TY - JOUR
T1 - Direction-based wireless remote controller
T2 - A smartphone application
AU - Chen, Hsiao Han
AU - Lin, Yi-Bing
AU - Sung, Yingrong Coral
AU - Liou, Ren Huang
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Recently, smartphones have been used as remote controllers for home appliances through connectivity of mobile telecom network or Wi-Fi. To control several home appliances in a room, a mechanism is required for a smartphone to correctly select the target appliance. Through the built-in electronic compass function in the smartphone, we propose a scheme called Point-and-Control (PnC) that allows a user to select a home appliance by pointing the smartphone to that home appliance. In this paper, we design the PnC and show the performance of this solution. Our study indicates that the PnC can effectively achieve the remote control function.
AB - Recently, smartphones have been used as remote controllers for home appliances through connectivity of mobile telecom network or Wi-Fi. To control several home appliances in a room, a mechanism is required for a smartphone to correctly select the target appliance. Through the built-in electronic compass function in the smartphone, we propose a scheme called Point-and-Control (PnC) that allows a user to select a home appliance by pointing the smartphone to that home appliance. In this paper, we design the PnC and show the performance of this solution. Our study indicates that the PnC can effectively achieve the remote control function.
KW - Electronic compass
KW - Positioning algorithm
KW - Remote controller
KW - Smartphone application
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84885411080&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.22667/JOWUA.2011.06.31.033
DO - 10.22667/JOWUA.2011.06.31.033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84885411080
SN - 2093-5374
VL - 2
SP - 33
EP - 45
JO - Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications
JF - Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications
IS - 2
ER -