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 ([email protected]), Richa Sharma ([email protected]), Sivadesh Pillai ([email protected])
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?
