Design of Chinese Smart Kitchen Based on Users' Behavior
Xiaofang Yuan, Fenghui Deng, Zheng Liu · 2021
The concept of smart kitchens has become a hot topic for Chinese families as IoT technology in smart homes has matured. Current smart kitchen includes a variety of smart products which are controlled via mobile terminals. However, the accumulation of smart items that focus on solving a single pain point reduces the available space in the kitchen, and decreases the efficiency of kitchen cooking. As a result, encouraging the systematization and integration of single-product smart kitchens is a critical design issue to be solved immediately. Based on behavioral research, this paper employs quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the common behavioral characteristics and pain points of smart kitchen target user groups. According to the study of user behavior, requirements and smart kitchen technology, a systematic design goals of Chinese smart kitchens with emotional communication and all-in-one interaction are proposed, which solves the problems of trivial interaction and fragmented usage scenes in existing smart kitchens, providing constructive meaning for the human-centered design direction of Chinese smart kitchens.