Home automation and simulation of presence in empty environments
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2017
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MATEC Web of Conferences
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Marques I.
Garcia P.
Garcia P.
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© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.Since their humble beginnings at the dawn of the 20th Century until contemporary age, automation and control systems have grown exponentially in both complexity and importance. Its relevance on human activities, be they mundane tasks or crucial processes, is self-evident. Among its many utilities, automated systems acquire a noble mission when put in service to protect life and property from aggressors of any kind. This paper discusses how home automation components can be utilized to implement an alternative domestic security strategy that consists in simulating the presence of an individual in an empty environment in the absence of its owner in order dissuade potential trespassing criminals, once they would feel highly discouraged to carry the criminal act should they believe the property is occupied.
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Automated systems , Automation and controls , Domestic security , Home automation , Human activities