Advanced energy management system in Smart Home Care

Issue title: Proceedings from the 17th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM 2015)

Guest editors: Fumio Kojima, Futoshi Kobayashi and Hiroyuki Nakamoto

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Vanus, Jan^a | Machacek, Zdenek^{a; *} | Koziorek, Jiri^a | Walendziuk, Wojciech^b | Kolar, Vaclav^a | Jaron, Zdenek^a

Affiliations: [a] VSB TUO, Ostrava, Czech Republic | [b] Bialystok University of Technology, Bialystok, Poland

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Zdenek Machacek, Department of Cybernetic and Biomedical Engineering, VSB-TU Ostrava, 17.listopadu 15, 70030, Ostrava, Czech Republic. E-mail:zdenek.machacek@vsb.cz

Abstract: This paper focuses on the effective reducing of operating costs in the Smart Home Care system. The applied developed system components are designed for seniors auxiliary monitoring of the energy consumption. The paper describes the solution of information processing about quantity of the consumed electric and heat energy, gas and water consumption by using of the advanced system for consumption meters with recognition of video camera signal in the Smart Home Care monitoring system. The concept structure and principles of energy monitoring are designed with developed advanced electronic components, which are realized and verified for industry and commerce sphere.

Keywords: Smart Home Care, energy management, smart grids, energy consumption, image processing

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-162028

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 52, no. 1-2, pp. 517-524, 2016