Title :
Living furniture: life support at home by lifelike furnishings and appliances
Author :
Annen, Katsuhiro ; Yamamoto, Goh ; Amano, R. ; Haraikawa, Tomohioro ; Takebayashi, Yoichi
Author_Institution :
Shizuoka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We propose lifelike furniture, which interacts with persons thoughtfully. Each piece of furniture supports persons by stand-alone, and they cooperate with each other to provide complex support. We implemented working prototypes of furniture and the platform for integrated services.
Keywords :
furniture; home automation; intelligent sensors; ubiquitous computing; integrated services; lifelike furnishings; lifelike furniture; living furniture; Flat panel displays; Home appliances; Humans; Intelligent sensors; Intserv networks; Liquid crystal displays; Prototypes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Space technology; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics, 2005. ICCE. 2005 Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8838-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2005.1429819
