EASYHOMEEASYHOME

Unione Europea FESR

User-friendly home automation systems through the use of efficient

and intellingent lighting devices

Lead Partner Coordination & Dissemination

EASYHOME : EASYHOME : project overviewproject overview

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• Project Start : 11/10/2010• Duration : 24 months• Total cost : 2 Million euro• Total funding : 1,49 Million euro( EC contribution 364 K euro; Italian contribution 781 K euro; Friuli Venezia Giulia

regional contribution : 342 K euro )

The project was financed through POR FESR 2007-2013 Friuli Venezia GiuliaASSE 1 INNOVAZIONE, RICERCA, TRASFERIMENTO TECNOLOGICO E

IMPRENDITORIALITÀ attività 1.1.b SOSTEGNO AI PROGETTI DI RICERCA INDUSTRIALE AD ELEVATO IMPATTO SISTEMICO PER IL RAFFORZAMENTO DELLE RETI DELLA RICERCA E

DELL'INNOVAZIONE E DEI DISTRETTI TECNOLOGICI DELL'INNOVAZIONE SETTORE DOMOTICA

EASYHOME : EASYHOME : overview of the partnersoverview of the partners

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Lead PartnerCentro Ricerche Plast-Optica s.p.a.www.crpo.itContact : Sara Padovani

Research & DevelopmentSincrotrone Trieste s.c.p.a.www.elettra.trieste.itContact : Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera

Research & DevelopmentElectrolux Italia s.p.a.www.electrolux.itContact : Claudio Cenedese

Research & DevelopmentUniversità degli studi di UdineDipartimento ing. Elettrica, Gestionale e

Meccanica www.uniud.itContact : Antonio Abramo

Research & DevelopmentAtena FVG s.r.l.www.atenafvg.comContact : Marco Marangone

Research & DevelopmentSIPRO Sistemi Integrati per L’innovazione di

Processo s.r.l.www.esipro.itContact : Paolo Lucchini

Research & DevelopmentMarmax s.r.l.www.marmaxdesign.comContact : Massimiliano Zanzero

Coordination & DisseminationPolo Tecnologico di Pordenone s.c.p.a.www.polo.pn.itContact : Alberto Morassutti

EASYHOME : EASYHOME : Context and beneficiariesContext and beneficiaries:

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Having acknowledged the ability of home automation technology to improve the well being, comfort and security of potential users and particularly of elderly people, often the inherent complexity of such systems represent a barrier to the full exploitation of all these benefits.

The complexity comes mainly from the implementation of functions exeeding user’s expectations both from a qualitative perspective (not precise identification of user’s needs) and from a quantitative perspective (too many functions in respect to user’s receptive capability).Also the interfaces and interaction devices aren’t usually well designed and limit the access to the technology instead of favouring it.

The Easyhome project aims at solving these problems, developing an home automation system readily usable and really helpful to the user.

Who will benefit from this project?

The project wants to benefit active aging people and all those people that, though not suffering from serious impairment, would not be at ease with a potentially helpful technological solution.

EASYHOME : EASYHOME : objectivesobjectives

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Develop an user friendly home automation system to improve the well being of potential

users and partcularly those belonging to an aging population

• Develop easy to use interaction devices and interfaces• Simplify common domestic tasks by providing readily comprehensible

color code messages • Improve user relax and comfort through efficient, advanced lighting

solutions• Improve the well being of the user by providing UV LED sanitization

solutions to domestic appliances

EASYHOME : EASYHOME : Project StructureProject Structure:

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The project will be the result of a multidisciplinary effort, combining concepts of electronics, usability, cognitive ergonomics and ICT technologies.

The R&D activities cover 6 areas of expertise, associated with Workpackages from number 1 to number 6

EASYHOME : EASYHOME : Expected results and Impact of the projectExpected results and Impact of the project:

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The project will make possible the development of the following concepts :

• Photosensitive organic interaction devices for gestural comunication• User friendly interaction devices for elders or slightly impaired people• Implementation of color code comunication and UV LED light sanification means into domestic appliances • Development of adaptive, energy efficient LED lighting systems• Wireless or power line comunication network for system/device integration

From a technological perspective the following results will positively impact the regional economic system

• Organic optoelectronic device production technology implementation• Chip on Board technology implementation for LED light engines manufacturing• Thermal reflow technologies for micro optic systems manufactoring• Development of model based methodologies to simplify user/system interaction