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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
  • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
  • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
  • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
  • G05B19/04—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers
  • G05B19/042—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using digital processors
  • G05B19/0423—Input/output

Definitions

• the present disclosure generally relates to personalized automation systems, and is more particularly directed to system and method for control of physical devices in an ecosystem, based on sensor data.
• An automation system is any control system for operating one or more devices with reduced human intervention. Automation systems were first used in industries for the automation of industrial processes such as manufacturing, thus resulting in increased productivity, improved quality and efficiency, and reduced operation time.
• Smart automation systems have provisioned operation of connected devices using control systems and information technology. These systems have brought automation into day to day activities, thereby increasing user convenience by reducing user involvement in performing such activities at home and in office.
• the most rudimentary home automation systems are appliance control systems that automate the control of home appliances through the following two mechanisms namely, power line control and infra-red control.
• Power line control systems are used for switching an appliance On/Off using a remote device.
• Infra-red control systems are used to control the operation of an appliance by pressing or touching a button on a remote device while pointing the remote device to the appliance.
• Infra-red control systems are typically used individually for each appliance. However, such systems limit the distance between the remote control and the appliance, for effective working of the control system. Moreover, only a limited number of appliances can be controlled by infrared system to avoid interference of infrared signals from various remote devices. Although all-in-one infrared remotes are available, such control systems still must be close to the appliances in order to be able to control them.
• control of remote devices is dependent on a user's input.
• a user inputs a command by touching a screen of a touch device, giving audio and/or video commands, using gestures, etc.
• the system directs one or more connected devices to perform a function.
• pre-existing smart automation systems possess limitations, such as requirement of specific inputs from the users to control the connected devices and thus do not completely automate the day to day activities of the user. Further, these systems are unable to take into account both temporal and spatial data of a user and interpret this data to generate automatic device control. Thus, there is a need for improved device control system in which user input is minimized and where the system itself is enabled to control the physical devices to suit user's requirements and convenience, by appropriately inferring the user's specific information.
• the present invention provides an efficient device control system and method for passively controlling physical devices connected to the system based on physical and physiological state information of the user.
• the invention as described herein specifically relates to a system for passively controlling physical devices.
• the system comprises a user-affixed transreceiver module, a configuration generator, a sensor controller module and a communication module.
• the user-affixed transreceiver module is configured to extract physical state information and/or physiological state information of a user, upon occurrence of an event.
• the configuration generator generates at least one implicit command using extracted user state information, wherein the extracted user state information comprises at least one physiological state information of the user.
• the sensor controller module further comprises a repository unit for storing pre- configured information, and a comparator unit for comparing the at least one implicit command with the pre-configured information.
• the sensor controller module processes the at least one implicit command to generate at least one passive command.
• the communication module is configured to transmit the at least one passive command to at least one physical device, wherein the at least one physical device is adapted to be controlled by the at least one passive command.
• the invention also relates to a method for passively controlling physical devices connected to a device control system, where physical and/or physiological state information of a user is monitored by a user-affixed transreceiver module. Upon occurrence of an event, the state information is extracted and transmitted to a configuration generator. The extracted state information comprising at least one physiological state information is processed by the configuration generator to generate at least one implicit command, wherein the at least one implicit command is transmitted to a sensor controller module. The at least one implicit command is processed to generate at least one passive command. Subsequently, the at least one passive command is transmitted to at least one physical device, wherein the at least one physical device is adapted to be controlled by the at least one passive command. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
• Fig. 1 illustrates an example device control system in which various embodiments may be disclosed.
• Fig. 2A illustrates an example device control system in which an interface unit is attached to a transreceiver module.
• Fig. 2B illustrates an example device control system in which an interface unit is attached to a configuration generator.
• Fig. 2C illustrates an example device control system in which an interface unit is attached to a sensor controller module.
• Fig. 3 illustrates an example transreceiver module of a device control system of the present invention.
• Fig. 4 illustrates an example configuration generator of a device control system of the present invention.
• Fig. 5 illustrates an example sensor controller module of a device control system of the present invention.
• Fig. 6 illustrates an example method for passively controlling one or more physical devices.
• physical state information of a user may include one or more of gesture, motion, body temperature, height, weight, body mass, etc. of the user.
• the invention encompasses system and method for passively controlling physical devices, wherein physical state information is used to determine a physical state of the user, such as sitting, walking, running, smiling, laughing, driving, etc.
• physiological state information of a user may include one or more of heart rate, glucose level, blood pressure, pulse rate, skin temperature, cardiac data, brain data, perspiration, blood oxygen level, etc. of the user.
• the invention encompasses system and method for passively controlling physical devices, wherein physiological state information is used to determine a physiological state of the user, such as sleep, wakefulness, mood, temper, tone, feeling, pathological state, healthy and unhealthy states, emergency conditions, etc.
• a storage unit refers to a means for storing and/or loading data, information and instructions.
• the invention encompasses a storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory.
• the invention further encompasses a storage unit that includes a storage device such as magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., or any other medium for storing information and instructions.
• the invention further encompasses a storage unit, wherein the storage unit is single or multiple, coupled or independent, is positioned at device level or server level and encompasses other variations and options of implementation as may be obvious to a person skilled in the art.
• a physical device refers to any off-the-shelf electrical, electronic and electromechanical device or equipment.
• Any off-the-shelf physical device is capable of being configured to connect to a device control system of the present invention.
• Physical devices may include, but not limited to, electric switches, geysers, tea/coffee machines, dishwashers, washing machines, ovens, television sets, audio/video players, air conditioners, doors, windows, alarm clocks, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, automobiles, devices with artificial intelligence or any other devices or machines that may be or are of any use to the user.
• a processor refers to any logic circuitry for processing instructions.
• a processor may be a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGAs) circuits, any other type of integrated circuit (IC), etc.
• the processor may perform signal coding, data processing, power control, input/output processing, and/or any other functionality that enables the working of the device control system according to the present invention.
• Figure 1 illustrates example architecture of a device control system 100.
• the device control system 100 is used for passively controlling one or more physical devices 110 connected to the system, using sensed physical state information and/or physiological state information of the user.
• the device control system 100 comprises of a transreceiver module 102, a configuration generator 104, a sensor controller module 106 and a communication module 108, wherein one or more physical devices 110 are connected to the device control system 100 through the communication module 108.
• Each physical device 110 may be an off-the-shelf electrical, electronic and electromechanical device or equipment. Any off-the-shelf physical device can be configured to connect to the device control system 100.
• Physical devices may include, but not limited to, electric switches, geysers, tea/coffee machines, dishwashers, washing machines, ovens, television sets, audio/video players, air conditioners, doors, windows, alarm clocks, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, automobiles, or any other devices or machines that may be or are of any use to the user.
• Transreceiver Module may include, but not limited to, electric switches, geysers, tea/coffee machines, dishwashers, washing machines, ovens, television sets, audio/video players, air conditioners, doors, windows, alarm clocks, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, automobiles, or any other devices or machines that may be or are of any use to the user.
• Fig. 3 illustrates an example transreceiver module 102 of the present invention.
• the transreceiver module 102 is configured to monitor physical and/or physiological state information of the user. Upon occurrence of an event, the transreceiver module 102 is configured to extract physical state information and/or physiological state information of the user.
• the invention encompasses extraction of state information of the user wherein, extraction includes determining physical and/or physiological state information of the user based on sensor data sensed by the transreceiver module 102. For instance, the transreceiver module 102 measures the intensity of light being reflected by the skin or blood vessels beneath the skin (i.e. sensor data) and then uses this sensor data to determine the heart rate (i.e. physiological state information).
• the event is a state in which there is a change in at least one user state information. Further, the event is a state in which the at least one user state information of the user remains same for a specific interval of time.
• the event of change is either a sudden/gradual increase or decrease in the user state information.
• the sudden/gradual increase or decrease is calculated based on a comparison of currently extracted state information with one of a pre-configured value (historical value).
• the invention also encompasses increase or decrease of the currently extracted state information in respect of a threshold value which in turn may be pre-configured or updated into the system.
• the invention further includes the change to be an increase or decrease of the currently extracted information in respect of the information extracted for the previous moment or any unit of time defined, configured or updated into the system.
• the occurrence of the event corresponds to no change in the user state information for a specific unit of time defined, configured or updated into the system.
• the transreceiver module 102 is further capable of transmitting the extracted state information of the user.
• the transreceiver module 102 is configured to have at least one point of contact with the body of the user. A point of contact may be at any physical location on the user's body.
• the invention includes a transreceiver module 102 that is in direct point of contact with the body of the user.
• a transreceiver module 102 may be located in a wrist band that is in direct contact with the body of the user.
• the invention further includes the transreceiver module 102 that is in indirect point of contact with the body of the user.
• the transreceiver module 102 may be located on a user's belt.
• the invention further includes the transreceiver module 102 that is in close proximity to the body of the user.
• the invention encompasses a transreceiver module 102 that is a user-affixed transreceiver module.
• a user-affixed transreceiver module may be present in a user-wearable device, such as a watch, belt, shoes, clothes, jewelry, glasses, bands, etc.
• the invention further encompasses the transreceiver module 102 that is present in a device implanted inside the body of the user.
• the invention also encompasses the transreceiver module 102 that is ingested into the body of the user.
• the invention further encompasses the transreceiver 102 module that resides in a dedicated device for sensing user data, wherein the dedicated device may also include one or more processing units, memory units, communication units, etc.
• the transreceiver module 102 comprises a display module 302, a receiver module 304, a sensor array 306, and a transmitter module 308.
• the sensor array 306 is configured to monitor physical state information and/or physiological state information of a user by sensing the state information of the user.
• the sensor array 306 includes sensors of various types, including but not limited to, acoustic sensors, sound sensors, vibration sensors, chemical sensors, electric current sensors, electric potential sensors, magnetic sensors, environment sensors, flow sensors, motion sensors, thermal sensors, proximity sensors, light sensors, etc.
• the sensor array 306 further includes a processor for extracting user state information upon occurrence of the event. The processor may also process the extracted state information of the user before transmitting the state information to the configuration generator 104.
• the transmitter module 308 is configured to receive physical state information and/or physiological state information from the sensor array 306.
• the transmitter module 308 is further configured to transmit the state information to a configuration generator 104.
• the receiver module 304 is configured to receive updates from one or more physical devices and transmit the same to a display module 302 for displaying to the user.
• the display module 302 is configured to display some or all of the information received from the receiver module 304, to the user.
• the invention encompasses a display module 302 that provides received information to the user through a web browser.
• the display module may include different display technologies as may be obvious to a person skilled in the art, such as CRT display, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a electro luminescent display (ELD), a gas plasma display, etc.
• the invention further encompasses a transreceiver module 102, wherein the transreceiver module 102 further comprises of a storage unit (not shown in Fig. 3) for storing physical state information and/or physiological state information of the user sensed by the sensor array 306.
• Configuration generator
• Fig. 4 illustrates an example configuration generator 104 according to the present invention.
• the configuration generator 104 receives extracted physical state information and/or physiological state information of the user from the transreceiver module 102.
• the configuration generator 104 is configured to generate one or more implicit commands using the extracted state information. Further, the configuration generator 104 is capable of transmitting the implicit commands to a sensor controller module 106.
• the invention covers a configuration generator 104, wherein the configuration generator 104 is present in a user-wearable device.
• the invention further covers a configuration generator that is located in a device dedicated for performing the functions of the configuration generator 104.
• the dedicated device is typically a general purpose computer, mobile phone, laptop, desktop, smart phone, personal digital assistant, tablet computer, mainframe computer, or may be any other computing device as may be obvious to a skilled person.
• the invention also covers a configuration generator 104 that is adapted to run on a server cloud.
• the configuration generator comprises 104 a processing unit 402 and a storage unit 404.
• the processing unit 402 is configured to process extracted state information of the user received from the transreceiver module 102 to generate one or more implicit commands.
• the invention includes processing of extracted state information to generate one or more implicit commands, wherein processing includes determining a physical and/or physiological state of the user. For instance, processing unit 402 receives the body temperature of the user (i.e. extracted state information) from the transreceiver module 102. Processing of this extracted state information includes determining that the body temperature of the user has decreased (i.e. physiological state of the user). Based on this physiological state (i.e. body temperature has decreased) an implicit command for increasing the ambient temperature is generated.
• the storage unit 404 is used to store real-time extracted state information of the user and previously extracted historical state information of the user.
• the invention includes a storage unit 404 that stores previously generated implicit commands.
• the invention further includes a storage unit 404 that stores one or more reference values pre-configured in the system or pre- identified by the user or identified or modified by the user at any point of time.
• Sensor Controller Module Fig. 5 illustrates an example sensor controller module 106 according to the present invention.
• the sensor controller module 106 is configured to receive one or more implicit commands from the configuration unit 104 and compare the one or more implicit commands to pre-configured information. Further processing of the implicit command before or after the aforementioned step of comparing may also take place depending upon the system's requirement, by the sensor controller module 106 which in turn generates one or more passive commands and transmit said passive command(s) to a communication module 108.
• the invention encompasses a sensor controller module 106, wherein the sensor controller module 106 is present in a user-wearable device.
• the invention also encompasses a sensor controller module 106 that is located in a device dedicated for performing the functions of the sensor controller module.
• the dedicated device is typically a general purpose computer, mobile phone, laptop, desktop, smart phone, personal digital assistant, tablet computer, mainframe computer, or may be any other computing device as may be obvious to a skilled person.
• the invention further encompasses the sensor controller module 106 that is adapted to run on a server cloud.
• the sensor controller module 106 comprises a repository unit 502, a comparator unit 504, and a processing unit 506. Pre-configured information is stored in the repository unit 502.
• the invention encompasses the use of repository unit 502 to store user preferences in addition to the pre-configured information.
• the invention further encompasses a dynamic repository unit such as a self-learning unit which is configured to comprise a set of elementary rules defined by the device control system provider or the user. Additional information based on specific usage of the system by the user is added dynamically to the self-learning repository unit.
• the pre-configured information stored in the repository unit 502 includes a set of rules.
• Each rule comprises one or more constraints and one or more corresponding actions which are to be performed when some or all of the constraints are met.
• a rule for turning on the coffee machine comprises the following constraints- (i) current time is between 7 am to 10 am or 7 pm to 8 pm; (ii) blood pressure of the user is sensed to be lower than 90/70; (iii) user has gotten up from bed; (iv) user is brushing his/her teeth; and (v) user has come home after work.
• the corresponding action for this rule is- turn on the coffee machine.
• a coffee machine can be turned on in many instances such as- (i) current time is between 7 am and 10 am, and the user is brushing his/her teeth; (ii) current time is between 7 pm and 8 pm, the user has come back from work, and blood pressure of the user is sensed to be lower than 90/70; etc.
• the invention also encompasses pre-configured information comprising one or more rules, wherein more than one rule is configured for performing a single action.
• the comparator unit 504 is configured to compare one or more implicit commands received from the configuration generator 104 with the pre-configured information stored in the repository unit 502.
• the invention includes comparison of an implicit command with one or more rules of the pre-configured information.
• the invention also includes a comparator unit 504, wherein the comparator unit 504 compares an implicit command with the user preferences or dynamically stored additional information.
• the comparator unit 504 is adapted to send the results of the comparison to the processing unit 506.
• the processing unit 506 is configured to further process the search results to generate one or more passive commands and transmit the passive commands to a communication module 108.
• the communication module 108 is configured to transmit one or more passive commands to one or more physical devices 110.
• the communication module 108 comprises one or more networks and communication channels, wherein the communication channels are wired or wireless channels.
• the invention encompasses use of network, for example, internet, a personal area network, local area network, metropolitan area networks, wide area network, or any combination of these. In alternate embodiments, the network may even be a storage area network, a virtual private network or an enterprise private network.
• the communication module 108 as described herein possesses multi-channel multiplexing capabilities, queuing and scheduling capabilities, etc.
• the device control system 100 of the present invention passively controls the behavior of one or more physical devices, wherein the physical devices are intelligent or smart devices in specific embodiments and are devices without intelligence in alternate embodiments.
• the physical devices may be any off-the-shelf electrical, electronic and electromechanical devices or equipment. Any off-the-shelf physical device is capable of being configured to connect to a device control system of the present invention.
• Physical devices may include, but not limited to, electric switches, geysers, tea/coffee machines, dishwashers, washing machines, ovens, television sets, audio/video players, air conditioners, doors, windows, alarm clocks, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, automobiles, or any other devices or machines that may be or are of any use to the user.
• the invention encompasses each physical device to have a unique identification number or code or signature.
• the unique identification number or code or signature of the physical device may be used to reference the physical device in the device control system 100.
• Said unique code encompasses unique IP address of the device or a unique MAC address or any other unique signature or attribute of the device that can help in identification or association or reference of the device in and by the system.
• FIG. 2 illustrates example device control system according the present invention.
• the device control system 100 comprises a transreceiver module 102, a configuration generator 104, a sensor controller module 106, a communication module 108, physical devices 110 and an interface unit 112.
• the interface unit 112 includes an interface to facilitate interaction between a user and the device control system 100.
• the interface unit 112 is adapted to input or request for, physical and/or physiological state information, user preferences, notifications regarding updates on one or more physical devices, etc.
• the interface unit 112 is further adapted to display response to any request input by the user, notification messages from the physical devices, etc.
• the interface unit 112 is attached to the transreceiver module 102 as shown in Fig. 2A. In another embodiment, the interface unit 112 is attached to the configuration generator 104 as shown in Fig. 2B. In yet another embodiment, the interface unit 112 is attached to the sensor control module as shown in Fig. 2C.
• the invention includes wired or wireless communication channels for facilitating interaction between various modules of the device control system.
• the invention further includes an internal bus for facilitating communication between various components within each module of the device control system.
• the invention encompasses a device control system comprising one or more processors, audio input and output terminals, video input and output terminals, power sources, keypads, touchpads, removable memory, non-removable memory, servers, and other peripherals that are necessary for, or that improve the system's operation.
• Fig 6 illustrates an example method for passively controlling one or more physical devices according to the present invention.
• the method as depicted in Fig. 6 will be discussed in connection with the device control system of Fig. 1.
• a same or substantially similar process can be used for other implementations.
• the transreceiver module 102 of the device control system 100 monitors physical state information and/or physiological state information of a user.
• the invention covers storing of monitored physical state information and physiological state information of the user in one or more storage units.
• Physical state information of the user includes, but is not limited to, gesture, motion, body temperature, height, weight, body mass, etc., of the user.
• the physical state information may be used to determine a physical state of the user, such as sitting, walking, running, smiling, laughing, driving, etc.
• the physiological state information of the user includes, but is not limited to, heart rate, glucose level, blood pressure, pulse rate, skin temperature, cardiac data, brain data, perspiration, blood oxygen level, etc., of the user.
• the physiological state information may be used to determine a physiological state of the user, such as sleep, wakefulness, mood, temper, tone, feeling, pathological state, etc.
• a state information of the user may be considered as both a physical state information and physiological state information.
• Monitoring physical state information and/or physiological state information of the user, as described in step 602 is a continuous process that keeps running unless the transreceiver module 102 is turned off.
• the transreceiver module 102 may be turned off by the user or due to other reasons including but not limited to discharging of the battery, power cut, system failure in the software or hardware components, etc.
• the invention encompasses the capability of monitoring state information and also simultaneously performing steps described below, i.e. even when other steps of the invention are being performed, the system continues to monitor the state information as covered by the invention. The same has been illustrated in Figure 6
• step 604 the process determines occurrence of an event. If an event has not occurred, then the control passes back to step 602. However, if at step 604the event has occurred, the control passes to step 606.
• Step 606 includes extracting the user state information.
• the state information from one or more sensors located in the sensor array 306 is extracted, wherein the extracted state information may be optionally stored in one or more storage units.
• the configuration generator 104 processes the extracted state information of the user to generate one or more implicit commands, wherein the extracted state information comprises at least one physiological state information.
• the invention encompasses that the implicit command generated at step 608 includes an action description for an action to be performed by a physical device and a criterion for performing the action. For instance, an action description of an implicit command may be 'turn on the geyser' and the criterion for this command may be 'if the user has woken up from sleep'.
• a configuration generator 104 transmits one or more implicit commands to a sensor controller module 106.
• the one or more implicit commands may be transmitted to a sensor controller module 106 via a communication channel.
• Step 612 includes processing an implicit command in the sensor controller module 106, wherein the implicit command is compared with pre-configured information stored in the repository unit 502.
• the pre- configured information includes pre-defined rules provided by the provider of the device control system.
• the pre-configured information may also include information defined by the user.
• the pre-configured information may further include dynamically created and stored information based on the specific usage of the device control system by the user.
• the pre-configured information stored in the repository unit 502 includes a set of rules. Each rule comprises one or more constraints and one or more corresponding actions which are to be performed when some or all of the constraints are met.
• Step 612 includes processing an implicit command, wherein processing comprises comparing an implicit command with one or more pre-defined rules.
• one or more passive commands are generated for one or more physical devices based on the inputs received from the sensor controller module 106, i.e. based on the results of processing of the implicit command with the pre-configured information.
• the invention encompasses establishment of a connection between the sensor controller module 106 and the one or more physical devices 110 after the generation of a passive command at step 614, wherein the connection establishment includes sending a test packet to one or more physical devices and receiving an acknowledgement packet from the physical devices. After connection establishment, the control passes to step 616.
• the one or more passive commands generated by the sensor controller module 106 are transmitted to one or more physical devices, whereupon said physical devices act or are automatically controlled in accordance with the passive commands received from the sensor controller module 106 of the system 100.
• the passive commands may be transmitted to one or more physical devices via a communication channel.
• Step 618 the user is notified of an update on the status of the physical device 110.
• Notifying the user includes sending a notification message from a physical device, via the communication module 108 to any one of the transreceiver module 102, configuration generator 104 and sensor control module 106.
• the invention encompasses notifying the user of an update on the status of the physical device wherein, the notification message from a physical device is sent to the transreceiver module 103 via the communication module 108 and the communication channel.
• the invention also encompasses notifying the user of an update on the status of the physical device wherein the notification message from a physical device is sent to the transreceiver module 102 via the sensor controller module 106 and configuration generator 104.
• Notifying the user also includes displaying the notification to the user through a display module 302 or an interface unit 112.
• a notification message is sent to the user at a pre-defined interval while in alternate embodiment, the notification message is sent to the user when an action as provided in the passive command is performed by the physical device.
• the notification message includes a description of the state of the physical device, for example, an on/off state, damaged state, not responding state, etc.
• the notification may also include recommendations to the user.
• the invention encompasses a situation wherein, a user sends a request to view his/her physical state information and/or physiological state information via the interface unit 112.
• physical state information and/or physiological state information of the user is displayed on the display unit 102 or the interface unit 112.
• the displayed state information of the user may include real-time monitored state information, historical state information, summarized state information for the past few days or months, average value of the state information over a period of time, a mean value of the state information over a period of time, etc.
• the invention encompasses generation of passive command(s), in special circumstances, when a change detected in the physical state information or physiological state information of the user lies outside a safe threshold of that state information.
• a passive command is generated, wherein the passive command is to call the ambulance.
• the invention encompasses generation of passive command(s), in special circumstances, when a changed physical state information or physiological state information of the user lies outside a safe range and does not return to the safe range within a pre-defined period of time. For example, a change in the user's heart rate is detected. If the increased heart rate persists for more than a pre-defined period of time such as 20 minutes, a passive command is sent to the user's phone, wherein the passive command is to call the emergency contact of the user.
• the invention further encompasses controlling the physical device/s, if required, independent of user state information. For instance, if the current state of a physical device remains same for more than a pre-defined period of time, a passive command is generated.
• the present invention also includes an error correction mechanism.
• An error is said to occur if an erroneous passive command is communicated to a physical device or a passive command is communicated to a device other than the device for which the command is intended.
• the system continuously checks for errors while simultaneously performing its intended task of passive command generation. In case an error in the system is detected, the system generates another passive command to cancel the erroneous passive command. For instance, if an erroneous passive command is generated and sent to a coffee machine to switch on the machine, the system generates another passive command to switch off the machine and transmits the same to the coffee machine.
• the system and method according to the invention can also be adapted to provide recommendations to the user based on sensed physical state information and physiological state information of the user. Recommendations may include health tips, suggestions on effective use of resources like electricity, etc.
• the system and method of passively controlling physical devices as described herein above is adapted to operate completely or in parts at a device level, a server level and combination thereof. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be implemented in hardware, software or a combination -thereof.
• the software may be implemented using any suitable programming language or combination of programming languages obvious to a person skilled in the art.

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