Smart Kitchen Cabinet for Aware Home

摘要

This paper presents the design and development of a "Smart Kitchen Cabinet" which identifies the grocery items in the kitchen store. The Kitchen Cabinet is augmented with sensors to measure the weight of an item which is updated to a database whenever grocery items are placed or taken out for cooking. The jars in the kitchen cabinet are tagged with Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag for identifying and tracking the location. The optimal placement of jars (containing different ingredients) attached with RFID tags and antennas are tested for maximum read performance and the experimental results are presented. The system also generates automated shopping list when an item reaches the defined threshold level, which is based on requirement and consumption pattern of family members.