Voice Thermostat Remote Control [device for disabled person]

Author

Carvalho, Mike ; Pruehsner, William ; Enderle, John D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

8-9 Apr 1999

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

60

Abstract

The Voice Thermostat Remote Control is a voice-actuated device that controls the set temperature of a residential thermostat. The device is designed for a patient who suffers from multiple sclerosis and paraplegia and desires a device that will allow him to control residential temperature. The device designed is voice actuated circumventing his disabilities. A voice-activated chip is utilized in the design and fitted to a standard room thermostat. The device is speaker dependent. Safety features are incorporated into the device allowing it to be deactivated and return to normal hand control. The user speaks the desired temperature into a built-in voice sensor (microphone), the signal is processed, recognized, and sent to the thermostat, which in turn regulates itself according to the given instruction

Keywords

handicapped aids; space heating; speech recognition equipment; telecontrol; temperature control; thermostats; voice equipment; built-in voice sensor; decoder; disabled person aid; neural network; residential thermostat; safety features; set temperature control; speaker dependent; speech recognition chip; voice thermostat remote control; voice-activated chip; voice-actuated device; Band pass filters; Control systems; Microphones; Multiple sclerosis; Signal processing; Speech recognition; Switches; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Thermostats;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

West Hartford, CT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5486-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.1999.755763

Filename

755763