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Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2013AutomaticGUIGenerationforHomeElectricAppliancesbyRemoteControlleronAd-HocWirelessCommunicationHirokiSawadaandTomohiroHaseRyukokuUniversitySeta,Otsu520-2194Shiga,Japanhase@rins.
ryukoku.
ac.
jpAbstract.
Amajorityofhomeelectricappliancesarenowremotelyoperablewithremotecontrollers.
Usersthereforeneedtooperateawidevarietyofre-motecontrollerswithdesignsthatvarybymodelandbymanufacturer.
Also,alongwiththesophisticationandfunctionalityoftheappliances,theseremotecontrollersareeachprovidedwithanincreasednumberofoperationbuttons.
Thismakesitmoredifficultforuserstofindthecorrectbuttonfromthemanybuttons.
Further,atelevisionset,forexample,iscommonlyusedcombinedwithotherappliances.
Usersarethenrequiredtomanipulateremotecontrollersforseveralappliancesinthecorrectorder,whilethinkingaboutthenecessaryprocedure.
Keywords:remote,operate,Ad-Hoc,Wireless,Communication.
1IntroductionInrecentyears,manyhouseholdelectricapplianceshavebecomeremotelyoperablebyusinganinfraredremotecontroller,thusincreasinginusability.
However,duetotheincreasednumberofhouseholdelectricappliancesinahouse,usershavetooperateremotecontrollersofvariousdesigns,eachdifferentbymodelandbymanufacturer.
Further,anumberofoperationbuttonslaidonaremotecontrollerhasbeenincreasingasmorefunctionsareaddedtohouseholdelectricappliances,makingitevenmoredifficultforuserstofindatargetbutton.
Aseveryhousehasasmanyremotecontrollersasthenumberofelectricappliancesitowns,findingthecorrectremotecontrollerandappropriatelyusingitarequitetroublesome.
Meanwhile,itisalsodifficultforuserstogetholdofthecurrentoperatingandusestatusesofalltheelectricappliancesinahouse.
Withtheaimofaddressingtheseproblems,weproposeanewGUIdesigninthispaper.
2ObjectivesofThisStudyandProposedSystemTheobjectivesofthisstudyincludeunifyingoperationbuttonsanddesignsofremotecontrollerssothatthenumberofoperationbuttonsisminimizedforusers.
Further,itAutomaticGUIGenerationforHomeElectricAppliancesbyRemoteController687isdesirablethatuserscangetholdofthebehavioralinformationoftheirhouseholdelectricappliancesontheremotecontroller.
Toaddresstheseobjectives,thisstudyproposesthefollowingtwosystems:First,withtheaimofunifyingoperationbuttonsanddesignsofremotecontrollers,physicalbuttonsarechangedtoagraphicalUI(GUI)screen.
Next,byenablingtoreflectthebehavioralandlocationalinformationoftheelectricappliancesonthere-motecontrollerGUIbymeansofZigBeeasthead-hocwirelesscommunicationstan-dard,theminimumrequirednumberofbuttonsaredisplayedfortheelectricappliancethatislocatedclosesttotheusersothattheusercangetitsoperatingstatus.
3ExperimentalDeviceWiththeaimtoverifyeffectivenessofthisproposal,aZigBeemodulewasinstalledontheT-EngineoftheembeddedsystemdevelopmentequipmentmountedwithanLCD,whichwasassumedtoserveasaremotecontrollerwiththead-hocwirelesscommunicationfunctions.
ThreeunitsofZigBeeterminalsthatwereassumedashouseholdelectricapplianceswerelocatedinalaboratory.
TheZigBeemodulecombinedwiththeremotecontrollerservedasthecoordinator,aroundwhichanetworkwasestablished.
Theotherthreeunitsareroutersthroughwhichcommunicationofotherappliancescanpass.
Figure1showsanexternalappearanceoftheexperimentalunit.
Fig.
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Experimentalunitsactuallyused4ExperimentalMethodTheeffectivenessofthisexperimentalsystemwasverified.
First,weconfirmedwhetherornottheiconsfortheappliancethatwaslocatedclosesttotheremotecontrollerwereproperlydisplayed.
Wealsoconfirmed,bytouchingtheicons,whetherornottheoperationscreenofthecorrespondingremotecontrollerwassuccessfullydisplayedintheunifieddesign.
Next,movingaroundinthelaboratoryroom,carryingtheremotecontroller,weconfirmedwhetherornottheicondisplayforeachappliancealsosequentiallychangedinaresponsivemanner.
Further,whentheelectricappliancesthatwereusedcombinedwitheachotherwerelocatedclosetotheremotecontroller,itwasconfirmedwhetherornottheoperationGUIsfortheseelectric688H.
SawadaandT.
Haseapplianceswerealsodisplayedinacombinedform.
Finally,byswitchingON/OFFtheterminals,weconfirmedwhetherornotthebehavioralinformationdisplaychangesandthepowerLEDoftheZigBeemoduleflashed.
Figure2showsthediagramoftheexperimentalmethod.
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Experimentalmethod5ResultAstheresultoftheexperiment,itwasconfirmedthattheoperationstatusandtheoperationscreenoftheremotecontrollerwerecorrectlydisplayed.
Itwasalsoconfirmedthat,evenwhentheremotecontrollerwasmovedtodifferentplaces,theiconsoftheelectricappliancesweredisplayedintheorderwherethoseclosesttotheremotecontrollerwerepreferentiallylaidout.
Whentheelectricappliancesthatwereusedcombinedwitheachotherwerelocatedclosetotheremotecontroller,theoperationGUIsoftheremotecontrollerweredisplayedcorrectlycombined.
Next,withtheelectricappliancesswitchedON/OFFontheremotecontroller,theoperationstatusdisplaywasalsochanged.
Finally,itwasconfirmedbylighting-upofLEDoftheZigBeemodulethattheelectricapplianceswereoperable.
Figure3showsFig.
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ChangeiniconlayoutAutomaticGUIGenerationforHomeElectricAppliancesbyRemoteController689achangeintheiconlayoutandFigure4showsachangeintheremotecontrollerop-erationGUIfromtheoneforgeneralusetoanotherforcombineduse.
Figure5showsflashingoftheZigBeemoduleLED.
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RemotecontrollerGUIdisplayedonT-EngineLCDFig.
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FlashingofZigBeemoduleLED6ConclusionThispaperdescribedautomaticconfigurationofremotecontrollerGUIandoperationofhouseholdelectricappliancesbyusingad-hocwirelesscommunication.
Inthispaper,weproposedthemethodtodisplaytheminimumrequirednumberofoperationbuttonsforusersontheremotecontrollerGUIscreenoftouch-paneltypeLCDthatisdesignedcommontovariouselectricappliances.
Furtherproposedwasasystemthatcanusedtoconfirm,onaremotecontroller,thebehavioralinformationofeachappliance.
Inordertorealizetheseproposals,bymeansofad-hocwirelesscommunication,wegatheredinformationofthehouseholdelectricappliancesontheremotecontroller.
Then,webuiltanexperimentaldevicefortheexperiment.
Asaresultoftheexperiment,thetargetedobjectiveswereachieved.
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