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Evolution towards smart home environments: empirical evaluation of three user interfaces

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Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-MattilaAuthors Info & Claims

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Volume 8, Issue 3-4

Pages 234 - 240

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-004-0283-x

Published: 01 July 2004 Publication History

Abstract

Smart home environments have evolved to the point where everyday objects and devices at home can be networked to give the inhabitants new means to control them. Familiar information appliances can be used as user interfaces (UIs) to home functions to achieve a more convenient user experience. This paper reports an ethnographic study of smart home usability and living experience. The purpose of the research was to evaluate three UIs—a PC, a media terminal, and a mobile phone—for smart home environments. The results show two main types of activity patterns, pattern control and instant control, which require different UI solutions. The results suggest that a PC can act as a central unit to control functions for activity patterns that can be planned and determined in advance. The mobile phone, on the other hand, is well suited for instant control. The mobile phone turned out to be the primary and most frequently used UI during the 6-month trial period in the smart apartment.

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Index Terms

Evolution towards smart home environments: empirical evaluation of three user interfaces
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Philosophical/theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence
      1. Cognitive science
  2. Machine learning
    1. Machine learning approaches
      1. Neural networks
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Volume 8, Issue 3-4

July 2004

138 pages

ISSN:1617-4909

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