Smart Refrigerator

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Om Amrit 10026834

Lecturer Name: Patrick O’Callaghan

Module/Subject Title: Innovation and IT Management(B9MG138)

Assignment Title: Smart Refrigerator

No of Words: 1499

Contents 1. Summary 4 2. Introduction 4 3. Analysis 5 4. References 8

1. Summary

A smart refrigerator is one that is provided to sense what items are constantly put into it, and may even have the ability to figure out when an item needs to be recharged. The smart refrigerator stays informed regarding what is in stock through several separate routines. The disadvantage of smart fridge is that most devices are not yet ready to communicate with another brand of devices. Specific products can only be networked with their fellow products under the same brand name. The solution of this problem is connecting a fridge to the cloud and it should be independent of any particular brand. It should be easily accessed and controlled by any device.

2. Introduction

Intelligent machines with media proficiencies have been developing into our day by day life, because of the quick development of registering innovation and the wide utilization of the Internet. Kitchen is one of the spots where such shrewd apparatuses have been utilized. Since cutting edge life style is driving individuals investing less time on cooking solid sustenance at home, an agreeable and sound life style can be aided with an adroit kitchenware, for example, a smart fridge. It is intended for overseeing things archived in it and prompting its clients with cooking systems contingent upon what sort of sustenance is archived.

In accepted or standard refrigerator there is no arrangement of immediately screening the materials or sustenance things and additionally it won’t swap instantly. A smart refrigerator is one which holds self-checking ability of sustenance thing or material with negligible or no human mediation. Such an item might as well have the proficiencies of immediately discovering and cautioning the shopper of the requirement to restock or recharge lessening supplies. In our framework the refrigerator immediately keeps the track of the measure of unfilled space, and accordingly in a roundabout way the measure of things in refrigerator compartments. The framework will immediately advise the possessor about the status of the refrigerator through short message service (SMS) or e-mail and additionally shop possessor through the quick Ethernet system. The framework additionally has LCD presentation screen and ringer on the entryway of the refrigerator. LCD showcase screen shows the message when the things are over and in the meantime bell is on, which shows to home parts about the load of the refrigerator.
(By Nayak, S., Gangadhar, G. and Puttamadappa, C)

A smart refrigerator is one that is furnished to sense what items are constantly put into it, and may even have the ability to figure out when an item needs to be renewed. The smart refrigerator stays informed regarding what is in stock through several separate systems. The strategy picked frequently hinges on upon the innovation accessible on the nourishment bundle. Given the way that the smart refrigerator is still all in all in the test stages, the innovation is as of now developing.

You may utilize one of two distinctive passage routines to have the smart refrigerator store stock. The primary system is programmed. In the event that nourishment bundling is furnished with a RFID tag (A radio frequency identification reader, RFID reader, is a device used to accumulate data from a RFID tag, which is utilized to track distinct items. Radio waves are utilized to exchange information from the tag to a reader.), the refrigerator immediately recognizes what is continuously put into it. The other system is manual passage of the item. The data is archived in the machine to help the inhabitants comprehend what is in the unit while never needing to open it.

One of the greatest advantages to smart refrigerator is that it can record the date so nourishment that is touchy to ruining might be nearly screened. The refrigerator may even have the capacity to send alarms when the nourishment achieves a focus where it may be suspect. This alarm may be shown on the refrigerator's screen or may be sent to a machine through email.

One such advancement that was as of late uncovered at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the LG Thin Q Smart refrigerator, a canny refrigerator that has the ability to let us know what to consume and when to consume it. LG is preparing for another period in smart machines. From a refrigerator that helps you eating methodology and stays informed concerning your goods, to a robot that vacuums by means of smartphone control, LG is giving the family an entire new tech makeover.

The organization reported at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show a show of new items to its Smart Thin Q apparatus line. At the cutting edge of its new line is its refrigerator, which simply got a ton smarter with a health director offer that permits you to look after your eating regimen, send formulas to your smart broiler and even updates you as often as possible when you use up certain staple goods.

The health director likewise alters relative profiles to indulge every individual in the house and could be regulated by voice distinguishment. (By Samantha Murphy Kelly)

3. Analysis

But there are also some consequences of smart fridge and the truth is, nobody needs to correspond with their fridge. Nobody needs the commitment of keeping their fridge educated unless they're genuinely short on between particular relationships. You need to open your refrigerator to get the milk, ideally while talking to another person or listening to the radio. You would prefer not to sweep its standardized identification or let it realize that you're considering cooking with smoked haddock next Tuesday. What's more with respect to radiating straight to Ocado - who needs to liaise with the refrigerator about conveyance times? There's sufficient Ocado squabbling in our house as it seems to be.
(By Susie Steiner)

Smart refrigerators, then again, can infer sustenance supplies that are low on stock and necessities prompt renewal. The recommendations are dependent upon the client's authentic obtaining conduct and trends. Compare these preferences to its dreaded weaknesses like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging everything to be set inside the smart refrigerator, each one bit of apparel to be put inside a smart wardrobe or pharmaceuticals inside a smart pharmaceutical bureau are simply excessively saddling an action for a lot of people.

The other disadvantage is the way that most units are not yet primed to correspond with an alternate brand of mechanisms. Particular items must be connected with their kindred items under the same brand name. It is great that All seen Alliance is determining connectivity happens yet the truth of a "general remote control" for all these gadgets and items is still in its childish advancement.
(By Roberto I.Belda)

The main shortages of current smart fridges are:-

* The engineering is excessively mind boggling for most family unit clients, requiring more easy to understand interface for general clients who have practically zero encounters of utilizing workstation. * There is constrained system association, either without rapid association or without enough backing. * Since the arranged home might empower data to stream out of the home in ways that families are not usual to, protection could be bargained in utilizing smart fridge. * There is no exceptional working framework for remote apparatus utilization to control the smart framework. (By Luo, S., Jin, J. S. and Li, J)

This is the fact that most devices are not yet ready to communicate with another brand of devices. Samsung and LG consumers can access to their smart refrigerator by using their respective device only. Samsung fridge can only be accessed or operated by using only Samsung phone or tablet. So this would be a great problem for retailers or consumers. Consumers have to buy only Samsung device (smartphone/Tablet) which is compatible with the fridge. Even then the retailers have to invest for installation so that they can communicate with consumers for marketing purpose. The most recent smart refrigerator lets clients stream the filtered data about their sustenance into applications like Evernote – which raises records online – then synchronize that data crosswise over units. This implies that your ice chest could let you know that your milk is going to lapse, and whoever's at the market will gain the redesign on a telephone, and know to purchase an alternate quart. It's likely the smart cooler's most profitable application to date, yet at the same time just when you utilize the smart fridge properly.
(By Emma Bryce)

A smart fridge connectivity with the cloud so that all the data get synchronised with the database and becomes easier for the consumers to monitor their food stuffs stored in the fridge. All the stored products details will be also shared by the retailers so that consumers will get notifications about the availability of the products along with the better deal.

For example, Milk and eggs are the most consumable products for any household. The usable limitations of these products are expiry date and quantity. There is an expiry date on milk and eggs come in quantity. These details of the products will be read by the barcode scanner installed on the smart fridge and will be automatically synchronised by the cloud server. Also these details will be shared by the retailers selling these products. Consumers do not have to check there expiry date or quantity regularly. Smart fridge will automatically sense the consumption and will update the server. Consumers will get notification about the products through email and SMS and will get different deals from the retailers.

Cloud server may be the answer of this question. Any smart refrigerator do not have to depend on any specific server. They should be easily accessed by any device or any server. For example android which is compatible with smartphones and which is not dedicated to any particular brand.

4. References

Belda, R. I. 2014. Internet of Things: Advantages May Far Outweigh Its Drawbacks. [online] Available at: http://guardianlv.com/2014/01/internet-of-things-advantages-may-far-outweigh-its-drawbacks/ [Accessed: 12 Feb 2014].
Bryce, E. 2013. How Smart Do We Need Our Homes to Be?. [online] Available at: http://www.theconnectivist.com/2013/04/how-smart-do-we-need-our-homes-to-be/ [Accessed: 15 Feb 2014].
Kelly, S. M. 2012. A Refrigerator That Helps You Diet? LG Unveils High-Tech Smart Appliances. [online] Available at: http://mashable.com/2012/01/09/lg-smart-refrigerator/ [Accessed: 09 Feb 2014].
Luo, S., Jin, J. S. and Li, J. 2009. A smart fridge with an ability to enhance health and enable better nutrition. International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, 4 (2), pp. 69--80.
Nayak, S., Gangadhar, G. and Puttamadappa, C. 2011. Intelligent refrigerator with monitoring capability through Internet. Int J Comput Appl, 2 pp. 65--68.
Steiner, S. 2012. Smart fridge? Idiot fridge, more like. [online] Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/11/homes-fooddrinks [Accessed: 10 Feb 2014].