ConductHome: Gesture Interface Control of Home Automation Boxes

This paper presents the interface ConductHome which controls home automation systems with a Leap Motion using “invariant gesture protocols”. This interface is meant to simplify the interaction of the user with its environment. A hardware part allows the Leap Motion to be carried around the house. A software part interacts with the home automation box and displays the useful information for the user. An objective of this work is the development of a natural/invariant/simple gesture control interface to help elder people/people with disabilities.

Authors:

• J. Branstett
• V. Gagneux
• A. Leleu
• B. Levadoux
• J. Pascale

Keywords:

• Automation
• ergonomics
• gesture recognition
• interoperability
• leap motion
• invariant.

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