TV Automatic Control System for Single-person Households

1인 가구를 위한 TV자동 제어 시스템

  • Kim, Eun Seo (Department of System Semiconductor Engineering, Sangmyung University) ;
  • Lim, Jaeyun (Department of System Semiconductor Engineering, Sangmyung University) ;
  • Kim, Sunhee (Department of System Semiconductor Engineering, Sangmyung University)
  • 김은서 (상명대학교 시스템반도체공학과) ;
  • 임재윤 (상명대학교 시스템반도체공학과) ;
  • 김선희 (상명대학교 시스템반도체공학과)
  • Received : 2022.02.09
  • Accepted : 2022.03.25
  • Published : 2022.03.31

Abstract

The number of single-person households is increasing worldwide, and among them, the proportion of elderly single-person households is increasing. In the case of elderly single-person households, a significant portion of their leisure time is devoted to watching TV. However, if they fall asleep while watching TV without turning it off, it may be difficult to sleep well due to lights and sounds of TV, which can cause health problems such as depression and reduced immunity. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a system that automatically turns off the TV when a person watching TV falls asleep. Images are collected using the camera installed in front of the TV. Since the posture of a person watching TV varies from a sitting posture to a lying posture, the system is designed to determine whether or not to fall asleep regardless of the posture. In addition, since it becomes difficult to judge eye movements as a person moves away from the TV, a method for extending the judgmentable distance is proposed. The system model was implemented and tested using a Raspberry Pi, a monitor, an infrared sensor, and a camera. Eye movements were judged regardless of sitting or lying position, and the distance between a user and a TV was extended by about 200 cm.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 과학기술정보통신부와 연구개발특구진흥재단이 지원하는 과학벨트 지원사업으로 수행된 연구결과입니다.

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