Design And Research On Modern Information Appliances Using The Carrier Of The Internet Refrigerator

This thesis is the design research of information appliances expedited by digital technology under the background of information age. The research regards internet refrigerator, a representative new-type information appliance, as the main carrier, analyzes information appliances design in terms of industrial design, and explains the content in an all-round way combined with a conceptual design project of the practical ideal model. Thus the research explores a set of theory methods and design thoughts of information appliances design, and has a new view and comprehension on role and function transition of industrial design in present society.The thesis begins from the analysis on characteristic background in information age firstly, clearly providing the definition of information appliances, and analyzes the attributive character of information appliances in detail, additionally re-apprehends the enormous change of the people's life style and family structure in so-called post-industry age, based on the transition of the content meaning and society roles of modern families.The focal point of the thesis is the analysis to the whole system design of information appliances which takes internet refrigerator as a main carrier. Information appliances design is beyond just inheriting the basic functions in tradition, actually demonstrates the new-type characteristic functions about information. The research on the information functions is setting up from the home network inside and Internet outside platform framework based on smart home circumstance, make certain the specific position and function of internet refrigerator in the framework. It also brings forward concrete function modes of refrigerator including its own functions expanding, automatic control to internet appliances inside home, interaction of internet information and network service outside home etc.. Then it provides design analysis and idea conceiving with instance type on the unattended delivery unit entirely, taking internet refrigerator as the centre and combining with the supermarket service system. Additionally the research, according to the products value theory and the suitable basic shapes of traditional refrigerator, makes a concrete analysis on internet refrigerator design, separately such key design elements in many aspects as the model style trend, the color and material using, the working mode of the door handle, the new-type information functions, etc..In the end, the thesis provides an ideal model system design project as a focal point through anticipating conception, taking internet refrigerator as the core and combining with the supermarket service, including the internet refrigerator appearance & using functions, the transferring refrigerator appearance & system using conception, the transferring refrigerator remote controller design and the whole ideal model operationdesign of unattended delivery service system, which offers the views of the thesis, a strong demonstration through an design instance. The thesis has positive effects on references for the information appliances design in future.