The intelligent thermostat
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TL;DR
An integration of several approaches is proposed towards building an intelligent thermostat that can reduce energy consumption and an embedded task model, containing product usage patterns, can infer user intentions and serves as input to a dialog manager.
Abstract
Recent advances in approaches to mixed-initiative user interfaces for desktop applications provide a number of principles, which can be used to embed intelligence in consumer products. An integration of several approaches is proposed towards building an intelligent thermostat that can reduce energy consumption. A statistical model is used to spot trends in living patterns and make suggestions. An embedded task model, containing product usage patterns, can infer user intentions and serves as input to a dialog manager. Future work includes field-testing of the prototype and concepts in residential homes.