AU2020102347A4 - Kitchen genie: an intelligent internet of things system for household inventory management - Google Patents

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AU2020102347A4
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KITCHEN GENIE: AN INTELLIGENT INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM FOR HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT The research is about the household inventory management system, especially about the kitchen. The goods and products are a necessity and an essential need for the people. Now-a- days, in most of the families, both the parents are working. When they return home, they will not have enough time to do all household works and also to search the item manually in the stockroom with an effort. To overcome this problem, the household inventory management system is used to maintain detailed product information with the use of technology and also informs where the product is placed. To save time, money, and to relieve the stress, the household inventory management system will help working parents. The inventory is tracked automatically in a continuous way without the interaction of the user. The proposed system is useful in households and also adaptable to larger-scale, like supermarkets and restaurant kitchens. RFID is one of the solutions for the household inventory management system. The RFID tag information can be transmitted with the help of a wireless device module and the internet. The architecture of the inventory management system is developed to find out the products which are attached to the RFID tags with the product information and the time stamp for future use. The Raspberry pi will help to monitor all the information as it acts as a central server. The proposed method is resulting in low cost and works in a dynamic way comparing to the existing inventory management system. 11 P a g e

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KITCHEN GENIE: AN INTELLIGENT INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM FOR HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
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Field of Invention:
This field of the invention is to address the management of household inventory using the IoT system. The proposed system aims to maintain all the consumable product records with the help of tags and the locations. The data can be recorded automatically related to the movement of tags and maintains the system in real-time to collect all the change of data instantaneously and sends the prior notification to the user about the consumable products.
Background of the invention:
By using the indoor and outdoor environments, the identification of objects can be done by using some technologies. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the best method for tracking objects in the outdoor environment. In contrast, it is not well suited to track the object for an inventory management system because of the reduction in accuracy and receiving weak signals from the satellite in the indoor environment. The object to be tracked is shown on the map concerning longitude and latitude position. Sensors help to detect the signal and passes the information about the receiving signal. Due to the highly expensive, the INS system is restricted, and the system is also unreliable with the low working range. The range of the Bluetooth is Im or10m or 50m, and it is variable in reading. The cost is very high for the Bluetooth system if the higher range is needed. The range of the infrared system is 5-10m. Its price is low, flexible, and power consumption is also low. The object can be tracked based on distance and calculated using the echoes in the ultrasonic system. The implementation of this system cost is also high due to the installation of ultrasonic transceiver through the surroundings. This leads to a health issue, and both the transmitter and receiver needs the line of sight concept. This method of implementation requires a broad set up so that the system maintenance turns to a challenging task.
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Objects of the invention:
• The main objective is to develop the system to track all the items frequently in the household that includes the quantity which is left over, location, and expiry date to save time for the user. • Another objective is to generate the shopping list automatically to help the user to plan and manage the inventory and the financial plans. • The notifications will be displayed on the screen before the expiry date of the product. Based on this, the user will come to know about the product and consumes it so that the wastage and money can be reduced. • In this method, the RFID system, low-cost Wi-Fi chip, screen, buzzer, and the technology
to store the data of all tags and the locations are to be implemented. • To collect all the data instantaneously, the movement of tags is also recorded automatically and maintains the system in real-time. • The household inventory management system is to be developed to update the change of data instantly and the real-time operations from the data storage by using a web server. • The Raspberry pi plays a vital role and acts as a central server to monitor all the information.
Summary of the invention:
Nowadays, the smart system is playing a major role in various environments like college, industry, home, and also other areas. The vision of IoT is to permit the perfect world by using any of the services. The challenging task in the household inventory system is to track and identify the product within a short period, and the flow of products or items is to be controlled. The monitoring of products should be effective because it may affect due to time and cost. The household inventory system engages in storing the products effectively, and also the availability of products is also important whenever the product is needed. The mechanism of identification depends on technology, like automatic identification and data capture (AIDC). The existing AIDC concept is
21Page named as barcode technology. To read the labels, the barcode method will operate based on the optical scanners. Over the normal text, the barcodes are especially large in their advancement because no longer staffs are needed to enter the data in the system. As the scanner cost is an expense and due to less security, the barcode technology is replaced with the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. The scanner can't be able to read the data when the label gets damaged. The RFID tags have the capability of storing more data than the barcode. Many researchers have found that RFID technology is essential and efficient to find out the identification system. It has good benefits in the domain of inventory management due to reduced risk in industries, enhances efficiency, efficiently tracks the products. With the use of electronic code products, some theft problems can be eliminated. The IoT, which is employed with the RFID, transfers the signal based on the radio communication. The RFID system design is to be chosen for the reduction of interference using radio waves. RFID is also one of the best technologies for the indoor environment. The cost of RFID is low, robust, and it can be easily adaptable with most of the applications. The RFID works as electromagnetic signals. The RFID consists of a tag, and the reader, based on the application, the tag can be made. The advantage is that, by using REID readers, the identification of RFID tags can be easily done based on the unique identification number. This has made it attractive to use RFID for identification and tracking of the object. The RFID tags are divided into three parts i) active tags, ii) passive tags, iii) semi-passive tags. Among the three different tags, the passive tags will be playing a major role in most of the applications due to its lower size, lower power consumption, lower cost, the problem of interference is not present. Also, it can work in any of the harsh environment. The passive tags will activate when passing through the electromagnetic zone. Active and Semi-passive tags need their battery. Since the size of the battery is larger, it isn't easy to handle. For most of the applications, the tags will be applied based on the type and application. The RFID plays a significant role in most of the applications, but the RFID in inventory management is best suitable for this application. The advancement in the RFID concept has attracted most of the applications. The RFID System is one of the best suitable methods for the inventory management system. The RFID helps to handle the goods and materials in a faster way. The RFID does not use the Line of Sight (LOS) concept to scan the tags. The RFID readers help to scan the multiple tags without any help from a human. The three main sections are present in the RFID. I) The tag inserted to the item will be tracked. II) The RFID reader will scan the tag. III) Between the tag and reader, the antenna is helpful for
3 1P a g e communication. The two types of tags are present, which is named as active and passive tags. The active tag will require either the battery or the power supply. The two different types are present in active tags, which is named as transponder and beacons. The purpose of the transponder is that it will respond when the signal is received, and later, if power is ON, the signal will be transmitted back. Beacons are the type of RFID used in real-time location to track the correct location of the item frequently. Passive RFID will have a more operational life, as they don't need any of the batteries, and its size is small to be fit in the label. The RFID system will operate in one of the three bands, i.e., low-frequency (LF), high-frequency (HF), and ultra-high frequency (UHF). In low frequency, the read range will be shorter and slower for the data to read. The range of frequency for LF is around 30 kHz to 300 kHz. The short-read range will be in the range of10cm, and the speed is slow to read. This band will be useful for control in access and tracking of livestock. In high-frequency, the data transfer rate is faster and reads the longer range. The frequency ranges from 3 to 30 MHz. The long-read range will be in a range of 10cm to Im. The HF band is useful for applications like data transfer, payment, and ticketing. The range of UHF is from 300 MHz to 3 GHz. This band will read the range maximum up to 12m and used in many of the applications like retail inventory management and configuring wireless devices. Switching of technology from barcode to REID is costly because to reduce the food wastage, knowing exact stock information, fast scanning of the product using RFID. So, this had made suitable for the concept of household inventory management using RFID.
Detailed Description of the Invention:
The main goal of this invention is to develop the system to track the items in the household. The leftover quantity, location, and expiry date determine the user to save time. The shopping list can also be automatically generated to plan and manage the inventory and also financial plans. The notification will be sent to the user through the screen before the expiration of the product. Therefore, the user can consume the product before expiry instead of throwing it away. This helps the user to save time, money, and wastage of the product. The RFID tag, RFID reader, low-cost Wi-Fi module, and the technology to store the data, screen, and the buzzer is used in this proposed method. The movement of tags from one point to another can be recorded and also helps the system to maintain in real-time to collect all change of data in a continuous manner. The kitchen system can determine the items to place in the household with their location. When the item is removed
41Page from its location, the RFID reader will notice that it was left, and the particular item will be removed from the system. After some time, if the product is not placed in that location, it assumes that it is thrown away, and the tag which is attached to that item is ignored. The screen is present at the shelves and another screen to the fridge, which will be helpful to the user to notice the items which are misplaced and expired. If any of the new messages are on the screen, the buzzer will alarm the user regarding the change in message.
Figure 1 describes the block diagram of the proposed system and the modules present in it. The household inventory management system is one of the applications of RFID technology, as the RFID system is unique to identify the products using the tags attached to it. The RFID reader is used to read the tags based on the capability of the device. The RFID reader has two primary objectives: i) In the initial stage, the carrier signal will be transmitted by the reader, and the receives the response from any of the tags. The RFID readers are connected to the stock room 1 and 2 for the reason of reading tags. It works based on UART. The reader is interfaced with the Wi-Fi module, and it is programmed by using the microcontroller. The passive tags will be attached to the products because it has good operational life, less power consumption, the cost is low, no interference effect and this type of tag are more beneficial compared to active and semi-passive tags. It will uniquely identify the products. When the RFID reader scans the tag, then the small string of data will be transmitted using the tag. The low-cost Wi-Fi chip module is a serial device with a stack TCP/UDP concept, and it allows microcontroller with the Wi-Fi facility. This module is integrated with the Raspberry Pi. All the devices are connected to the Wi-Fi with a common access point, and the data will be transferred with the help of the internet. The data which is collected from the RFID reader attached to any of the stock rooms that will be collected by the Wi-Fi chip module (MCU) with the help of Wi-Fi. The data from the transmitter module is transferred to the receiver module of the Raspberry Pi. Based on the collected information, the data will be arranged as tables on the webserver. The Wi-Fi chip is an open-source IoT platform. It supports the USN port to program the microcontroller. The Raspberry Pi is the significant controller unit and acts as a central server to maintain all the products detailed in the database. The data is received from the stock room to the Raspberry Pi with the use of RFID. In case if the user needs to search any of the items in the search field, the user will type the tag number, and it will be queried from the database. The central person will be authorized to the webserver to enter the web page. The tag number, product details, stock room number, location, and time details will be
51Page stored in the database and displayed to the user in the format of the table and displayed on the web page. If the user needs any of the items from the stock room, they will type the tag number of the product, and the information will be collected from the database, and it will be displayed on the web page for the user.
Figure 2 describes the process of the system and the necessary steps are present for the kitchen system. IoT is the concept of combining objects and makes them more interactive through embedded systems. The field of IoT is growing rapidly and also brings up some novel approaches to build new applications to enhance the quality of life. In this system, the tracking of items in the household is done without seeing everything and also knows the quantity which is remained for each item, finding out the location for the specified item and its expiry date. The items which are needed will be generated automatically in the shopping list, and the items which are to be consumed or thrown away will be added to the list due to its expiry date without any of the user interaction. In case if the user wants to add something new to the list, it can be added manually. The user needs to use the screen to get the alerts and notifications and the buzzer to get the focus to the product, which is going to be expired. So, the consumable product will be quickly consumed instead of throwing it away. Further implementation is needed in detail to the system because the information should be the same to read the items in any of the scenarios. If the item is replaced in their location within a certain period, then it denotes that the product may be used, else the thought of the user might be changed, and that product is not used, so, therefore, the item is replaced in the original place. If the item is not replaced in their location within a certain period, it has meant that the item will be consumed fully, and therefore the item must be added to the shopping list, and it will be put in the trash. If the user adds any of the items to the shopping list manually, those items will be inserted into the shopping list. The next process is about the warning of the items to be expired for further use. Those warnings will be saved in the database. At last, the user will get notification related to expired items, and then the items are inserted to the shopping list, and that item will be sent to the trash list.
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KITCHEN GENIE: AN INTELLIGENT INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM FOR HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Claims We claim,
1. The proposed method presents the IoT to make the lives of the people better and easier. The proposed system works dynamic, and also cost is low compared to the existing system.
2. By using this system, the shopping list can be generated automatically, and the users can be relaxed about things like inventory management.
3. With the help of this concept, life will be easier for the everyday necessity of household items and no need to take the stress.
4. The proposed method is developed to find out and store the data of all the consumable product, which is entered into the household with their name, location, and the other information of the product.
5. Based on the needs of the user, the system can automatically generate the shopping list. Attention can be given to the user through the display screen and a buzzer to get focused and attentive.
6. The system can also send a prior notification to the user about the expiry date of the product to consume the product before expiration so that the money cannot be wasted by throwing of expired product.
7. The system can find out the misplaced items and alert the user to place the incorrect consumable place.
8. The notification can be sent to the user if any of the items are left out of the fridge or the freezer for a certain period of the time so that that food wastage can be reduced.
9. The RFID is quite efficient to manage the communication between the tags and users and to obtain a good result.
10. The proposed method is comfortable, reliable, smart, efficient, and saving of money can be done by avoiding the throwing of the consumable product.
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