Smart home control for the people with severe disabilities

Abstract

The issue of smart home control is one of popular applications of Internet of Things (IoT). However, most of the smart home designs are for normal people, just few applications of home appliance automation are designed for the disabled. This study shows the novel implementation of home appliance automation based on a Morse code text input (McTin) controller designed by research team for the people with severe disabilities and analyzes the living behavior of the subject with disabilities according to the operation frequencies of different home appliances.