Birdie

Video Monitoring and Recording Device


Birdie is a video monitoring and recording device that aids new home owners unpack their belongings. It records them as they pack and generates a sticker with a box number when the box has been packed. Through its smart object detection technology, it sends the recorded data to an app on your phone. When the user then unpacks, they can search for the item to find out which box it is in.

Research

Unpacking after moving is an overwhelming and stressful process for new home owners. When there are dozens of boxes assigned to a particular room, it is nearly impossible to guess which box has the particular item that they are searching for.

Mindmap

Affinity Map

Personas

Kelsey

Unmarried, recent graduate, young professional.

Age: 22 - 26

Looking for: Temporary home, one year lease, short term investment

Insight: Choosing the type of home depends on resources available and the permanence of residency

Conclusion:

  • Location determined by proximity to her job

  • Financial status limited the search to an apartment

Newly married couple with a young child

Age: 24 - 32

Looking for:

  • A permanent home in close proximity to Joe’s new job

  • Good school system, public spaces, and community

  • Backyard with grass for their child and family pets

Insights: Buying a home usually has a milestone within a milestone: Expanding a family, new job, etc.

Conclusion:

  • Chose a home that they could make their own instead of “perfect as is”

Callie & Joe

Married couple, empty nesters

Age: 40 - 50

Looking for:

  • Permanent house to build equity as a long term investment

  • Move from city to suburbs for quieter neighborhood.

Insights:

  • Determining priorities is a difficult task involving compromises between parties involved

  • Observed Maslow’s hierarchy of needs when they talked about factors that affected their purchase- safety and physiological needs came before aesthetic needs

Conclusion:

  • Only after choosing a safe location that was crime free did they even look into renovating

Jacob & Mary

After researching the possible options, object detection technology was chosen as the preferred technology for this device. It makes use of computer vision and image processing to detect special features that help to classify objects based on their characteristics.

Trends & Future Predictions

Design Goals

Sketches

Phone App Interface

After the recording and detection has been processed, the data can be accessed on the Birdie phone app.

Every object class has its own special features that helps in classifying it into a certain group.

The user can search for an item in the search tab and click on it to view which box it is in.

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