IoT and Virtual Assistant Based Smart Home System

Home automation is an application of IoT that makes ordinary homes intelligent. Home automation enables the home residents to control and monitor their home from any location by staying connected to the internet. Thus, home automation has improved the quality of life by providing people convenience,

Project Title

IoT and Virtual Assistant Based Smart Home System

Project Area of Specialization

Internet of Things

Project Summary

Home automation is an application of IoT that makes ordinary homes intelligent. Home automation enables the home residents to control and monitor their home from any location by staying connected to the internet. Thus, home automation has improved the quality of life by providing people convenience, security, and control over their homes. One of the primary goals of home automation is safety, for example detecting home intruders, harmful gases, fire, etc. The devices and home appliances used in smart homes are connected through IoT hardware technologies of actuators and sensors, which provide more automation. Sensors are used to take input data from the environment in different forms like temperature values, humidity, water usage, etc. actuators are used to control or move a system or mechanism.

Various Algorithms and techniques have been used in home automation systems. Virtual Assistant will be able to control intelligent home control and security system, a smart home designed to maintain essential home appliances by regularly monitoring the environmental factors and harmful gasses present in the surrounding. Its architectural design consists of six modules: the intelligent device module, the communication and gateway module, the management and decision module, the cloud computing module, the presentation, and control module, and the security module. Voice control-based Virtual assistants will control different switches and devices using voice commands.

 The intelligent device module consists of the home appliances like fans, heaters, air conditioners, etc. The communication and Gateway module is used for communication and interaction among the devices and the outside environment; the Management and Decision module is used to classify the captured image features for identification. The cloud computing module is used for real-time data storage in the cloud, communication, monitoring, and processing. The presentation and control module represents the interface enabling the user to control the home appliances remotely. The security module maintains the home's security by allowing specific users to control the house through a complete authentication process. Our Developed Algorithm and system are an open-source system of interconnected sensors, actuators, and other data sources to make a home automation system. It will contain hardware and software parts used for controlling energy consumption, power, temperature, and irrigation monitoring.

Project Objectives

• Administrating all of your home devices from one place. The convenience factor here is enormous.
• Despite purchasing all-new intelligent equipment for the home, We will upgrade earlier delivers and switches to smart/intelligent ones.
• This project will cost ten times less if we purchase all new equipment for the home.
• Voice Command-based Virtual Assistant will be able to control the home from anywhere. Set different routines.
• Flexibility for new devices and appliances.
• It will maximize home security.
• Remotely controlled home equipment.
• This system will increase energy efficiency.
• Improved appliance functionality.
• Home management insights.
• The proposed Project has ease and accessibility for elders and medically special people.

Project Implementation Method

In the starting of the project, we made the abstract document in which we presented the idea and then we have submitted the project proposal document. 

So till the month of may, we will have developed the project proposal document, till july we will have developed SRS document, and till August SDS document, till November iVash development, and finally till December we will test and finalize.

Benefits of the Project

A completed and fully implemented project will benefit the user in the following ways;

• This system is equipped with a life safety system. That will trigger an alarm if the user leaves the gas stove open in the kitchen.
• This system will trigger an alarm if the user uses a heater for a long time and the amount of carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas, increases in-room or at home. And will open windows automatically if the user does not respond to the alarm.
• This system is equipped with a security/ Intruder detection system.
• This system is equipped with a presence sensing system.
• No Carbon footprint.
• The system has ease and accessibility for elders and special people ( disabled people).
• This system provides complete control of home appliances at your fingertips.
• This system is equipped with the support use of virtual assistants.
• This system aims to convert all earlier switches and plugs into smart ones to make them work efficiently despite purchasing new expensive ones.
• This system will cost 10 % less than implementations of such systems, requiring purchasing all-new smart widgets and devices.
• Control home appliances and other devices remotely from the mobile application
• The fewer effort, More productivity, and  a peaceful home environment
• The system will work even without the internet.
• Increased energy efficiency
• Improved appliance functionality
• Home management insights.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

This iVASH (IoT and Virtual Assistant based Smart Home System) is beneficial in controlling electric and electronic systems, Intrusion detection, presence sensing, smoke/ harmful gas detection, controlling the lights, energy and power monitoring, access control and security, controlling the irrigations and many other fields by using their relevant controllers to make the system automated. It monitors humidity and temperature also; Wireless Controllers control the lighting. Smart relay boards have been embedded for the remote turning On and Off / opening and closing in controlling the entrances, and an alarm has been installed for the alarm system (Stolojescu-Crisan et al., 2021).

The iVASH system is an open-source home automation system with in-depth hardware and software implementation details. We will use Python/ C++ to develop algorithms for NodeMCU programming and Arduino for IDE. We will use Kotlin as a programming language and Android Studio for Application development. To develop a local server to facilitate the user in the absence of the internet, we will use Python/ C++ and Java for local server hosting, handling, and processing data from different sensors and gadgets. Devices in this architecture are garden lights, 1 room light, one dining room lamp, gas sensor LPG, Light sensor, solenoid lock, Buzzer, Breadboard, fan, cable, and 5v power supply. The intelligent device module, the communication and gateway module, the management and decision module, the cloud computing module, the presentation module, and the security.

The intelligent device module consists of the appliances used in the system like LPG, Carbon Monoxide gas detector, and fingerprint scanner with solenoid lock, buzzer, motors, and presence sensors. Light bulbs, heaters, fans, etc. The communication and gateway module is used for communication and interaction among the devices and the outside environment. The local network is connected with the external network through the gateways for communication. Similarly, the home appliances are also connected to the gateway for interaction among themselves and with the user. ESP8266 Wi-fi board is used as the gateway in the system (Taiwo & Ezugwu, 2021). The management and decision module is used for the daily routine tasks of recognizing the user’s voice commands. It also notifies the user if an intruder is detected. The cloud computing module is used for real-time data storage, communication, monitoring, and processing.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

IT

Other Industries

Agriculture , Energy , Health , Security , Telecommunication

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Artificial Intelligence(AI), Cloud Infrastructure, Wearables and Implantables, Clean Tech

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People, Affordable and Clean Energy, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Life on Land

Required Resources

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