we could foresee the following significant use cases: home automation and control

We could foresee the following significant use cases:

Home Automation and Control

• Controlling media devices in a smart home• Controlling sensory devices like lights, blinds, doors, etc• Controlling air conditioners to adjust temperatures

Home Security

• Generating alerts during emergency conditions

Health Issues

• Track human movements to find number of burnt calories during workout• Help handicapped persons to control devices

Key Benefits of Kinectivity:

• Unified interface for several home devices• User configurable settings for each device• Cost effective solution

The following technologies have been used in Kinectivity• FAAST: Firmware for communicating with the Kinect• Z-wave: Protocol for communication between devices• OSGi: A framework for developing programs/bundles in Java to interact with home devices

Kinectivity

Kinectivity has the following major components:

• Kinect• Home Server• Plug Computer• Z-wave switches

Kinectivity Architecture

Aditi Kulkarni (aditikulkarni@gatech.edu), Richa Sharma (richa.sharma@gatech.edu), Sivadesh Pillai (sivadesh@gatech.edu)

Implementation Usability, Key Benefits

• Today’s home is a collection of heterogeneous devices• Different control mechanisms for various devices• We have come up with a unified interface for controlling various home devices by intuitive human gestures• We have utilized the power of Kinect to recognize gestures to develop this interface

• Kinectivity can be deployed in any smart home to provide home automation and control

Why Kinectivity?