Characteristics of smart home appliances

1. Networked functionality. All kinds of smart appliances can be connected together through the home LAN, and can also be connected to the manufacturer's service site through the home gateway interface. Finally, they can be connected to the Internet to share information. [3]

2. Intelligence. Smart home appliances can automatically respond to different surrounding environments without the need for human intervention. For example, smart air conditioners can automatically adjust their working status according to different seasons, climates, and user locations to achieve optimal results.

3. Openness and compatibility. Due to the fact that users' smart home appliances may come from different manufacturers, smart home appliance platforms must have development and compatibility.

4. Energy saving. Smart home appliances can automatically adjust their working hours and status according to the surrounding environment, thereby achieving energy conservation.

5. Usability. Due to the complex control operation process being solved by the controller embedded in smart home appliances, users only need to understand very simple operations. Smart home appliances do not refer to a single household appliance, but should be a technological system. With the continuous development of human application needs and home appliance intelligence, their content will become more diverse. The functions of smart home appliances may also vary depending on the actual application environment, but generally they should have the following basic functions:

(1) Communication function. Including telephone, internet, remote control/alarm, etc.

(2) Intelligent control of consumer electronics products. For example, a microwave oven that can automatically control heating time and temperature, an intelligent air conditioner that can automatically adjust temperature and humidity, a television/recorder that can automatically search for TV programs and record them according to instructions, and so on.

(3) Interactive intelligent control. Voice control function of smart home appliances can be achieved through speech recognition technology; Realize proactive action response of smart home appliances through various active sensors such as temperature, sound, motion, etc. Users can also define different responses for different smart home appliances in different scenarios.

(4) Security control function. Including access control system, automatic fire alarm, gas leakage, electric leakage, water leakage, etc.

(5) Health and medical functions. Including monitoring of health equipment, remote diagnosis and treatment, and monitoring of elderly/patient abnormalities.

The rapid development of intelligent control technology and information technology has also provided possibilities for home appliance automation and intelligence. Smart home appliances are household appliances that have automatic monitoring of their own faults, automatic measurement, automatic control, automatic adjustment, and remote control center communication functions.

Traditional household appliances include air conditioners, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, rice cookers, washing machines, etc. New types of household appliances include induction cookers, disinfection cabinets, steaming and stewing pots, etc. Whether it is new or traditional household appliances, their overall technology is constantly improving. The key to the progress of household appliances lies in the adoption of advanced control technology, which transforms them from mechanical appliances into intelligent devices. Smart household appliances reflect the latest technological landscape of household appliances.