WOLKITE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS

DEPARTEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEM

Smart house and city concepts using pervasive computing

Information system 4th year
Group 2
group2@gmail.com
 Contents:
• Introduction to smart home
• What is a smart home?
• How do you build it?
• Challenges of smart home
• Conclusion
• reference
Smart home
 Cont…
Introduction:-
What is Pervasive computing?

• Pervasive computing is an emerging trend associated with embedding

microprocessors in day-to-day objects, allowing them to communicate information.
It is also known as ubiquitous computing. The terms ubiquitous and pervasive
signify "existing everywhere." Pervasive computing systems are totally connected and
consistently available.
 What is the smart home?
• A smart house is a house that has highly advanced automatic systems for lighting,
temperature control, multi-media, security, window and door operations, and many
other functions.
• A home equipped with lighting, heating, and electronic devices that can be
controlled remotely by smartphone or computer
 How do you build it?

• Build it as a new building.

• Augmenting an existing home with appropriate devices.
Main components
• Sensors
• Devices / appliances
• Networks
• Control (panel) mechanisms
 Sensors
• Several sensors are installed throughout the Smart House to obtain the data needed
for the Smart House to function properly. The data gathered from the sensors is
used to model and adapt the Smart House to the inhabitant, and also in several cases
to reduce utility bills.

• The sensors generally used are motion sensors, humidity sensors, temperature
sensors, water flow sensors, positioning sensors, optical sensors, sensors on doors,
pressure sensors, ultrasonic and infra-red sensors, among others. In principle, the
more sensors a Smart House has, the greater the accuracy of data on activity and
behavior.
Sensor technology device
connecting to the cloud
Communication with iPhone and android
 Network of devices/sensors

• Bluetooth
• ZigBee
• Z-Wave
• Wi Fi
 Control panel / Server

• Tablet
• Smart phone
• Dedicated device
• Anything we can interact with
 At Home with pervasive Computing Challenges

There are several challenges of smart home, some of challenges can be listed as
follow:-
these challenges are based in the technical, social, and pragmatic domains.
• The "Accidentally" Smart Home
• Designing for Domestic Use
• Social Implications of Aware Home Technologies
• Video for more understanding
 conclusion

• Smart Houses have proven to be a promising path for improving access to

home care for the ageing population.

The main purpose of Smart Houses is to improve the lives of older adults.
Moreover, Smart Houses also target the population in general, with a view to
improving comfort and making their everyday lives easier
 reference
1. https://www.slideshare.net/PawanKumarGanjhu/smart-home-
automation-system
2. https://www.slideshare.net/BradFitzpatrick/smart-homes
3. https://www.slideshare.net/anmolbagga/homeautomation-presentation
Smart city concepts using pervasive
computing
 Contents:-
• Introduction to smart city
• How do you build it?
• Smart city architectures
• Components of Smart City
• Conclusion
• reference
 Introduction:-
what is smart city?

• Everyday life in cities is currently undergoing interesting and profound

change with the quick development of computing technology. Information
and communication technology (ICT) has become pervasive, no longer tied
to desktops at work or home.
 Cont…

• The term "smart city" is similar to the concepts of intelligent city, digital city,
information city, e-city, virtual city, cyber-city, global city, network city, digital
community, smart community, etc.

• There is no universally accepted definition of a smart city

 How do you build it?

• We build smart city with smart devices and embedded system; sensors, wireless mobile
communications and controllers

• A sensor is a device that converts physical parameters into an electronic signal, which can be
interpreted by humans or can be stored in autonomous system.

• Integrated sensor systems are a prerequisite for developing the concept of smart cities in
practice because individual sensors can hardly meet the demands of the smart cities for
complex information.
Smart city architectures
 Cont…

• Apart from the internal connecting of sensors, in the context of smart cities,
it is important to externally connect them via wireless network to a central
unit that receives and processes data, so they are called wireless sensor
networks
components of Smart City
 Smart City Vision

Information and Communication is Key

 City as service provider
for citizens, enterprises, institutions, and tourists
 Smartness via
Always Best Informed and Inter-Connected Urban Actors (Machines, Systems and
People)
Information at any need, at any place, at any device, at any time, at any preference
Cont…
 Sensing in smart cities

• Using sensors to monitor public infrastructures, such as bridges, roads and

buildings, provides awareness that enables a more efficient use of resources,
based on the data collected by these sensors.
 For example

• sensors deployed in roads for traffic monitoring collect data which is

necessary for the implementation of intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

• With the advent of ubiquitous computing, one of the concepts of smart

cities is to have sensors deployed virtually everywhere.
 Cont…

• As sensor nodes are typically designed to be low-power devices, the

communication standard has to take that into account, as communication
consumes the most energy.

• Low power standards like IEEE 802.15.4 have limited range and a significant
number of repeaters would have to be deployed in a city for full coverage.
 Conclusion:-
The concepts of smart city offers a great opportunity to improve the management and
development of cities.

• Use of digital revolution.

• Combines technical, economic and social issues.
• Real time control, increase in the operating security.
• Multi-scale approach.
 Reference:-
1. Giffinger R., Fertner C., Kramar H., Kalasek R. Smart Cities: Ranking of
European Medium-Sized Cities. Centre of Regional Science; Vienna,
Austria: 2007.
2. In Focus: Smart Cities. Available
online: http://www.stateofgreen.com/en/InFocus/Smart-Cities/(accessed
on 18 November 2012)
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