3. Have no fear – Owly is here!
Introducing Owly.
Smart safety for home appliances.
4. What Owly does visualized"
Adult recognized
No threat
An adult enters the kitchen.
Owly recognizes the person
as an adult. No threat is
recognized so the kitchen
can be used normally.!
5. What Owly does visualized"
Child recognized
Potential threats
A child enters the kitchen.
Owly recognizes the person as a
child. Potential threats are
recognized – some kitchen features
are locked to prevent harm.!
6. How Owly does it!
! Microsoft Kinect
visual input
!
! relayr Wunderbar
sensory input
!
! Microphone
audio input!
! Wifi plugs
protection control
"
! Philips Hue
visual notifications
!
! Speakers
audio notifications"
! Raspberry
Pi 2
computing
and device
control"
Input devices" Processing" Output devices"
7. Owly recognizes hazards and reduces
potential harm!
Your home made safe by Owly."
Burns danger averted" Cuts danger averted"
8. Smart appliances
API-based locking
based on
household member
actions"
Retrofitted appliances
Gyroscopic recognition and
Proximity recognition (e.g.
Wunderbar) for status recognition
through smart knobs
Status- and action-based locking
and notification"
Owly works with smart and retrofitted
appliances"
9. Sound recognition
Recognizing
appliance signals
based on sound
Example: Washing
machine done."
Smart windows"
Proximity recognition and
(smart) thermostat for status
and notification
Example: Opened window,
left thermostat on"
Owly also helps with energy saving and
home convenience"
10. Possible extensions in safety and health"
Owly reduces
Water damage"
Owly provides
elderly emer-
gency attention"
Owly detects
Behavioral
changes"
12. Owly is a working title for the
BSH HackTheHouse hackathon
February 27 – March 1
by Team Gefahrenherde.!
!
!
We would like to thank
Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte
relayr
Club Mate
Tini
Doppelherz
and all the icon designers from
The Noun Project:
!