The most basic component in Home automation could be the security. As a matter of fact in many cases, the only component:-)
My cousin asked me recently to recommend a camera he can use to monitor any room from web or iOS. A very common requirement when we have to leave house to strangers to manage or have people who need special attention, be it kids or elders.
This will be a very important aspect of the security. It is not just about having cameras and door open sensors, its about being able to track people or activity in different parts of the house without being intrusive to privacy. A camera might be one aspect which can be turned on or off when needed.
Tags or sensors which can be carried by people to identify themselves, or face recognition can do this intelligently. The technology is not mature enough to do it at home I guess since we do not see the face recognition based tracking in many products. But with technology becoming more common place, this could evolve some time soon, keeping you well informed about arrival or departure of others checking them in at different zones or locations, and also about suspicious individuals spotted at your place.
Gadgets like Apple watch and many health monitoring devices, can monitor the rhythm of your heart beat and other vitals and report any abnormalities as indicators of variances from regular patterns.
The zone awareness can go further marking the mostly populated zones regulating the power consumption to focus on areas where most people spend. It can also follow you to route your calls to place where you are rather than a single point. With mobile phone being the primary mode of communication, this may look a low priority now, but many still leave their phone in one place once reached at home either for charging or to just free their hands, and then when it rings a frantic sprint takes place to pick the call. If the audio systems can be connected up to the main communication hub, the calls can be routed through them and the phone can be anywhere at home.
Climate sensors informing you of open windows when the weather gets bad may not be a common use case in US where most of the windows are closed, but I am sure elsewhere it may be an important one. Also informing you when your kid is outside when weather gets bad or some other event takes place connecting them up and giving you a very specific warning can help a lot.
In places like India where public transportation is recently under lot of notoriety for bad incidents, may be having a system where we can subscribe to location of people and their transport outside the house is also an important usecase.
My cousin asked me recently to recommend a camera he can use to monitor any room from web or iOS. A very common requirement when we have to leave house to strangers to manage or have people who need special attention, be it kids or elders.
This will be a very important aspect of the security. It is not just about having cameras and door open sensors, its about being able to track people or activity in different parts of the house without being intrusive to privacy. A camera might be one aspect which can be turned on or off when needed.
Tags or sensors which can be carried by people to identify themselves, or face recognition can do this intelligently. The technology is not mature enough to do it at home I guess since we do not see the face recognition based tracking in many products. But with technology becoming more common place, this could evolve some time soon, keeping you well informed about arrival or departure of others checking them in at different zones or locations, and also about suspicious individuals spotted at your place.
Gadgets like Apple watch and many health monitoring devices, can monitor the rhythm of your heart beat and other vitals and report any abnormalities as indicators of variances from regular patterns.
The zone awareness can go further marking the mostly populated zones regulating the power consumption to focus on areas where most people spend. It can also follow you to route your calls to place where you are rather than a single point. With mobile phone being the primary mode of communication, this may look a low priority now, but many still leave their phone in one place once reached at home either for charging or to just free their hands, and then when it rings a frantic sprint takes place to pick the call. If the audio systems can be connected up to the main communication hub, the calls can be routed through them and the phone can be anywhere at home.
Climate sensors informing you of open windows when the weather gets bad may not be a common use case in US where most of the windows are closed, but I am sure elsewhere it may be an important one. Also informing you when your kid is outside when weather gets bad or some other event takes place connecting them up and giving you a very specific warning can help a lot.
In places like India where public transportation is recently under lot of notoriety for bad incidents, may be having a system where we can subscribe to location of people and their transport outside the house is also an important usecase.
