Home Automation Platform Using Interaction-Based Sensing

In Japan, care giving for elderly has received the support of families, relatives, and traditional communities. Recently, care giving service has started to be socialized by some nursing care insurance. However, quality is insufficient due to cost problems and understaffed issues. Therefore, understanding the supportive living environment utilized by cyber infrastructure which lightens the burden of family care and social care is important. This paper proposes a home automation platform using interaction based sensing technology for supportive living environment. In particular, an experimental home was developed with home automation platform integrated with a prototype system based on interaction based sensing.