Ambient intelligence as paradigm of a full automation process at home in a real application

Abstract

As a result of the increasing miniaturization of electronic circuitry and the corresponding increase in computational power of embedded systems, the point has been reached where it is possible to integrate electronics into the day to day elements of people's lives. The types of relationship man-machine-product currently found based on pushbuttons, keys and menus will disappear, to be replaced by intelligent systems with which interact through natural speech, movements, gestures, etc. The environments, by means of the systems, products and machines of which they are made, will respond, and will even anticipate, the orders given by the user's voice, gestures or hands, facial expressions, etc. This challenge has been reached by the project called GENIO: to get a multimodal user interface to control any kind of domestic devices, mainly the household appliances and the entertainment systems, in other to obtain a first product based on the precepts of ambient intelligence.