ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Environmental Control Units also known as Electronic Aids to Daily Living provide a means to interact and manipulate one or more electronic appliances such as a television, radio, electric bed, telephone or lights. This is accomplished by using speech recognition or switch access via a computer interface. Controlling electronic devices is usually done with ultrasound, infrared, AC wiring throughout the house or radio frequency.
The evaluation consists of:
- Identifying the most appropriate method of control
- Determine cognitive abilities related to understanding ECU operation
- Identifying ECU functions desired
- Integration into living environment
- Trail use with various systems