Ambient User Interfaces to Building Data

The paper presents the work on ¿multi-modal ambient user interfaces¿ pursued by Intracom Telecom (ICOM) in the frame of the FP6 project I3CON. This work involves the development of integrated user interfaces allowing location and context aware operation of the mobile system including methods and tools for their implementation for building service operative applications. A generic object browser was developed enabling of browsing building automation objects in real-time as well as static building database objects and properties using standard data communication protocols. Fixed and mobile terminals are supported with necessary adaptation of the information to the particular characteristics of the terminal devices, user groups and the location of the user. User friendly multimodal user interfaces were developed to allow hands-free intuitive operation of a mobile system with little or no need for manual operation or control.