Authors:
Bessam Abdulrazak
;
Rami Yared
;
Thomas Tessier
and
Philippe Mabilleau
Affiliation:
University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Keyword(s):
Smart Kitchen, Cooking-Safe, Context-Aware, Ageing People, Assistive Technology, Sensor, Risk, Hazard, Fire, Burn, Intoxication, Activities of Daily Living.
Abstract:
Kitchen is the second place where the majority of domestic accidents occur, and in particular oven presents the most principal source of fire accidents in residence. Therefore, enabling kitchen safety is a major factor for ageing people independent living. This paper presents the hardware architecture of our cooking-safe system that targets enhancing safety of ageing people while cooking. The system is based on insightful cooking risk analysis that enables to determine the pertinent parameters to be monitored and measured while cooking. This paper also presents the results of our experimental study that leads us to select the appropriate sensors to constitute the basic building block of our cooking-safe system. The system is composed of sensor nodes to monitor events around oven, then the sensory data is transmitted to a computing unit. The system proactively reacts to hazards in order to prevent cooking associated risks.