Implementation of home automation using eye blink sensor

The most important source of motivation for continuity of technological developments is the constant demand to improve living standards. Today, in this post-PC era, mobile devices and smart devices are handling daily tasks that traditional desktop and laptop computers once handled. In this study, a smart home automation system design is carried out using a blink sensor. The purpose of this blink sensor is to sense an eye blink in real time. The system analyses the eye blink and differentiates between an intentional blink and a normal eye blink. Here multiple eye blinks are required to control more than one appliance. Software is used to check the correctness of the blink sequence and monitor the instantaneous states of the smart home system. This system can not only be used to save electricity, but also to help tetraplegic patients to lead their own life without anyone else´s assistance. Tetraplegia is a condition where people are paralysed below their neck. The proposed system can be easily programmed to add new devices for home automation.