'Alexa, what's the weather today?' ' Today 10-22 °C, light rain turns cloudy with breeze (Berlin today 10-22°C, light rain with a breeze). 'On August 31st Berlin International Consumer Electronics Show On the day before the opening of the meeting (referred to as IFA2018), a participant from Germany was standing in front of the refrigerator in the exhibition hall to ask about the weather. It is reported that this refrigerator is the link of the Haier Xin kitchen refrigerator European smart product series Linkcook released in August. It will be launched in Europe in the first quarter of next year. It can directly talk to users, mainly because it passes Amazon's AVS certification, and can use Amazon's Alexa voice system on the refrigerator.
It is reported that Amazon's AVS certification is carried out by Rak, its core provider of IoT middleware. After certification, Haier can use Amazon Alexa voice system to create intelligent voice interaction scenarios, so that the refrigerator can not only hear user commands, but also carry out Semantic analysis, and give a humanized reply. When the user is within 1.5 meters of the smart screen, wake up Alexa and then have a voice conversation with the refrigerator. Voice chat, check the calories of ingredients, query recipes, adjust the brightness of the refrigerator, etc. The smart life scene experience can be completely controlled by voice.
At the IFA2018 site, Haier exhibited the brand new kitchen product series Linkcook. Based on Amazon's Alexa voice system, it allows users to cook in the kitchen while using the voice control refrigerator to listen to music, watch videos, etc. At the same time, users can also Use this refrigerator to buy fresh ingredients from local farms in Europe and America. After purchasing the ingredients, the refrigerator can trace the source of food through RFID, reversely check the origin of the ingredients, select fertilization, pick and transport, and provide health and safety information for European users. service.
At the same time, Haier's ice-cold industry has also carried out artificial intelligence strategic cooperation with Amazon. Amazon's vice president Daniel Rausch said that on the one hand, Amazon has the world's leading research on artificial intelligence, and also has the world's most professional AWS Amazon cloud service, the advantage in the industry. Very obvious; on the other hand, Amazon's Alexa voice system has achieved a leading position in signal processing, acoustic models, decoders and post-processing technologies, enabling deep and intrinsic interaction with users in an English atmosphere.
According to the relevant person in charge of Haier, with the continuous deepening and expansion of Haier in the global market, Haier Refrigerator needs to build an English-oriented multilingual intelligent voice interactive platform, artificial intelligence service, and promote the AI experience of smart products on a global scale. Create a professional professional life life system for the world, providing a smart living service experience for consumers around the world.
Under the single-in-one management mode, Haier took the lead in opening the ecological brand building in the Internet of Things era. With Haier Refrigerator's cooperation with Amazon on IFA2018, the smart food ecology created by Haier Refrigerator will be launched on a global scale. It will provide smart living solutions to users around the world by further integrating quality resources around the world.