Title :
Eye 2H: A proposed automated smart home control system for detecting human emotions through facial detection
Author :
Boon, Lim Teck ; Husin, Mohd Heikal ; Zaaba, Zarul Fitri ; Osman, Mohd Azam
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
Abstract :
The increasing cost of living nowadays has caused many people to work harder in order to gain more pay. The associated heavier workloads together with tension and pressure often lead to stress-related health problems. People do really deserve a good rest when they come home from their office. As a result, the proposed solution - The Eye 2H is an intelligent system that will use the technique of image processing and face recognition to detect and analyze the human emotion to control the electronic equipment in their house through an intelligent control box. There are several studies highlighted that by controlling the brightness of light, we could affect the emotion or behavior of humans. Thus, we believe that The Eye 2H is capable to fulfill the main objective of the project which is to provide a better living environment for people in order to provide them a harmony and happy (2H) living life. The Eye 2H is capable of boosting the mood and emotion of the residents by controlling the electronic equipment in their house. The feature of turning on light automatically as well as fine-tune the brightness of light according to human emotion mood will give a “welcoming home” effect to the house owner. Besides that, The Eye 2H is also a green technology project as it will support the Go Green concept by reducing the energy usage.
Keywords :
brightness; emotion recognition; face recognition; green computing; home automation; intelligent control; optical variables control; Eye 2H; Go Green concept; automated smart home control system; electronic equipment control; face recognition; facial detection; green technology; harmony and happy living life; human emotion detection; human emotion mood; image processing; intelligent control box; light brightness control; smart light; welcoming home effect; Decision support systems; Erbium; automated light control; lighting effects; smart lights; stress;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M), 2014 The 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuching
DOI :
10.1109/ICT4M.2014.7020652