An IDE for multimodal controls in smart buildings
Sebastian Peters, Jan Ole Johanßen, Bernd Bruegge · 2016
Smart buildings have become an essential part of our daily life. Due to the increased availability of addressable fixtures and controls, the operation of building components has become complex for occupants, especially when multimodal controls are involved. Thus, occupants are confronted with the need to manage these controls in a user-friendly way. We propose the MIBO IDE, an integrated development environment for defining, connecting, and managing multimodal controls designed with end-users in mind. The MIBO IDE provides a convenient way for occupants to create and customize multimodal interaction models while taking the occupants' preferences, culture, and potential physical limitations into account. The MIBO IDE allows occupants to apply and utilize various components such as the MIBO Editor. This core component can be used to define interaction models visually using the drag-and-drop metaphor and therefore without requiring programming skills. In addition, the MIBO IDE provides components for debugging and compiling interaction models as well as detecting conflicts among them.