Open AccessA Gesture Controlled and Cost Effective - Home Automation System
Author(s) -
Mohit Malhotra,
Raghav Mittal,
Madhur Jain
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research in computer science, engineering and information technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-3307
DOI - 10.32628/cseit1952267
Subject(s) - arduino , home automation , microcontroller , scalability , gesture , automation , embedded system , relay , computer science , reliability (semiconductor) , control (management) , engineering , operating system , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper presents a secure and reliable home automation system in order to make everyone’s life simpler and fulfil the needs of the disabled or the elderly. The paper proposes a system based on efficient smart watch that uses arduino microcontroller which is embedded with a WIFI module and enables us to control a number of home appliances such as lights, fans and others using on/off relay. In our work, the appliances need not to be smart beforehand as arduino would be externally connected to them such that the system designed would be controlled by gestures i.e. users can control the working of the appliances by moving their hand in upward or downward direction over the screen. This system is comparatively efficient and cost effective than other proposed systems in terms of scalability and reliability. Also, the proposed system has been thoroughly tested and verified in various environmental conditions.