Department of Computer Science   University of Southern California
CSCI588  
 
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CSCI-588: Specification and Design of User Interface Software
Fall 2004
Team 21: Virtual HomeBot (VHB)

Team Member
1) Asavari Kale
2) Noorie Hanum
3) Sujay Mukherjee

Virtual HomeBot (VHB) is a new-age software that aims at the centralized monitoring of a house and is replete with features that will be especially useful for individuals with restricted mobility in and around the house, either due to physical disabilities or other constraints. The software helps by automating a number of operations in and around a modern house, like providing control over the various entrances and exits of the house and monitoring a number of specified electronic devices within and around the house.
The salient features of VHB are:

1. Automated locking and unlocking of all doors and windows around the house.
2. Automated switching on and off of various electronic devices – Coffee maker, clocks, irons, answering machines, and baby alarms and a host of other electronic devices.
3. Automated temperature control of each room in the house.
4. Automated access to the security alarms installed at each door.
5. Automated Sprinkler system.
6. Floor plan for each floor of the house available for the inspection of doors, windows and electronic devices.
7. Automated control of lights switches in the house with options to switch the lights on, off. Light intensity and brightness can also be controlled.
8. In the case of nurses, tracking of wheel chairs around the house for the monitoring of their patients and care.

The above features are supplemented by an intuitive graphical interface depicting the various parts and devices of the house along the current status of each controlled activity.
Prototype and Presentation
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