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Automating Home Appliances For Elderly and Impaired People: The B-Live Approach
DETIThis paper describes the B-Live approach
for automating home appliances for elderly and
impaired people. This system has been developed at
Micro I/O for enhancing the quality of life and the
independence of its potential users. The target
application is the retrofitting of common dwellings.
The paper introduces the motivation for the B-Live
system and presents a survey on current Smart Home
projects and endeavours. The B-Live system is described
and details on its software, hardware and
communications architecture are provided. A survey of
the supported appliances and interfaces is presented as
well as a description of the B-live configuration and
operation procedures. The suitableness of the B-Live
system to improve the autonomy of the envisaged users
was informally evaluated by C4, C5 and C6 patients at
the CMRRC Rovisco Pais demonstrator. The conclusion
is that the system has a short learning curve and can
cope with the requirements of its potential users