is supported by various
data and patterns about smart homes. This also includes a recommendation about the future scope of
smart homes.
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Overview and history
The smart home is an advanced version of homes that includes the devices that are connected with each
other through the internet. This allows easily managing and monitoring the activities and operations of
the system. The concept of home automation has been studied by science fiction for centuries. From
1901-1920 inventions of the home appliances are done. In between, 1966-1967 ECHO IV was invented
that was first smart equipment which is able to compute the list for shopping, control the heat/
temperature f home and able to turn off or turn on the device. In 1988 to early 2000s smart devices and
home automation become very popular. Today’s smart home focuses on the security and automation of
the tasks in an affordable way. Latest trends in the smart home automation cover automated lighting,
control on temperature and humidity, sensor-based doors and windows, scheduling appliances, remote
surveillance, etc.
Application areas
The smart home system has numerous application areas such as HVAC, lighting control, kitchen
appliances, security appliances, electronic devices and so on. The smart lighting features enables to
control the blinds, lights, lamps and wall switches. This enables of the scheduling the time to turn off
and turn on the light as seen in Belkin’s WeMo Switch + motion. Cooling and heating of homes consume
a lot of energy and cause a high cost. The smart HVAC system allows decreasing the heat emission when
the room is not occupied automatically. This also enables to adjust the temperature on the basis of
scheduling and environment temperature. Another application area of smart home includes smart
appliances such as TV, fridge, washing machine, fan, sound system, ovens, etc. These appliances allow to
keep a record on the grocery or items, generate an alert if the item is about to finish. Another most
impressive use is that it gives a suggestion of recipes based on the items available in the fridge. The
automation of the appliances and management from mobile devices saves a good amount of electricity
and reduce the consumption of energy. The automation of the appliances allows saving money and
energy and making it easy to accomplish tasks remotely. The huge area of application of smart homes is
Security systems. This security system includes windows, doors, video cameras, sensors, motion
detectors/sensors, and other recording methods. These devices can be connected and managed from
mobile phones using applications (Alaa et al., 2017, pp. 48-65)
Connected devices
The smart home system covers almost everything. The technology of smart homes uses sensors and
internet technology to connect the devices. The applied connected devices include lighting system,
HVAC system, door locks, cameras, motion sensors, wearable, washing machines, refrigerators, ovens,
smoke detectors, fire detectors, etc. These smart devices are connected with the sensors and
monitoring/ management devices to control and analyze the operations. Wireless internet system plays
a big role in the connectivity of the devices. The technology of smart home allows monitoring control
the connected devices through applications, network devices, and smartphones. The concept of a smart
home takes a step with the introduction of centralized control. In this, there is a computer which
constantly monitors the appliance’s state.
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Architecture
Smart Home is a building that uses a range of well-integrated digital and physical techniques. This offers
various features such as control of multimedia devices, gas leakage, humidity, and temperature. In the
smart home architecture, devices are connected using power fiber optic interconnection. With the help
of interactive terminals devices automatically collect the information and mange operations accordingly.
The smart home architecture consists of devices like cell phone and software to monitor and manage
the activities remotely (Popescu & Culea, 2018, pp. 33-37). So basically the architecture includes
internet or Ethernet for the device connectivity over the internet, a smart home management system to
manage the gathered data, an access point, machines or software for remote management.
Microcontrollers are used to control the smart homes. Sensors are attached to the home appliances to
embed the computer intelligence in it. The home appliances in smart home architecture can be
connected with the cloud solution that offers high computing power, flexible space and other facilities.
The event processing system that is based on the rules offers the orchestration and control of the
complete smart home (Tiago et al., 2015, pp. 7279-7311)
For example, a smoke detector is connected to various devices using the internet. On the basis of data
and patterns, it generates alarms with the help of sensors. These alarms and alert can be view by the
user on the mobile phone or other monitoring software in order to take appropriate actions.
Real-life examples of the use of smart home
Internet of things technology has engaged the world nowadays. This is the most popular way to use the
internet of things technology. This is helpful to improve the space with the help of smart thermostats,
security appliances. For example, the smart home service can be used to measure the environmental
conditions in a home such as humidity, temperature, proximity, and light. There are many real-life
examples of the smart home devices such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Samsung Smart Thing
Hub, Philips hue, etc. for example, Philips Hue bulbs allows to control the light intensity and color. This
allows creating moods that are oriented according to color. This also allows placing the color oriented
alarms. Another real-life example of the smart home device is a NetGear Arlo Q tool for the security of
home. This device records high-quality audio and video. This allows scheduling the camera activity and
functionality. This also provides a backup of recorded data for 7 days for free. Another example is to
save energy through smart homes and help in developing a smart city. This reduces the energy
consumption. Singapore introduced a smart technology design to reduce the consumption of energy
(Bhati, Hansen, & Chan, 2017, pp. 230-239)
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Current status of user experience
Smart homes become very popular. Different people have different perceptions about IoT and smart
devices. Most of the people don’t have any idea about the way of using these devices. Some people
think that using IoT devices are not secure and create high chances of risk and threats. Analysis of the
public beliefs and expert reviews states that some people face social barriers in the adoption of smart
homes. On the other hand, a portion of common people is supporting and liking the functionality of the
smart home devices. Users also face compatibility issues. For example, smart locks, it is really difficult to
determine that the smart lock will suitable for the door or not. Users do not want to keep separate apps
for different devices. The user wants seamless integration with the help of a single interface. Although
the devices are easy to understand who has even a lit bit of technology and its uses. The smart home
devices are easy to manage for the user with the help of monitoring application remotely. The
perception of users varies on the basis of age, education, location, etc. Also, the common public is facing
issues regarding the cost of such types of equipment (Balta-Ozkan et al., 2013, pp. 363-374)
Data and patterns
The data generated by the smart home devices are mainly alerts, messages and other operations based
on the pattern. These pattern and data help to generate more accurate results. Smart home devices
massively create a huge amount of indexical and fine grade data. Patterns of the daily activity and data
allow calculating, comparing and predicting the actions. This data is generated by routine activities or
pattern and stored in the database. The data is transmitted to the sensors through the internet or
intranet which helps the device to take decisions accordingly. One of a smart home's main supporting
characteristics is its capacity to monitor residents ' regular living and security operations and detect
alterations in their regular routines. This monitored data is used to create the patterns of the data.
Before these devices should be commonly implemented in actual-world housing environments and
effectively incorporated into daily life and health care facilities, it is essential to have proof of suitability,
usefulness, and value-benefit analysis of sensor systems for the intelligent house (Ding et al., 2011, pp.
131-136).
Recommendation about the future of smart homes
Today’s environment of home automation is totally different from what it was before. The number of
automated products is continuously increasing. Products like the Philips Hue can act as a separate device
the needs only wifi connectivity and application software to be controllable. When looking at the future
of smart homes, technologies will be a cross-platform to offer complicated decision-making alternatives
while improving the capacity of the unit. The smart home technology will be helpful to make smart cities
with the use of connected devices. The future of the smart home will be more focused on the security
and efficiency of the devices. Other technological advancements such as machine learning, virtualization
will be used. In the future, there will be billions of devices that are connected to the internet. The more
information IoT systems obtain, the more intelligent they become. The smart home should use more
voice-based control as most of the people are using voice-based speakers. Smart home equipment
should include biometric security to avoid any unauthorized access. It is recommended to combine
various technologies for the generation of best and effective results. Such as merging the cloud
computing functions can enhance the IoT functionality. The prevalence of smart home technology is not
globally spread. Thus there is a lot of scope and potential for the improvement (Arnold, 2015, pp. 14-
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15). The location of the user is important information for the future smart homes where various services
will be introduced that are based on the location. Future smart homes will require a User Location
Discovery system to handle privacy concerns. This will also improve the accuracy and fault tolerance
power (Ahvar et al., 2016, p. 969)
.
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Conclusion
The smart home is one of the best implementation areas of IoT Technology. Smart homes include
appliances like smart security systems, wearable, heating/cooling, and temperature control systems.
These devices are interconnected with each other with the help of internet. This performs the operation
with the help of sensors and data that is analyzed. Different users have a different perspective on smart
devices. In the future, more security considerations and solution should be implemented to enhance the
effectiveness and security of the operations and data. Facilities of the smart home allow monitoring and
controlling the devices even when the owner is far away. And when the home is occupied by someone,
it allows controlling the safety of the property and persons. Smart home technology can be used to
create smart cities and contributes to the enhancement of well being and health.
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References
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 Alaa, M., Zaidan, A., Zaidan, B., Talal, M., & Kiah, M. (2017). A review of smart home applications
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