| Abstract |
| Due to the development of digital data processing and electronic communication, the present home environment has become able to serve people`s various needs such as remote medical treatment or education and home shopping. The digital environment based on networks will become more intelligent and build a Smart Home which is convenient, safe and personalised. In order to design a home as a personalised, comfortable space, specified user groups need to be studied and provided with suitable services to their context using feasible technologies rather than simply add more functions to fulfil people`s needs.
The research in this thesis is intended to propose a new Smart Home service for a specific user group. First, the theories of Ubiquitous Computing and Context-Awareness were studied as they are fundamental knowledge of Smart Home, and Smart Home was defined with its representing services. Then existing Smart Home systems for health care were analysed based on the general process of Context-Awareness. They all monitored the subject`s activities in the home environment to detect unusual trends that may indicate developmental or incipient health issues, but their methods were different.
Last, based on the literature review, several approaches were proposed for a Smart Home service to prevent young children`s accidental injuries using possible technologies. The approaches are expected to be materialised in the near future by enhancing the strengths and weakening the weaknesses and also to be applied to another Smart Home services. |
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| Key Words |
| 컨텍스트 인식, 스마트홈, 어린 아이, Context-Awareness, Smart Home, Young Children |
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