Topic: lighting
Light sensors for Home Automation
Having at least one light sensor is critical for any home automation system that controls lightng. Lights need to be turned on when it's dark not at specific times of day, especially here in Seattle when it can be dark and cloudy at any time of day.
Ian Mercer
Probabilistic Home Automation
A probabilistic approach to home automation models the probability that each room is occupied and how many people are in that room.
Ian Mercer
Multiple hypothesis tracking
A statistical approach to understanding which rooms are occupied in a smart house
Ian Mercer
A state machine for lighting control
An if-this-then-that style rules machine is insufficient for lighting control. This state machine accomplishes 90% of the correct behavior for a light that is controlled automatically and manually in a home automation system.
Ian Mercer