AN INTELLIGENT INTERFACE FOR GPS AND GESTURE-BASED HOME AUTOMATION

Author(s) : YASEEN UL HAQ, ASLAM TAHIR, RABIA SANA, SAIRA MOIN U DIN, RIDA ZAHRA

Abstract:

Home automation is one of the fields working on automating home or household activities. The
core objectives of the domotics technology are to save time and effort. Home automation can be implemented in
various ways to achieve desire results. Currently, no home automation system can track the location of the person
to perform some task at a particular time. We can make home automation more effective and efficient if we can
implement a combination of techniques. This research aims to design and implement a hybrid technique based
on the Global Position System and hand gestures in the field of home automation. Global Position System works
when a person is outside the home, and the hand gesture technique is implemented when a person is present
at home. By implementing a hybrid technique, we can overcome the limitations of the Global Position System
and hand gesture technique. It is designed to replace sensors used in home automation system with another state-of-the-art technology, the Global Position System. Global Position System is a satellite-based technology that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth and hand gestures are used for making it intelligent by setting the trend. Idea is to integrate these two technologies and develop an automatic home automation system using Cellular Global Position System and moves a step forward in the field of automation. This research is useful for the disabled and elderly people for convenience, energy efficiency, and safety benefits and the general population as well.