SmartSpaces: aware of users, preferences, behavioursandhabits, in a non-invasive approach
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The aim of this work is to take advantage of emerging technologies available in the market that support the so called wearable devices, and the non-invasive particularity of these to, in an autonomous way, adapt the
environment to the comfort parameters of each user (e.g. thermal, acoustic, air quality, light, sun exposure).
Provide comfort according to the preferences of each individual, is a challenge and an opportunity to create innovative solutions and new paradigms in the context of Intelligent Environments.
Currently this challenge has as main difficulties, the people’s mobility, the disparity of habits, schedules and
the individual comfort preferences. The same is aggravated when depending on physiological conditions, derived from a large number of factors (tiredness, mood, etc.), user preferences often suffer significant changes, that current systems can not measure.
The aim of this work is to take advantage of emerging technologies available in the market that support the so called wearable devices, and the non-invasive particularity of these to, in an autonomous way, adapt the environment to the comfort parameters of each user (e.g. thermal, acoustic, air quality, light, sun exposure). Provide comfort according to the preferences of each individual, is a challenge and an opportunity to create innovative solutions and new paradigms in the context of Intelligent Environments. Currently this challenge has as main difficulties, the people’s mobility, the disparity of habits, schedules and the individual comfort preferences. The same is aggravated when depending on physiological conditions, derived from a large number of factors (tiredness, mood, etc.), user preferences often suffer significant changes, that current systems can not measure. Figure 1, shows the development environment of this work. Explaining this figure, it can be seen the user who through its different devices (smartphone, wearable, and other compatible) communicates with the system, using technologies, like Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or Wi-Fi Direct. Next, the system performs communication with the Cloud, to validate the information. And the system will perform the management of the different components in the environment (climatization systems, security systems, other smart systems).
