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MAGIC MIRROR USING RASPBERRY PI

Mrs.Lavanya Vemulapalli1, K.Bhavya2, M.Ribka3, V.Ramya4,
G.Sushanth Bikky Joseph5,G.Rajkumar6, 1Assistant Professor
, 2,3,4,5,6Students,
Dept. Of Computer Science & Engineering, Dhanekula Institute of Engineering
and Technology, A.P , India.

Abstract — Intelligent mirrors, which continue the work today and will take its place in the future
technology, provide both mirror and computer aided information services to its users. Microcontroller
cards which are present in raspberry pi, are connected to the internet and take information from the
internet and show this information on the places located on the mirror. The developing intelligent
magic mirror includes the weather details, time and location information, current event details, user
information taken from web services using Raspberry Pi 3 microcontroller card. Some devices or
things can be controlled by voice commands through microphone on the magic mirror. A smart
mirror displays applications so that you can check the weather, local news, etc. while you are getting
ready in the morning. The mirror exactly thinks like human in a smart way. This magic mirror aims to
reduce or save the user time to check their pc, tablet or Smartphone for the information they required
in their daily morning or night routine. This magic mirror contains a micro-controller called Raspberry
Pi which behaves like a human brain which is considered as a brain of the interactive system. In magic
mirror we use python scripts for mirror software and also for personal assistant. For making this
personal assistant an Google account is required. Using the Google Assistant, the Google function and
Google skills using skill kit will be created. Once the function is set up, the function can be accessed
using a command line after the software is installed. An 18’’ LED Monitor will be placed below a
high quality one-way mirror and the model will be held in a wooden frame. We will build a separate
personal assistant that will be able to recognize voice commands and performspeech to text operations.
The personal assistance is named GOOGLE. There is a huge scope for this project and AI is much
needed today.

Keywords — Raspberry pi ,node.js, javascript, python, google assistant, speech recognition.

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INTRODUCTION
Everyone wants to live comfortably in this world.In today's situation people require
connectivity and easy access to information. Every individual wants to keep informed about global
events through the internet or television.The internet of things(IOT) is a concept which refers to the
internet connecting computed devices embedded with ordinary things that enables the transfer of data.
The continuous growth of the internet of things expands its applications like transforming a house into
a smart house and developing it into smart cities.A smart home or smart city is the one that
connected to internet and enables the communication of smart gadgets.Our way of living has change to
the point where the basic objective is to increase our time. Internet of Things (iot) is a concept that is
used to describe “technologies, systems, and design principles associated with the emerging wave of
Internet-connected things that are based on the physical environment”. It refers to a network of
uniquely identifiable things (objects) and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure,
which are able to collect and exchange data and are remotely controlled across existing network
infrastructure .it comprises of major components including sensing function, heterogeneous access,
information processing, security, privacy, and applications and services.

According to the International Telecommunication Union (2013), the concept Internet of Things
(iot) is defined as a global structure for society that enables Internet service to connect to physical
matter based on information and communication technologies available. IOT came into existence with
a broad perspective and it quite brings a huge implication of technology in society. Along with the
developing technology, several information can be found easily and the Magic Mirror, Smart Home
has been widespread increasingly. The magic Mirror system which is implemented based on the
concept of Internet of Things (iot) specifically to allow people to manage and control home appliances
through voice commands. Generally managing the home appliances is identified as big problem for
many people. Every day we have too many things to do in home like daunting chores. For example if
we make a list regarding things to do daily in home and we lost it because of misplaced the list and
another example , everyone leading a busy life nowadays and forgotten the daily activities like
switching off the lights and fans in room which leads to power wastage so to deal with this situation
we are implementing a smart device called magic mirror using internet of things to manage home
appliances and to perform some other activities such providing information through network and
control all electrical appliances with network by following user voice commands and using the sensor
it recognize the the voice of user to receive commands and to respond to users requirement.

A goal for building a magic mirror is to use a high quality one-way mirror , a lcd monitor, a
frame to hold mirror and monitor and a sensor to activate the magic mirror and raspberry pi to provide
information using internet, and a google assistant framework is used to develop the user interface for
controlling the display information and some basic parts like microphone and speaker are used to
recognize the voice of the user to receive instructions and respond to users needs with help of
information provided by raspberry pi. Magic mirrors are developed when a conventional mirror is
transformed into an interactive information display item with unique interaction capabilities. Because
we use mirrors on a daily basis, they are a perfect example of a natural interface.

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RELATED WORK

Michael Teeuw [1] was the first person to set up a smart mirror and introductory to use a raspberry pi
for this function. The first smart mirror blog was proposed in the year 2014, since it was a very latest
product it gains a lot of attention. This mirror is built on raspberry pi 2 and uses a monitor to view. It
displayed climate and time importing these from various modules which were linked to real time
websites. It was just an information panel which didn’t have the ability to contact with the mirror. A
module-based interface was made and o n displayed climate, news,time or daily comic strips.
In 2003 Phillip discover the Mirror TV that was developed using the same principles of smart mirrors.
Their product was a normal TV that was put behind a two way mirror so that the TV would appear as
a mirror when turned on and as TV when turned on. They had an option to have the mirror would be
larger than the TV. A usage part presented by Phillips was to have the kids watch cartoons while
brushing their teeth at the same time.

Biljana Cvetkoska, Ninoslav Marina,Dijana Capeska Bogatinoska, “Smart Mirror E-health Authority
– Posture Analyze”[3], Presented as, Many different kinds of smart assistants andtechnologies, such as
virtual assistants, smart phones, and wearables, existed today with the goal of coordinating and
optimizing people's daily activities all over the world. The primary target of smart assistants is on
basic human needs, such as browsing, scheduling, navigating, and other comparable tasks. However,
few intelligent assistants are concerned with human health in general. The idea to make use of a smart
mirror to detect health issues is the topic of this paper. Here we are presenting the smart mirror for
heath which consists of a smart mirror having its own algorithm and behaves like a smart assistant.
Face recognition identification, posture problem detection, and good posture advice are used in this
suggested paradigm, which is followed by preventive healthcare proposal. The program analyzes the
posture and body changes over time after identifying the person's posture. The analysis results better
our assumptions, with the tested individual's upright posture improving at a significant rate. The
assessment results, which improved with each subsequent individual study, demonstrate the benefit of
the proposed smart algorithm.

To improve learning, smart mirrors can be used to expose different academic information. By
exposure the data on the mirror, it will make it simple for users to access the information. This
product is connected to the administrator device; it can create and change the data. Approval will
correspond to various time slots [4].

Hannah Mittelstaedt [5] made a home mirror. It was posted on the reddit website. The mirror used a
Smartphone as the display screen. Since it was an android tablet so looks of android were used to
display time, weather, date and remainders. The software made use of android appliances but can be
converted easily as it is open source. Anyone can change it and develop a new variant. Home Mirror is
a kind of smart mirror that is simple to set up than other mirrors as it need just two main elements, any
android mobile phone or a tablet and a mirror. However, this too need of any kind of understanding or
interaction.

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PROPOSED METHOD
The proposed system is a magic mirror using raspberry pi which provides both mirror and computer
aided information services to its users. Main goal is to implement the home automation.
Microcontroller cards which are present in raspberry pi, are connected to the internet and take
information from the internet can show this information on the places located on the mirror. The
developed intelligent mirror system includes the weather information, time and location information,
current event information, user information taken from web services using Raspberry Pi 3
microcontroller card. Some devices or things can be controlled by voice commands through
microphone on the magic mirror. In magic mirror we use python scripts for mirror software and also
for personal assistant. For making this personal assistant a Google account is required. Using the
Google Assistant, the Google function and Google skills using skill kit will be created. Magic mirror
provides the features using third party APIs.

The Magic Mirror can be installed using automatic installers or manually. In this paper we develop
the magic mirror by installing manually.

Architectural design:

Methodology:
We plan to develop and design the smart mirror which provides a new experience to the user
while using the mirror. Our proposed magic mirror consists of a high quality one-way mirror,lcd
monitor,raspberry pi,sensors,raspberry pi modules , cables and connectors.

A wooden frame is used to cover the hardware attached to the mirror.we attach monitor and raspberry

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pi , microphone,speaker and sensor behind the mirror.the power supply is attached to the raspberry pi
which is used to power the monitor and sensors.

We use the sensor to activate the mirror and once the mirror is activated it connects to docker which
contains api and required software to run the magic mirror.this also requires internet access provided
by wifi module in the raspberry pi.

The layout which is displayed on the magic mirror is prepared using xml and javascript when the
mirror is activated and it shows the information of weather,calendar , new headlines,radio and daily
schedule of the user.it contains the api of MMM- voice assistant to respond to user voice commands.

This magic mirror implements home automation which means it controls all the smart devices present
in home through voice commands.

In this magic mirror we use the software called node.js to develop the application along with use of
languages like python and javascript as server side languages.the proposed magic mirror performs the
advanced features than existing systems using different sensors and by usingadvanced hardware.

the proposed magic mirror performs these activities:

1. A high quality one-way mirror displays the user real time image along with user interface to
perform activities.

2.once the user appears in front of the mirror , the magic mirror is activated using the sensor and
displays the information of weather,time,news,radio etc.

3. make conversion with google assistant(sdk version)

4.control your cpu.

5. open youtube links.

6. open links discovered by assistant.

7.watch your photo album

8. control the volume of your mirror

9. control the screen(with/without pi sensor or relay)

10.control your internet access

11.control spotify player and play music on mirror. 12.play

your preferred song from usb key or local files

13. watch the videos by accessing youtube.

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14. With the help of uber api we can book a ride on uber with a mirror.
15. the mirror is synced with smart devices in the home which leads to home automation

Hardware required:
1. Raspberry pi 3B+ :
The raspberry pi compute module 3+ is a range of DDR2-SODIMM mechanically compatible system
on modules containing processor,memory,eMMC flash and supporting power circuitry.these modules
allow a designer to leverage the raspberry pi hardware and software stack in their own custom systems
and from factors.raspberry pi used in magic mirror to provide information through internet and it
controls the whole application.

2. Sd memory card:
An sd card is a removable memory card that is inserted in raspberry pi to save,store and transfer the
data. At Least 16 gb memory card is required to seamlessly undergo the function of a magic mirror.
3. LED monitor:
A monitor is an electronic visual computer display that includes a screen, circuitry and the case in
which that circuitry is enclosed. In our case we will need at least a 18’’ led monitor to find the ample
space for all the modules used in the magic mirror.it presents all the outputs of the entire module
without any worry about the space.

4.Connectors:

There are a lot of connectors required in building the magic mirror. Some of them are:

4.1 HDMI cable:

HDMI means high definition multimedia interface, a standard for simultaneously transmitting
digital video and audio from a source such as a computer or tv cable box to a computer monitor,tv or
projector.in magic mirror it is used to connect raspberry pi to themonitor.
4.2 AUX cable:
Aux(auxiliary input) cables are small , slim wires to transfer sound. You can use them to
connect your devices to an amp, home theater system or computer speakers and enjoy flawless music at
home or in yours.This is used to connect raspberry pi with speakers.
4.3 Power adapter:
power adapter is used to provide power supply to the whole monitor and the complete magic
mirror system.
4.4 Microphone:
a microphone is a device that translates sound vibrations in the air into electronic signals or
scribes them to a recording medium.microphone is used for the function of google assistant in our
module.
4.5 Speaker:
The basic objective of speakers is to offer audio output for the listener.any output for google

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assistant or spotify is provided by using the speakers in a magic mirror.

5.One-way mirror and wooden frame: a one- way mirror is also called a half silvered mirror which
is used to display the information to the user and at the same time the user can view the real image .
Wooden frame or box is required to hold the monitor and the mirror in place. Also any other
additional components that are required for the functioning of the mirror to be kept in place and needs
to be held completely hidden.

Modules:
In magic mirror we use various modules from python for development of application.Python is
the primary language in which all the software is built up on.python is used for creation, linking and
accessing all the modules that are used in the magic mirror.
Modules used in magic mirror:

1. cloud speech api: the google cloud speech api enables easy integration of google speech recognition
technologies into developer applications.the speech api allows you to send audio and receive a text
transcription from the service.this is paid api but can be used for free for the magic mirror as it allows
a particular number of responses for free daily.
2. MMM-google assistant module: this is the module that is used to create a google assistant inside
the magic mirror.this library is supported on hardware such as the raspberry pi.

Implementation:
To develop the magic mirror we need to follow the process and here we are explaining the process to
implement magic mirror. We are developing magic mirror as web application using APIs and modules
in python. Here we are installing the magic mirror manually. We are installing node.js software to
implement magic mirror. The magic mirror package manager is a command line interface designed to
simplify the installation, removal and maintenance of magic mirror modules. Magic mirror can be
deployed using docker.we use sd memory card to store and transfer data in raspberry pi and we use
magicmirrorOS instead of downloading the raspbian and place in SD card. It uses an alternative docker
setup which allows the direct output on raspberry screen. After setup of magic mirror we have to do
Google assistant implementation. To implement Google assistant we use MMM-Google assistant
module from python and we need to setup the API credential. To setup the API we use the mail
address to login. Then we enable the Google assistant API for this project in cloud platform console.
After setup of Google assistant api we need to add extension such as YouTube , spotify.to access the
YouTube data we need to activate YouTube api and we set hot word to access the data by voice
commands through Google assistant. In the same we need to add extensions such as EXT-spotify and
write scripts in python to add hot word for accessing the spotify and to control the spotify with voice
commands by Google assistant.

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API Credential Setup

Create a project.
1. Use your current gmail mail address (same like your phone)
2. Connect to Cloud Platform Console
3. Agree and continue

 Open project manager

 Create new project

 Enter your project name and Create

 Your new project is now created!

 Enable GOOGLE ASSSISTANT API

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YouTube Extension:
YouTube windows in rest

RESULTS
The user gives the input for our magic mirror by using voice commands that it listens and
provide output according to the user commands. the activities include remainders, weather, time, news
and entertainment purpose activities. It can also provide basic conversation between user and Google
assistant.

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The output is generated from the magic mirror in the form of voice as well as text display in
mirror. Mainly the mirror display basic features which are automatically display in mirror without using
of voice commands and if you want a voice response for basic features we can give voice command and
mirror provide response through voice by using speaker which is connected to raspberry pi.

CONCLUSION

the magic mirror designed in this project provides a new experience to society. This application is an
advanced technology to provide smart life to everyone. The main advantage is magic mirror act as
home automation and it uses a sensor to activate the mirror. Though it has advantages it still has a
room for improvement to the development of new features on magic mirror. This proposed system can
be easily extended for frameworks such making phone calls and add face recognition to activate user
information but this system is a enhancement for other existing systems.

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