Understanding the Elders' Interaction with Smart Home in Korea

Smart Home is an application of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in living environment. The concept of smart home has received interests as future solution for the elders and disabled to enhance quality of life. The long-term objective of this study is to design accessible Smart Home for the elders. And a key element to design accessible Smart Home is in-depth understanding of interaction between users and system. In this work-in-progress paper, we present two-phase study to obtaining better understand interaction between the elders and Smart Home. As results we present preliminary insights from diary study and interview on the elders living in built-in Smart Home in Korea. The results will contribute to improve convenience and satisfaction of the elders by making practical use of their interaction characteristics in their daily residential environment.