/PRZWT/The refrigerator automatically recognizes and manages fresh food storage, the range hood and stove can achieve boiling without overflowing, the oven can identify ingredients and match the best baking program, and the washing machine can identify fabrics and match the best washing and care program... With the global smart home appliance industry's intelligent perception upgrade, the smart living scenarios that once appeared in science fiction movies are now entering thousands of households through image recognition technology.
Recently, the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China has issued the plan for the ninth batch of recommended national standards in 2025. The project "Technical Requirements and Test Methods for Image Recognition of Smart Household Appliances" led by Haier Smart Home has been successfully approved. The new standard fills the gap in domestic industry standards. It is not only another breakthrough for Haier in standard leadership but also a crucial step forward in the application of smart home appliance technology, which will strongly promote the high-quality development of the entire industry.
The current technical specification gap in the smart home appliance market is restricting the industry's upgrading. Due to the lack of a unified national standard, different brands have varying requirements for the structural design, functional performance, safety and reliability of their products when applying image recognition technology, resulting in uneven quality of smart home appliances in the market. Some products have low recognition rates, slow responses and poor stability, which not only affect consumers' actual experience, but also restrict the innovation pace and healthy development of the entire industry.
The national standard for image recognition of smart home appliances will solve industry problems from two major dimensions. Firstly, this standard unifies the technical requirements, scientifically classifies smart home appliances applying image recognition technology, and puts forward clear requirements for their system architecture, structural design, functions, performance, security and reliability, providing clear guidance for enterprises' research and development. Secondly, the standards have regulated the testing methods and established a complete and scientific testing and evaluation system, covering the testing environment, conditions, and testing methods for various key indicators, ensuring that product evaluations are based on solid grounds.
The smart home appliance technology practice of Haier Smart Home has provided important support for the formulation of standards. Its refrigerator equipped with "AI eyes" can accurately identify the types of ingredients, record the preservation period, and match dietary plans based on the ingredients. The washing machine can automatically scan clothes, categorize 210 types of stains and match them with exclusive washing plans. The range hood and stove detect abnormal conditions such as overboiling and empty burning in real time through visual perception, and achieve the function of boiling without overboiling in combination with dynamic flame adjustment. These successfully implemented technical experiences provide important references for the formulation of standards.
In the future, the implementation of new standards will drive the smart home appliance industry into a period of standardized development. For enterprises, unified standards reduce the cost of R&D trial and error and set the direction for technological innovation. For consumers, the smart home appliances they purchase will be more accurately identified, and the experience of smart life will be more reliable and convenient. For the industry, this standard will accelerate the deep integration of AI and home appliances, enhance the international competitiveness of China's smart home appliances, and further consolidate China's leading position in the global smart home market.
