Ouchi Monitor Kit: A Sensor Platform for Residential Monitoring

Abstract

This paper introduces a sensor platform for residential monitoring, which is named "Ouchi Monitor Kit (OMK)". Researches and commercial services regarding residential monitoring have recently been popular thanks to smart meter installation and economical sensors. However, the study of residential monitoring is still an unfamiliar domain for researchers who specialize in computer science because it requires intimate understanding about devices and wireless communication. OMK is therefore developed to easily realize residential monitoring as an integrated platform including various sensor types such as electricity demand, temperature and so on. The examples and characteristics of collected sensor data are also introduced.