Remote Control Model for Smart Living–A Mobile Technology Approach

Abstract

Smart Living or intelligent environment for living provides great comfort to the people. Smart Home is the concept of living in a home that is self-manageable, automated and user centric. Smart Living concept integrates assistance and comfort for disabled and elder person. Assistive/Adaptive Technology enhances the quality of life for disabled persons as it aims to reduce the effects of impairments. Disabled and elder person can perform daily life activities and participate in social life by adopting appropriate Assistive Technology device. Researchers as well as many industries view disability with different aspects and proposed smart devices to support disabled and elder person. Many appliances and comprehensive assisted living system are commercially available in market. These devices and systems are aimed to provide support in different walks of life but their integration on a single platform is major issue. Smartphone based Remote Control application with single interface could significantly assist living. In this paper, research group explore the high-tech assistive technology devices, which are either commercially available or proposed in research papers and categorize them according to their role in daily living. Further, research group propose a remote control model provided on mobile, which integrate assistive living functions and exploit mobile technology for smart living.