Sharp released a succession of industry-first, people-oriented products compatible with AIoT cloud services. The SJ-GX55E/GX50E Megafreezer Series Plasmacluster refrigerators are compatible with Sharp’s Cocoro Kitchen AIoT cloud service and are the first such products in the industry*1 to link to cooking appliances such as Sharp’s Healsio Water Oven and Healsio Hot Cook electric waterless cooker. The refrigerators’ menu navigation function provides users with Sharp released a succession of industry-first, people-oriented products compatible with AIoT cloud services. The SJ-GX55E/GX50E Megafreezer Series Plasmacluster refrigerators are compatible with Sharp’s Cocoro Kitchen AIoT cloud service and are the first such products in the industry*1 to link to cooking appliances such as Sharp’s Healsio Water Oven and Healsio Hot Cook electric waterless cooker. The refrigerators’ menu navigation function provides users with ideas for easy-to-make dishes that can be prepared with the linked appliances and even helps make these dishes. The refrigerators come with a function for communication among family members: users can send messages from outside locations to the refrigerator via their smartphone, for example telling their children what snacks are in the refrigerator and confirming when children have come home based on whether messages have been read. The wireless LAN-compatible X Series Plasmacluster air conditioners use the improved Cocoro Air AIoT cloud service. In an industry first*2, cloud-based AI uses information such as room temperature changes and air conditioner usage history. It analyzes and learns these factors—which include daily lifestyle patterns and a room’s tendency to cool down or heat up—so that it can provide optimal energy efficiency geared to the needs of each home. The air conditioners provide maximum comfort at minimal electricity usage. They achieve this, for example, by matching their operation to when users arrive home so as to provide cooling at low electricity consumption. They also automatically adjust operation when no one is at home. These air conditioners are smarter and more convenient than ever. For example, an advice function gives tips on saving electricity, and a safeguard function alerts an app on the user’s smartphone when, for example, room temperature exceeds user parameters or when a person is detected in the room. *1 For CFC-free residential refrigerators/freezers in Japan, as of August 6, 2018 (based on Sharp research). Released August 23, 2018. *2 For residential air conditioners (based on Sharp research). Technology for analyzing and learning room performance and lifestyle patterns via the cloud. Released October 25, 2018. *AIoT is a word coined by Sharp, combining the words AI (artificial intelligence) and IoT (Internet of things). AIoT is a vision of how all kinds of products will connect to artificial intelligence via the cloud and become a people-oriented existence. AIoT is a registered trademark of Sharp Corporation. *Using Cocoro Kitchen and some of the voice-activated functions requires a wireless LAN connection and a push-button-type wireless LAN access point device. *Plasmacluster and the Plasmacluster logo are registered trademarks of Sharp Corporation.
