An Interactive Smart Mirror for Busy Home Environment with IoT Platform

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Interactive Mirror for Smart Home

Chidambaram Sethukkarasi,

Vijayadharan

SuseelaKumari HariKrishnan,

Karuppiah PalAmutha

National Ubiquitous Computing Research Centre

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

Chennai, India

{ctsethu, harikrishnans, palamuthak}@cdac.in

Raja Pitchiah

Department of Electronics and Information Technology

Government of India

Delhi, India

pitchiah@mit.gov.in

This project is carried out for design and development of a smart artifact called “Interactive Mirror” for smart home users. The idea is to transform a normal mirror into an intelligent artifact by embedding various technologies to support users in their daily activities. It identifies the user using facial recognition technique and provides services such as recognizing emotions, progress representation of measured health parameters, height identification, identify garments, suggest garments with suitable color, and reminds important events.

Interactive Mirror comprises of a LCD display placed behind a dielectric coated mirror, a camera, a weight measurement platform, and a RFID reader.

The system has the following functionalities.

        i.                Person Identification

      ii.                Health Information Services

    iii.               Clothing advisor

    iv.                Recognize emotion

      v.                Reminder assistance

The mirror identifies the person using face recognition technique. When the user starts using the system, the camera triggers ON and captures the image in front of it. The image contrast is improved by histogram equalization technique before processing by face recognition module. By the analysis of facial expression and emotional aspect of person, the interactive mirror detects the emotion of a person. The emotional analysis data is recorded for a period of time (say 1 year or 1 month) can be used to identify the mental state of the person such us conditions like depression, fear and enthusiastic factors of user. The mirror assists the user in leading a healthier life by advising on health parameters such as weight, height, BMI and BMR. The weighing platform measures the weight of the user when he/she starts using it. The mirror detects the user skin color and attempts to suggest suitable colors for garments. It also tries to suggest according to the occasions such as party, outing, traditional program, competitions, etc.